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Health / Chinchilla not eating much or at all and is hardly active now.
« on: August 31, 2015, 05:02:35 PM »
Hello, my Chinchilla, Mr. Chinny, hasn't been eating almost at all for the last 3 days, and he doesn't move around in his cage much anymore. Usually whenever I opened the cage door, he came over and playfully nipped my hand, but these last days, he hasn't done so. I've noticed that he hasn't pooped much or at all either, when I took him to the vet, all they did was say he was depressed and didn't even tell me what to give him or give me any medicine for him. I'm really worried and I'm not sure what more I can do. I'm currently trying to "force" feed him by putting some lettuce and small carrots up to his mouth, which he somewhat hesitantly ate. I just want to get something with water into him, to help him fill his stomach, since he refuses to eat pellets right now, and to help move his bowels. Is there anything else I can do? Any help would be appreciated. I just hope that the worst doesn't occur... he's 5 Years old if that helps.