If you find that your chinchilla is sluggish, doesn’t eat, and may not have poop for a few days, it may be constipated. The intestines of chinchillas are U-shaped. For example, chinchillas are very likely to suffer from constipation. Although chinchilla constipation (details) is not as quick and fatal as diarrhea, long-term constipation will also make chinchillas very painful. May cause death. So the owner must pay attention to this issue. Help chinchilla conditioning as soon as possible.
- Improve your diet. Changed Chinchilla’s recipe to Lactobacillus + Fresh Apple + Alfalfa hay/grass pellets. It can be supplemented with a variety of high-fiber pastures as a meal, such as timothy grass, which are all good choices. And add fruit juice, whole milk powder, dextrose brine to the drinking water, or give it some cheese. Stop feeding snacks.
For lactobacillus tablets, feed 3 times a day, about 2 tablets each time, and ensure that Chinchillas eat 5-7 tablets within 24 hours. Fresh apples are washed and cored, and fed 3-5 times a day, one inch-sized piece each time. If chinchillas don’t like apples, you can use dried apples instead. Remember if you add something to your drinking water, replace it with fresh water twice a day to avoid spoilage. - Physiotherapy. If the chinchilla’s constipation is very serious, then on the basis of dietary conditioning, physical therapy should be added. Cover your hands with a hot towel, then gently massage the belly of the chinchilla in a clockwise motion. Specially feel it with your hands, chinchillas with severe constipation can feel the lumps of feces in the abdomen, gently and patiently push the small lumps with your hands towards the anus, and slowly follow the direction of the rectum to lump the feces. Massage to the anus, and then help to squeeze it out, so that it will help recovery after expelling the stool. Remember not to act rudely, otherwise it may hurt the chinchilla’s intestines.
- Moderate exercise. Find a relatively empty place every day, such as a bed, and let the chinchilla go for a walk, but don’t exercise vigorously. You can artificially control the chinchilla’s excitement level, let him walk for about half an hour, and then return to the cage.
Totoro constipation will take a long time to recover. The owner must be patient. For its health, it must wait until they fully recover.
