Chinchilla Matted Fur Under Chin

Isolate the chinchilla and put a collar on him.

Chinchilla matted fur under chin.

Season temperature or humidity change will cause a chin to prime earlier or later than normal. When there is dental disease they will drool and drop water food so that they get this classic matting under the chin and on the chest. Now her chin is wet and i think its drooling. It feels kind of like plastic is stuck in it but i m positive that s not the case.

In perfect conditions chinchillas prime 1 3 of their fur every 90 days. Step 4 isolate the matted clump of hair from your cat s coat. First fur chewing in chinchillas is a common behavioral problem in which they chew on their own or their cage mates fur so that the haircoat looks patchy. High humidity can affect a chinchilla s coat by creating thick clumps or mats that can be difficult to groom.

The new strands push the old out of the way. She drinks a lot and eats alright but not sure. Remove the fur around the penis apply vaseline and watch to make sure the swelling goes down. Then her whiskers broke and they haven t grown back since.

My chinchilla bella is 4 this year and when i first bought her she seemed to be fine. Hair growing back into the chewed regions may be shorter and darker than the original fur. Because these animals evolved in a low humidity environment they have difficulty coping with extremely different climate conditions. Clumped or matted fur.

Consider applying a pet safe antibiotic ointment i use neosporin without the added pain relief three to four times a day. Then under her chin she had matted fur. Feel around your cat s legs under its chin below its tail on its tummy and on the sides of its body. This is almost surely due to dental disease in chinchilla s.

Her paws also. How to quickly and easily remove mats from a chinchilla. I also noticed a patch with no fur under her chin. Chewing occurs most often over the back and tail but can occur anywhere on the body.

I went to check it out and it seems to be a little matted spot of fur. Hold it in one hand and use your fingers to loosen and pull away as many hairs as you can from the tangled ball of fur. Usually it s the molars that are the issue. Last night i noticed a hard spot under my chin s belly and at first it felt like a piece of poop got stuck in his fur.