Chinchilla is a comfortable creature, with a soft fluffy firm, which is so nice to iron. But all home rodents may suffer from care errors, although chinchillas are sick less often than other types. The diseases of the chinchillas are of the most different nature, they have problems with the intestines, they sometimes suffer from cardiovascular diseases and parasites. Chinchillas can overheat and even experience serious ailments during pregnancy.
Treat chinchillas should be treated in accordance with the tips, which will give a veterinarian. Your task is to determine what could be the cause of the ailment of the animal and to provide him with the first necessary assistance before visiting a specialist.
A good owner will immediately notice the change not only in the behavior of his pet, but also how his mucous membranes and feces look like.
For example, when constipation has chinchillas, feces become dry, irregular or rounded shape, small. This comes from the fact that the intestine, for some reason, began to work slower and the carte masses have time to dry. When constillation, the animal does not drink and does not eat. Constipation, as many other diseases are dangerous for the life of chinchilla, because it is a consequence of dehydration. In this case, you need to refer to the veterinarian as quickly as possible. Remember that preventing the disease is easier than to treat chinchilla. There is a reason for excitement, if you notice the animal following the symptoms: blood in litter or the anal hole, feces have the smell of fermentation, it can be from an excessive amount of sweets, the animal is self-based, but feces have a pointed end or incorrect form.
Many owners notice that the chinchilla falls wool. Watch for the animal, if Chinchilla itself flashes her, then it can talk about stress or lack of vitamins. But if the wool fallout occurs during pregnancy or after childbirth, it also happens to chinchilla convulsions, it can talk about eclampsia. This disease, in which the blood pressure in the animal reaches a critical level and threatens the life of a child and mother. Symptoms: Animal begins to rush around the cage and shake, loss of wool, convulsions (attacks).
The causes of this disease may be a lack of calcium or other vitamins. Do not let the male re-cover the female during pregnancy, it can also lead to eclampsia.
How to treat chinchillas, only a specialist can solve. Therefore, it is not necessary to show independence, let's make more water to the animal and do not postpone the campaign to the veterinarian.
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