To be honest if she has had a dental and not been prescribed any pain relief I would be concerned about your vets experience of chins and teeth problems.
Is she eating alone ? or are you syringe feeding? Is she happy in herself or is she showing signs of pain and lethargy ? In your position I would be chatting to my vet about how far the root elongation has progressed and her quality of life
In my opinion if she has no quality of life and is suffering ( as it sounds as though she is by your post) then sadly I think you need to make the decision to allow her to go with dignity. In my opinion it's all about quality of life and knowing when to treat and when to stop
The 2 boys should be fine together as long as there are no females in the same room.
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Originally Posted by beccakg
She's actually still losing weight, and from the x-rays there's nothing more that can be done. The chinchilla specialist I spoke to said that while some people advise removing the babies at 8 weeks, it's actually better to leave them with the parents until 14 weeks, as long as the males don't show any sexual behaviour, as removing them too early can mean failure to develop social skills. I was going to err on the side of caution and remove him at 8 weeks, but as the situation with the malocclusion has developed, we knew it was only a matter of weeks until euthanasia was the only real option, so that's why he's still living with his parents.
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In all honesty I have never heard such a load of old rubbish, most breeders remove kits at 8 weeks and they develop into healthy happy chins. I have also removed lots of kits ( I dont breed , these are kits that have been born to females that have arrived at our rescue already pregnant) at 8 weeks and never had any problems at all