Swollen scrotum

[Bostongirl'sChin75]

I was on another one of my chinchilla forums and I got a message from a girl that has a 5 year old chin with a swollen scrotum. She has taken him to a chin vet, and he can not tell what is wrong. The vet has tried to remove any fluid there may be in the scrotum itself, but none comes out, and he seems to think it may be in the cell walls ( almost like the cellulitis we get ) but is not sure and is running more tests. They have him on AB's, CC and some pain medication right now and her chin is pooping and peeing normally and is active.
I know that some of you on here have male chins and I told her I would ask if anyone had ever seen this in their chins and if you had any advice on what it might be?

 

[mishellyshel]

i dont mean to sound graphic, but maybe he just has a large scrotum. I have all boys and a couple of them have much larger areas than others. why does she think it is swollen? is it red?

 

[InkedupTara]

i dont mean to sound graphic, but maybe he just has a large scrotum. I have all boys and a couple of them have much larger areas than others. why does she think it is swollen? is it red?

I was wondering the same. Either way, poor chinny.

 

[Stackie]

I have noticed that my chins' scrotums can get larger and appear swollen. Other times they look normal. The first time I saw it I thought something was wrong but I found out it was normal.

Can you send her here and ask her to post pictures?

 

[Bostongirl'sChin75]

The way she described it to me, is that it usually almond size and now it is about the size of a kiwi..The vet has not been able to find anything wrong externally or internally..minus doing exploratory surgery...and they want to avoid this as much as possible. Right now, the vet is calling scrotal edema, for lack of a better diagnosis, but can not get any fluid to come out. Not to get too gross but Is it possible for a make chin to have backed up semen?

 

[starleomach]

if it were the size of a kiwi he wouldn't be able to walk. smetimes chins scrotums just kinda hang down---like when they are relaxed

 

[mishellyshel]

a kiwi is almost as big as his head, i think it would be difficult to walk while 2 kiwis were dangling. a few of my chins have grape sized testicles while others have little pencil eraser size. i dont know about the back up issue, however; perhaps the person can join our forum and post a photo and maybe someone will have an answer.

personally if one of my chins had a kiwi sized testicle, i would make sure the vet had a lot of experience with chins or i would get a second opinion.

 

[Bostongirl'sChin75]

That is what I was thinking too..but you know how it is when you are worried about your chin..

I gave her the link to the web site and I will ask her to post a pic if she can. Thanks for all the help though!