Tiffany_Marie
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My chinchilla Nibbles hasnt been doing well lately. She slowly stopped eating and pooping so we took her to the vet. The vet told us that her tummy was bloated but she seemed fine otherwise. He gave a medicine to help get her digestive tract moving (it was a cat hair ball medicine). That helped her and she seemed to be getting better for a little. But we still wanted to make sure so about a week after her first vet visit we took her back. I wanted the vet to do an x-ray but he said "if we do an x-ray we take her right to surgery and Im not doing surgery on a Friday night". He gave us an antibiotic and sent us home. Its been a few days since then and my chin seemed to be getting better again but as of yesterday she stopped eating also completely and has barely pooped. Shes only taking snacks (the ones that come in the one brand of chin food we have). She even stopped eating her hair but she appears to be drinking normally and seemed alot more active last night than any other night since shes been sick. I read some where on this site that antibiotics can ruin a chins appetite and Ive also looked into some chin critical care food. Im really scared for her. Shes like the best pet ever.