New Chin with Possible Stasis - advice

[Laurie]

He is quite sweet. I hope he continues to fight and get well for you.

 

[EMSChins]

Thanks Laurie! He is extremely sweet but since I have only had him a few days - hard to tell if that is really his personality or only because he needs me so much right now because he is sick???

Anyway - I just fed him a little more CC only to find a small pile of poop where he had been sitting in the cage. Only 8-10 droppings but definitely a pile - the first pile I have seen since picking him up! He even left 5 more for me on my shirt while I was feeding him his CC - pretty sad when you get excited about poop on your shirt, my husband just wrinkles his nose!

 

[Ash]

Thanks Laurie! He is extremely sweet but since I have only had him a few days - hard to tell if that is really his personality or only because he needs me so much right now because he is sick???

Anyway - I just fed him a little more CC only to find a small pile of poop where he had been sitting in the cage. Only 8-10 droppings but definitely a pile - the first pile I have seen since picking him up! He even left 5 more for me on my shirt while I was feeding him his CC - pretty sad when you get excited about poop on your shirt, my husband just wrinkles his nose!

Welcome to the joys of chinchilla ownership! :neener:

 

[chechinchillas]

Yea poop!

 

[jdb411]

I just came across your thread. I hope your baby is doing better. I went thru a very similar account when a chinchilla was "re-homed" to me. She didn't have a blockage, but rather went into accute shock, stopped eating and drinking, and her poops turned into a few small black flecks a day. She had to have the sub-q injections, hand feeding the critical care and water. With a lot of tender care, she recovered and continues to gain weight and her spunky personality is just now emerging after a couple of months. I hope you experience a happy ending as well.

Jenni

 

[EMSChins]

Thanks for your input. He got much worse before he got better and I posted a different thread as his symptoms changed somewhat (severe head tilt). This is the other thread that continues with his saga:
http://www.chins-n-hedgies.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23591

He gets better each and every day but I watch him like a hawk. He still has the head tilt but is starting to eat on his own.