Experienced Maryland Vet to Neuter Male

[Hresko]

Hello Everyone:

I am new to this site. We have had a Chinchilla for five years and thought it might be lonely. So, I purchased a male to keep ours company. I followed the recommendations to introducing them slowly and everything seemed to be going very well, although slow.

We let them play together when they had free time every night and put them together in a cage for a short while from time to time. Well, last night, they were so cute and were grooming each other and then the new male started humping our original Chinchilla, which greatly confused us. Guess what? Our original Chinchilla is not a male like we had been told and thought for years, but is a female. We could even see what looked exactly like a penis, but have now learned that a female can appear to have a penis, it's the spacing in the area that is important.

Long story short, we want to have the male neutered. We live in Maryland and have a wonderful vet, but they don't neuter Chinchillas. Can anyone recommend a vet in the area (within an hour) that has experience neutering Chinchillas?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[Sycamore Chins]

Where in Maryland?

 

[Dreamlite]

Feathers tails and scales has done great work for me. I don't remember their number off hand but I'm sure you could look it up. I have had them do dentals and xrays. They haven't done any neuterings for me but I know they neuter sugar gliders.

 

[sheri7]

I'm not sure if they do neuturing but you might try Falls Road Animal Hospital. I took my girl there to see a Dr Herko when she was sick.