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DramaMama
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I'm not quite sure where else to put this, but I figured if I was in here I'd get some kind of answer...
I got a new chin today (he's approximately a year old, slightly older). I got him from a woman who bought him for her daughter (on a whim from a hobby breeder...). Typical story: girl wants pet to cuddle, mom buys chin, nobody in the family knows anything about chinchillas, girl realizes chin isn't cuddly and gets a bunny, girl neglects to take chin out of his cage for a month and he doesn't have a wheel, mom posts on craigslist, I take chin.
So when I first viewed the pictures with the posting the chin looked normal, but when I first went to see him in person I noticed that his tail was somewhere between one third and one quarter of the length that it is supposed to be (it cuts off right where they usually start to fluff out majorly, I'll add a picture of him when I get ahold of a camera if anybody wants one). When I inquired as to where the other major portion of his tail had gone she told me that the breeder had told her that the mother had mistaken his tail for the umbilical cord and chewed it off.
There is no indication that this is a recent wound, I don't even think it looks like a "wound" at all. Upon examination I've found no scar tissue, and there is hair growing all over it, which gives him the appearance of just having a really short tail. It does not seem to be detrimental to his well being.
I guess my question is to any breeders in here. Have any of you seen anything similar happen to kits? Have any of you seen any birth defects that may be similar to this in kits? I'm just really wondering for my own curious purposes.
I got a new chin today (he's approximately a year old, slightly older). I got him from a woman who bought him for her daughter (on a whim from a hobby breeder...). Typical story: girl wants pet to cuddle, mom buys chin, nobody in the family knows anything about chinchillas, girl realizes chin isn't cuddly and gets a bunny, girl neglects to take chin out of his cage for a month and he doesn't have a wheel, mom posts on craigslist, I take chin.
So when I first viewed the pictures with the posting the chin looked normal, but when I first went to see him in person I noticed that his tail was somewhere between one third and one quarter of the length that it is supposed to be (it cuts off right where they usually start to fluff out majorly, I'll add a picture of him when I get ahold of a camera if anybody wants one). When I inquired as to where the other major portion of his tail had gone she told me that the breeder had told her that the mother had mistaken his tail for the umbilical cord and chewed it off.
There is no indication that this is a recent wound, I don't even think it looks like a "wound" at all. Upon examination I've found no scar tissue, and there is hair growing all over it, which gives him the appearance of just having a really short tail. It does not seem to be detrimental to his well being.
I guess my question is to any breeders in here. Have any of you seen anything similar happen to kits? Have any of you seen any birth defects that may be similar to this in kits? I'm just really wondering for my own curious purposes.
