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Fleas
« on: July 10, 2011, 12:38:31 PM »

It's been some time sense I've heard talk about fleas in chins, a gal on fb is saying chins can indeed get fleas.  ::shrug:: Anyone else got new news on chinchillas getting fleas?
Folks would want to be very careful if you have other pets with fleas.
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Re: Fleas
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2011, 01:25:30 PM »

i thought it was very hard for them to get anywhere near the skin and hence they don't bother.
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Re: Fleas
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2011, 04:13:10 PM »

A good quality chinchilla can not get fleas, but with so many "backyard breeders" around these days I have seen some pretty pathetic looking chinchillas.  I imagine that a poor quality chinchilla could have such bad fur that fleas could be a problem.  Most of the time they see normal grooming or itching from not enough or too many dust baths and just assume fleas.  When people ask me I tell them to blow into the fur.  If you see little to no skin fleas are not possible.  If you have a thin furred chinchilla and can see a good bit of skin then watch for fleas.
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Re: Fleas
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2011, 01:03:36 PM »

Like Jamie said a high quality chinchilla will not likely get fleas but anything is possible. With more people breeding poor quality chinchillas, it is a little lore common for chinchillas to get fleas now
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Re: Fleas
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2011, 02:23:58 PM »

The lady whom mentioned said if it was a bad infestation they could, but who ever would let animals get that infested that chins would get fleas needs the animals removed.
With that bad of infestation a teddy bear would get fleas  :D
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