Oh God, he swallowed it.

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MariNisha

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GUYSSSS I need help/advice from you all, asap... ( I usually post on Canadian chin forum but atm I really need answers from anyone and realize it's late so I'm posting this all over the place)

Chai and Loki have/had been doing fantastically as of late, but my little bugger Chai did something silly during playtime tonight. They were out in their pen and I was playing with them as usual, letting them use my hands and arms to climb over, when he suddenly grabbed hold of one of my rings and in a split second broke off a piece of baltic amber from it. I immediately tried to see if he had it in his mouth so I could take it away, but nothing. Then I looked all over the playpen, hoping to Almighty Thor that the little thing had just fallen off, but it's definitely not there.

I think he ate it.

It's a 4mm semicircle/circle of baltic amber. So it's technically not all that big, but this is still the equivalent of a toddler swallowing a toonie or something in my mind. I'm pretty worried, since I haven't had to take either of these two to the vet at all since I got them, we've been super healthy.

I've taken Loki back to the cage for now and am keeping Chai in the playpen for a little while to observe him. What should I do?

Please help D: ._.

I'm gonna take a picture of the ring using my phone in a second and put it up here as well. just need to get my phone.

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I had a chin do the same thing about a year ago.... only it was a diamond she swallowed. We did x-rays, and could see it. Vet told me to give her simethicone and watch her. She is still alive today and had no issues. I would still take him in just to be safe. But I just wanted to give you a positive outlook.
 
So what happened? Was he able to pass it or? Very curious. My chin ate a chunk of silicone from my phone case the other day :/
 
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