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Hi, I got one of my male chinchillas castrated yesterday as it turns out the other male chinchilla who he is living with is actually a female..and pregnant! We didn't want to split them up as the pair have become really close recently so the only other choice was neutering. We picked Chilli up at 5pm and brought him home, put him back in his cage, watched the pair all night and as there was no fighting or aggression between the two, we decided they could stay together for now. The only problem is that Chilli hasn't really moved since we brought him home, and has barely eaten/drunk anything. As directed by the vets, we gave him his first does of anti-biotics this morning which went down fine and we also decided to feed him some water through the syringe afterwards which was also fine. I didn't expect him to be back to his normal self straight away but I'm worried at his prolonged loss of appetite and immobile state. On a couple of websites it has been suggested that a mixture of pellets, apple/cranberry juice and oats blended together could be fed via a syringe to encourage him to eat, but I just wanted any opinions on if this is a good idea or not, and if I should just wait a little longer to see if the situation improves by itself. We have a vets appointment on saturday anyway for a check up, but just wandering what to do in the meantime.. Thanks!