So today as i was cleaning sophie's cage i noticed the poop scattered everywhere which reassured me she was a healthy chin. I spent about an hour removing every single poop. After checking on her again in about a half hour i noticed there was at the most 5 poops. she has been eating and drinking normally but i feel like shes not pooping like usual. I waited to see if she would go back to normal in the morning and surely there was poop everywhere. Should i be concerned if she's only pooping at night? Also she stretched a lot and randomly rolled in her cage. please help.
Possibly Bloat?!
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liewwan
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Check the outside, under, just everywhere around the cage. My boys gave me a scare a couple weeks back, but all it was is the punk was throwing the poo out of the cage. Stretching can be a sign of bloat though.
haha that sounds so funny but i did look around the cage and there were only a couple that i probably missed from the last cleaning. I dont know if my chin feels like nighttime is poo time cause when im in bed all i hear is her running on her silver surfer and the sound of poo spinning with her.
ChinnyMom
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i wouldn't be concerned. she may have taken a nap in that half hour, and as far as i have seen with my boys, poop doesn't happen when they are sleeping.
FabiannRamona
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My chinchilla wakes up and stretches does this mean anything i tough it was pretty normal... : (
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It's normal for a chin to stretch when he wakes up after sleeping.
rainey
chinchuckles
Chins poop the most when they're active, so if it's daytime and they're sleepy/sleeping, they won't be pooping as much. So I'm sure Sophie is fine!
liewwan
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Mine stretch when they wake up. It's when you see them stretching out of the blues is when i kick in worry mode. Not sure what the average hours of sleep for them though.
