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Update: he's home with me again and they have me force-feeding him every 6 hours plus giving him meds every 12-24 hours. He's really not acting any different though. Very lethargic. At the vet's he seemed a little better because he was sort of fighting her on the force-feeding, but now he's...

ok, thank you for the response! I'm going to go pick him up in a couple hours - they said he's not getting better, but he's not getting worse. They're going to teach me to do the assisted feeding with him. How do you force activity? Making him move about his cage? I feel like he will hate...

Ok they gave him: Meloxicam 5mg/ml Metoclopramide 5mg/ml

And yeah, I know the room probably got up close to 80, and I know that's too hot. I didn't know SF was going to have a heat spike yesterday - usually it's between 60-65 or even cooler. :( I'm going to buy an air conditioner like I should have when I first got him. My cousin, who I adopted him...

Okay, they said that he responded well to assisted-feeding but that he wouldn't eat on his own yet, and that he's still hanging in there. They gave him the antibiotics already but are going to email me a copy of the treatment plan so I can post what the antibiotics are here. Thanks for all of...

Oh crap, okay, I thought I should trust the vet. I mean, I already signed off to do all of these things. I'm going to call them now to get more information. -Amy

My poor little chinchilla, Monkey... He was fine all along until just yesterday morning. He didn't come out of his hutch in his cage for playtime. Normally he is super eager to get out of his cage so I knew that was odd. Then it was a really hot day in San Francisco (which means it got up to...

Thanks for your thoughtful answers! I am going to try the box idea - that seems like a great way to let him get more comfortable with being picked up too. I am definitely over-feeding oats. Twigs and dust baths seem like good alternatives! I am giving him a dust bath once a day but he...

Hi all! My chin has been with me for a few months now and he's gotten very comfortable. I think we've bonded nicely and he seems very trusting of me. When I first got him, I was trying to follow the rules on treat-giving and ended up chasing the poor little guy around to try to get him back...

what did you replace the alfalfa pellets with? I've been pretty much feeding my chin alfalfa pellets exclusively - he will get bluegrass hay also soon and treats once a day.

So helpful! Wow, thank you for your thorough response! Yes, I guess I really jumped the gun on letting him out to play. He's surprisingly happy to be with me sometimes when he's out - climbing on me and stuff - but based on what you said, he's experienced way too much exposure too fast and...

Hi all! I am a proud new owner of a 4yo chinchilla named Monkey. He belonged to my cousin. She has had him since he was weaned so I imagine he was pretty attached to her. After she got a dog, she wasn't able to let him out much anymore so she wanted to give him to a good home. He's been...