Search results

Hi Friends, Here is a quick synopsis of what i've been dealing with lately with my soon to be 6 yr old chinny. Dusty started eating significantly less, like from 2 Tbsp to 3/4 a Tbsp. So I took him in for teeth check and an expensive blood pannel. His teeth weren't bad, she barely filed...

Hi Everyone, I was on here a lot about a year back with my chinny Raisin going through teeth problems and then GI stasis. We put him down May2010. Well now his cage mate Dusty is having some trouble. He stopped eating as much about 2 weeks ago, but still ate hay, hay cubes, and drank water...

My poor poor little Raisin, who fought like a champ against malo and GI stasis for nearly 6th months is gone. He had been going up and down, but never appeared to be in pain, still eating and acting playful. He was on medicine and subcu fluids for a long time though. Last night he started acting...

Hi Everyone, So my chin Raisin was pretty sick back in beginning of December with tooth problems and GI stasis. Well, he's been doing quite well, still gets syringe feedings as well as eating some of his own pellets. He still never went back to drinking from his water bottle so we give him ~45...

So for the last 3 weeks or so, my chinny Dusty has been making this LOUD squeal. It's not the barking noise they make when scared or caught off guard, I know what that one means. This is just a loud screech, like he's in pain. He does it EVERY night at about the SAME time, between 3:30 and 5:30...

Hi Everyone, I havn't been online to much lately as I just started a new internship at a local hospital. I just wanted to update everyone on Raisin's status! We had a little set back around Christmas as I switched from fine grind critical care to regular grind critical care. He went back into...

So I just switched my bedding over from Carefresh to kiln dried pine shavings. Is there anything I should be aware of now that I have switched? 2 of my chins nibbled the shavings for a few and then moved on. However my 1 guy is acting like it's Christmas morning and nibbling every piece of pine...

Hi Everyone, Many of you have provided wonderful suggestions and advice regarding my little Raisin with GI stasis. Well i've been reading thought the threads and have come across multiple topics of soft droppings, or large and soft droppings. Well i've never paid close attention to the size...

Hi Everyone, I jumped right into asking for help, I didn't even get a chance to introduce myself. I'm a proud chinny momma of 3. Dusty and Raisin are my standard grays and Houdini is my beautiful ebony. I am graduating with my masters in occupational therapy this December. I am getting married...

Hi Everyone, I am new to this forum and was recommended here by a caring person! My little buddy is in GI stasis and has been since Sunday. He had emergency vet care 2 x's this week. Yesterday he went in for tooth shaping (the whole cause of not eating and GI Stasis). I just noticed his first...