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Originally Posted by wilma
Hi
You sound like you must know alot about chinchillas. i have a chinchilla who is 6 years old i took her to the vets last week as she was being picky with her food, the vet checked her teeth bith front and back but they were fine. Shesw running round as normal but now today she won't eat anything! don't suppose you've come across this or if anyone else has have they? i'd be greatfull if there's anyone out they that could advise me.
cheers
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It is impossible to properly check the back teeth without an anaesthetic so unless your vet gave your chinchilla a general anaesthetic and used special tools to look at the back teeth theres no way they can know if her back teeth are ok.
If your chin is not eating she needs to be seen by a chinchilla competent vet as a matter of urgency as a chin that is not eating can quickly go into gut stasis and can become very ill . In the mean time you need to syringe feed him with a liquid diet, theres one called critical care for herbivores.
Good luck and I hope she gets better, please let us know how she goes on