castration help

[pippopnsqueak]

Hi im new on here but was looking for some advice

My chin squeak was neutered yesterday but isnt eating at all, ive gave him a raison which he nibbled but normally he cant get them down his neck quick enough!!

I made the decision for the operation after him and Pip gave us three beautiful kits. The boys were sold as cage mates but we kept the little girl.

To put them all back together again daddy chin had to be snipped :cry3:

It was a hard decision to make but hand rearing the kits was heartbreaking as we had a few very close calls and i couldnt bare to lose any of them, i thought this would be the best decision, but im regretting it already, he just isnt himself at all.

He hasnt pooped or eaten since coming home at 3 yesterday, i just want to help him

Thanks xx Mum to pip, pop and squeak

 

[addictedtochins]

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[chin_gal]

He absolutely needs food in him or he could go into stasis! See if you can get some Critical Care from your vet and you'll have to syringe feed him every few hours. If you can't get CC right away, then grind up some pellets and mix it with water and syringe him that. I'm not 100% sure about how many cc's per feeding, but I'm sure someone will come along with that information. Raisins are also not good for him, so I wouldn't be giving those. But he absolutely needs to keep his gut moving! I hope your boy gets better soon!

 

[Claire D]

How is our chinchilla doing now? Is he eating at all?
What does he eat usually? Is he drinking?

Did the vets give you pain relief medication (usually Metacam) for him?

Castration is painful so good pain relief is very important. A chin which is in pain will not eat.
You can crush up his pellets with water & try to feed that but Oxbow Critical Care (available via your vet) is an excellent food for syringe feeding. He definitely needs some help with feeding & drinking too if he's not doing either on his own.

There is some basic information on post-operative care on my webpage here:
http://www.davidson-chinchillas.co.uk/pages/initial_post_operative_care_of_chinchillas_following_surgery.php

I would suggest taking your little chap back to the vets. He may need some pain relief, some sub-cut fluids (fluids under the skin) if he is not drinking, & gut stimulants to move the food through his guts.


Please keep us posted on his progress.

 

[menagerie]

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[addictedtochins]

Oh Ok, you have a good point. All I sent was my story of my handfeeding experience with some helpful hints.
As follows
Here is my reply to someone else about how I handfed my two boys. Get what you can from it. You will need to handfeed him right now or he will go into stasis and likely die soon. Pm me with any questions. Theresa

Originally Posted by addictedtochins
I dealt with this same thing with my chin Tibbit a few months ago. The baytril tends to make them go off their feed so be prepared to hand feed him in advance. I wrote out these instrutions for someone else and will copy them for you. Theresa
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Perhaps make a list of things you need to buy so you can have them on hand on the way home from the vets. It is not easy, it's a lot of work and I had an upset tummy from nerves the whole time Tibbit was sick. Feel free to ask me or anyone questions, PS get the syringe at the vets. Theresa

I have just finished giving baytril and handfeeding two of my boys, it was my first time also, Here is what we did. First, I didn't have a coffee grinder but a 1 cup chopper from Wal-mart. I worked fine if I only chopped a very small amount at one time, like 1/8 of a cup of their pellets. Kept those in a sandwich baggie. I didn't measure out the ingredients, just added about 1+ TBS prune puree from human baby food, 1+TBS plain pumpkin puree, 1 TBS molasses and about 1/2 cup chopped chin pellets. I mixed it with distilled water, a dash at a time to get the consistency just right. That will make plenty of food for several feedings, kept in the fridge up to two days. The 60 ml syringe has a bigger "spout? hole?" at the bottom that I liked much better then the smaller syringes. Adding water made the food so cold I decided I would heat the mixture a little. I had a large plastic tumbler 32oz maybe which I half filled with warm water then I nuked it for 1 minute. I put the food filled syringe in the plastic "container thingy" in came in and I put it in the hot water for about 5 minutes. Always squirt out the food from the tip of the syringe because it will be hotter, then test the food temp on the inside of your wrist, it should only be slightly warm. Never microwave the food, that can make scorching hot spots!! Tibbit and Joey said they want to give advice also.
Tibbit: I heard mommy talking on the phone with someone who said after awhile their chins just flipped over waiting to be fed. Oohh I flipped over alright, but only to bite the crud out of mommy....Hehehe I am soooo BAD!
Joey: Mommy used a fleece blanket to wrap me for feeding, she said I was a very lucky chin to have my very own snuggie and very stylish. Oh reeaally! I kack every time I see a snuggie commercial, they should be outlawed!

 

[Gumby and Elmo]

When Gumby and Elmo was neutered a few yrs ago, Gumby stopped eating completely, first thing that came to my mind was the baytril, took him back to the vet and ihe was prescibed with...um..cant remember the name of the med, the gut mobility med.
I added some unsweetened apple juice into the cc to make it more enticing for him.
From needing to burito him and force feeding him, to him willing to take it off my syringe thru the cage. I also gave him acidophilus in between his med times.
It was a very tiring couple of weeks, I had to wake up every 4hrs or so to check on them, and feed Gumby.
I would still put their pellets in for them, but weigh it before hand, to see if they had any, but since they were caged together, I could only take a guess at how much they have taken.
Looking back it now, although very very tiring and worrying, it was all worth it, Mr.Gumby is sitting next to me watching tv with me now.

 

[squeeky_95]

If you do decide to syringe feed the poor guy, be sure to feed very little at a time! Don't want to upset his tummy.. remember; chinchillas can't throw up!! Good luck!