How often can Chinchillas sneeze???

[anthonygoji]

I got three chinchillas 2 months ago and one week after arriving they started to sneeze one by one 5 days apart from each other. They all stopped sneezing after a week or so of continuous sneezing (each one in a different date). They never stopped from eating, drinking and playing normally (they fly in the cage). They also never had any obvious discharge through their nostrils (nasal orifices) though they were continuously wiping their nose. Still sometimes they can sneeze twice or three times during the day. They behave normally other than that. Their eyes have been always clean and bright with no discharges.

They scare me every time I'm handling the treats; cause they want to snatch them from my hands.

Should I worry for these sneezing or is it kind of normal???

:hmm:

 

[Godofgods]

out of my 5 chins these last 6~ years, ive never seen a chin sneeze.

 

[obcsed]

Chins can make a noise similar to a sneeze when they are annoyed. Maybe that is what they are doing. One of mine occasionally sneezes after a dust bath. Any other time I've heard a chin sneeze, they have had an URI and needed antibiotics. So I guess you will just have to keep an eye on them and try to figure out what is triggering it.

 

[EternallyCynical]

Mine sometimes makes a sneeze-ish noise if he's annoyed with me. If he's frustrated/doesn't know what to do he might wipe his nose sometimes as well. The only time I've noticed what I think is an ACTUAL sneeze, its been when he's taking a dust bath. But his weight's consistent and he shows no sign of being ill. It was happening before I took him to the vet for a different reason too and when he was at the vet he was given a totally clean bill of health.

 

[anthonygoji]

Thank you!!!