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My chinchilla Chilly, she's almost 2 yrs old. Eats Oxbox pellets.

The last few days I have seen odd behaviours, symptoms are:

-On Monday night Chilly had her playtime which consisted of treats: shredded wheat -non-sugar and an Oxbox dry veggie treat.

-About half & hour later she was sitting in a corner and started grinding her teeth, even her body shook when she grinded.

-Since monday night I have noticed that only when actually fed the treats that she will eat, she doesn't voluntarily go to her pellet bowl - so a major reduction in pellet eating over the last 2 days.

- she has been sleeping way more than she usually does

- her droppings are getting much much smaller - but still same hardness

- Chilly doesn't seem to hop around her cage much/less active now, but on a good side she does run on her wheel, however that has decrease a little as well.

Does anyone know what might be the issue here? Or what might be some causes of her not wanting to be active/eating. She just seems to be lying away in her corner.
 
I would take her to the vet and get her teeth checked!! Make them do Xrays. If she is not eating you need to be weighing her and if she is loosing start supplementing with critical care.
 
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