What to ask for on a Vet visit?

[ticklechin]

If you deal with "numerous" rescues then you should have known the basic aspects of a vet exam, that is not "expert" knowledge, its basic knowledge. I seem to be gathering you claim to have dealt with breeding, rescues and have had numerous chins for 10 years, I do not understand if you say that is true how you have not ever had to deal with a vet visit, all visits start with a exam.

 

[tunes]

The first time we bred them was 7 years ago, so I exagerated on yahoo answers, sue me please.

I've stayed out of this, mainly because I gave the only answer I could give based on the information you gave. But THIS more than just irritates me. "Exaggerated?" You mean you lied on Yahoo so people would give more weight to what you said, which 90% of the time was wrong, than to someone else who wouldn't have "exaggerated." I spend tons of time on Yahoo trying to give the right answers, giving correct and safe information, so do a lot of other people. Then someone like you comes along who is "exaggerating" and knows nothing about chins, is filling people full of dangerous information, and you might get someone following your advice over someone who gave correct advice because you lied?

Dawn is right. You can say that you're an experienced chin owner all you want, but the answers you gave on Yahoo absolutely deny that. You recommend giving peanuts and all other manner of crap to chinchillas, then compound the misinformation by stating "a lifetime of experience" or "breeder for 7 years."

I know of breaders with 7 years experience, and yes, God help me, but more so the chins. She advocates whacking off their teeth because they chew on a limb that should have been removed because the chin is "bored." She also loudly and proudly proclaims her breeding of rescues. I know of another breader who had chins for about that same time. She would scour the classifieds for every $25.00 chin she could find, then would breed them mutation on top of mutation on top of mutation, and turn around and sell puney, absolute crap animals for ridiculous amounts of money, some of which barely made it to the new happy owners, who ALSO were going to breed them, only to have them die because they were so ill cared for.

I've got 9 years of experience. I don't know everything there is to know about chins, but when I don't know something, I shut up. I don't say "I've got 9 years of experience breading, even though I lied and I don't really, so because of that I am going to give you crappy advice and you should listen to me because I'm a breader."

 

[Kalandra]

The first time we bred them was 7 years ago, so I exagerated on yahoo answers, sue me please.

Exaggerating or lying about length of time that you have been involved in breeding or ownership of an animal shouldn't be taken so lightly as to require a "sue me" statement. Some people equate length of time to actual knowledge from real life experience.

Lying to make people believe that you have the experience when you really don't only endangers the chinchillas that you, supposedly, are looking to help. Should the owner believe that you really have that experience, take your advice, and have a chinchilla die from it later... well who is out? You certainly aren't. Because it is Y!A you may never learn that your fib killed a poor innocent creature.

If you had told us, in the beginning, what the state of these animals were in, you would have received different advice. I certainly wouldn't have suggested just waiting through quarantine.

 

[starleomach]

I am going to ask 1 question first that directly relates to your 3 chinchillas. Do you have the two with the URIs seperate from mom chin? I mean different rooms far far away? if not you need to so she does not catch that URI. that is the last thing you need.

That being said everyone else has brought up all the other things I would. We spend a lot of time corrrecting mis-information out there...why on earth do you spread more. It is not a popularity contest it is about teaching people and helping chinchillas.....

 

[AZChins]

Yikes. I have to spend the day in Tucson at the vet's office because a chin prolapsed her uterus and I come back to this.

Exaggerating really isn't necessary. Honestly, if I heard someone had 7 or 10 years of breeding experience, I would expect that person to be able to know what to ask of a vet during a regular visit. My vet would kill me if I went in for wellness checks for everyone! LOL That poor man probably is annoyed enough with as many times as I see him.

I hope the three rescues are alright and will do well with their treatment.

 

[ticklechin]

My vet dentist sticks pins in a voodoo doll of me I swear, I question everything and ask tons of questions on teeth.