Chinchilla toe needs to be amputated

[Tasha23]

HI

I have my chinchille now almost 2 years. Its my first one
My chinchilla has some fungus or thing on the toe, and needs to be amputated , coz its eating the flesh and can kinda see the bone.

anyone know what caused it maybe or had the same problem?

My chin is going in this morning , feel verry sad about this.:cry3:

 

[Godins Chinchillas]

Fungus would not cause a toe to need amputation. An infection certainly would though. Did he/she get it caught on something?

Amputations are no big deal. Just make sure you keep it clean afterwords. They heal pretty quickly.

 

[Tasha23]

It has infection yes, my chin is chewing the toe aswell, i really don't know what happened, the eveing i got home when i went to sparky i saw the toe look bad, so i took him the vet.

wel yesterday i picked him up and they said they not going to do anything for 5 days i need to give him antibiotics, and omw i am really struggling to give it to him, he hates it.