Comments | chinchilla_love: what an awful night...

scarletwildfire in chinchilla_love

what an awful night...

Jan 26, 2009 15:36

I spent last night at the emergency exotic vet office with my 2 year old chin, Chimi. The following is what I posted to my own journal. (I have this awful feeling of karmic retribution for the post last week where the girls where peeing on everything ( Read more... )

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elbatnavuope January 26 2009, 20:43:23 UTC

poor baby! i hope she heals quickly!!! i'm so glad nothing like that has ever happened to me, i don't know what i'd do! i think you handled yourself very well even though it took a little while for you to figure out what's wrong :-)

scarletwildfire January 27 2009, 01:05:58 UTC

thank you.. I try.... the think the next six weeks are going to test her patience and mine, lol.

copper_1 January 26 2009, 21:44:21 UTC

There is nothing to feel guilty about at all. You did exactly the right thing once you realized that something was wrong. You took immediate action, even late at night. That is a true sign of a dedicated parent!
I hope that your baby gets better fast!

scarletwildfire January 27 2009, 01:00:05 UTC

thanks... I do try.

paincushion January 26 2009, 22:10:33 UTC

I know the guilt-and-worry song and dance that comes with a badly injured chinchilla ( ... )

scarletwildfire January 27 2009, 01:01:15 UTC

thank you for the positive story!

kitty_katya January 26 2009, 23:56:06 UTC

poor little chimi-chinny!

i work at a 24-hour vet hospital and we see a few chinnie leg amputations a year, usually concomitant to an injury just like chimi's. hopefully she'll heal up and be good as new! if for whatever reason you do opt to amputate, i can tell you that chins do really really well as tripods :) and dont feel guilty about the aforementioned pee-post. we all get frustrated with our fuzzbutts from time to time. you obviously did all you possibly could for your little one and shes lucky to have you as a mom!

kitty_katya January 26 2009, 23:57:15 UTC

ps - she looks quite adorable in her chin-sized buster collar :p

scarletwildfire January 27 2009, 01:05:07 UTC

yeah I think she looks so pathetic that it makes her cuter.... kinda sad ain't it? lol

It is nice to know that I'm not the only one it's happened to. I've had chins for 8 years now... and this only the second time ever any of them have had to go to the vet, it's a shame that it has to be this serious. :(

I was kinda hoping you guys would get a "kick" (oow...groan) out of the pics. When the doc first brought her out to me I kind of snickered to myself and she said "yeah, I had to take pictures, too."

oblivious_frog January 27 2009, 04:22:37 UTC

My hammy had a cast a few years back. It was a horrifying experience since another hammy got ahold of him... *sigh* but he was ok, and he even ran in his wheel with this damn thing!

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oblivious_frog January 27 2009, 04:23:46 UTC

Oops! new MAC comp, still not used to it, lol.

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