Fur problem?

[ky2pr]

I had a new kit born two weeks ago and it has normal fur from the shoulders up but from there down the fur is really short, almost like it was shaved. And the upper fur is dark gray and the shorter fur is a very light gray. And after two weeks it looks the same. Has anyone else had this happen?

 

[Dreamlite]

Is the fur like cut off? It may be fur chewing by the mother. Where did you get the parents from?

 

[jags]

Over cleaning by mom! It will return to normal in time.

 

[R-BS]

I recently have been going thru files and pictures and ran across these pictures. Luckily I set them aside.

Here is one animal we had years ago - as JAGS said mom was very diligent in her cleaning.

Yes, it grew back and after weaning you couldn't tell it from any of the other babies.

Thought you might enjoy seeing the pictures - luckily I put them where I could find them. LOL

There was one other occasion that I can remember - I wished I had taken a picture. It was a white mother with two white babies.

She 'cleaned' them down to very pink skin with only white fur on their bellies and their heads - what a site - sooo cute. They looked like two little 'friar tuck's'. They too completely grew out.

Barbara

http://shootschinchilla.com

 

[ticklechin]

OMG that kit is just too cute!

 

[Claire D]

LOL Awesome photos.

 

[EMSChins]

It looks like a "Mexican Hairless Chinchilla" Barbara - bet you could have done some creative marketing and gotten some big bucks for it! Lol!!!

 

[ChinchillasByDesign]

At what point do you know it is over grooming and not chewing? We have a mom that has triplets. She shaved the fur of all three, but now that they are 3 weeks old it seems to have stopped and the fur is all growing back. We have her marked to cull because we thought she was chewing them.....could this be over grooming?

 

[R-BS]

Yes, this would be over grooming. The mother just basically licks the fur off without realizing it I believe.
I have seen it down to bare skin or just thinned out to very few hairs that just lay flat.
Since it started to grow back so quickly it would not be chewing.
I would not cull her at this point - unless she would actually chew the fur on them as they got older (which would be cut off areas of shorter fur...not as described above).

Barbara
http://shootschinchilla.com