okay, i am here to confess, my chinchilla had died today at 1.30pm i managed to rush home from work after receiving distress call from my mom. he was a cute little guy that i thought would bring joy to the family but it did not, it bring more pain then joy all i can say because my mom is still crying now. my dad had passed away this year which is unreal so i thought of keeping my mom busy by having a chinchilla. we had 2 dogs before, both shih tzu and one died last year at the age of 13 and the other was 4years old which is still with us.

lets get on, i am the cruel one who caused my chin to die, improper lack of education and no experience. i tot that keeping a chin is as easy as keeping a dog, well, just aircond, hay water and pellets, no treats, fulfil their basic requirements thats it. its not, i dont know what causes my chin to have diarrhea, but i suspect too much alfalfa maybe i might be wrong. ive bought alfalfa and timothy hay plus kaytee pellets since we brought him home, but i notice he does not touch the timothy hay, only to realize that because the timothy is "1st CUT" when he had the diarrhea problem, that means all the time he was only eating alfalfa hay 100% and and the pellets which consist of alfalfa as well.
thanks mr chinchilla for rectifying the problem for me, but i guess it was a little too late, he definitely loves the orchard grass and timothy that i bought from oxbow, his droppings are getting harder but hes having weightloss still,  i went to work this morning and he was okay still, still eating and running around, until my mom woke up and saw him lying on his side, gasping for breath. which is just a short 3hrs after i went to work, i was so shocked when my mom called me. i rushed home only to see that he is fighting for his breath and on his sides, he tried to move but he cant, then after 10mins of difficulty he made a sound, and then he moved but a minute later he died. no more breath.

i will definitely never get a chinchilla for now, unless i know what i am doing, and if only i know there is a vet for me to go incase of emergency. i still couldnt believe it, just a month plus after bringing him back from ikano, he was timid that time and hiding wouldnt let us touch, but for the last two weeks he was so nice us, he always come near to the door of his cage when we walk near to his cage,  letting us massage his neck, feed him with hay. and i have not let him out of the cage ever since he had diarrhea , which was for a week. so i did not notice how bad his weight loss was. it was another big mistake. i will post up some pictures of my cute little boy by this week. well, pls share your comments and post here if u know any vets that could treat chinchillas. surely will help others.  jjoy to see a new chinchilla being introduced to the world but sad to see it fall under the wrong hands.

We all learn together, when ever you put 1 male and 1 female in the same cage, you ARE A BREEDER.

1 of my Hetero Beige chin.

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Babies time.... Very hard to take Black chinchilla photos...