Urolithiasis of chinchilla? Many people like to keep pet cats in life, among which there are many kinds of cats. My neighbor totoro is a lovely animal, but this pet also has stones. Let's share the urolithiasis of chinchilla.
Totoro's urinary system stones 1 1. Symptoms of stones: Because stones block the urinary tract, it is impossible to urinate smoothly. If the blockage lasts for a long time, it will lead to urinary tract infection and capillary rupture, discharge red hematuria, sick cats will stop eating, and there will be continuous urination and squatting.
Second, the confirmation of stones: after discovering the above symptoms, you should go to the pet hospital for X-ray examination to determine the location and size of stones. Treatment of stones: surgical cleaning is generally needed, and it is best to choose a hospital that has done this kind of surgery, and the effect will be better. Elizabeth circle should be worn after operation to avoid chinchillas biting wounds, and stone replacement caused by improper diet must be stopped.
Prevention of stones: According to some known cases, improper diet is the main cause of stones. Here, I would like to remind you from the following aspects:
1, don't take too much calcium, feed so-called calcium granules, nutritional granules, calcium tablets, etc. Although chinchillas are immune to excessive calcium, due to individual differences, some chinchillas cannot form stones through urine due to excessive calcium supplementation. It is ideal to feed alfalfa every day to supplement calcium. I have been feeding my chinchilla for more than 10 years, and no stone has appeared, which also shows that calcium in alfalfa grass is more easily decomposed and absorbed by chinchilla.
2, animal protein can also lead to the emergence of stones, especially if the herbivorous chinchillas often use feed containing animal protein, the probability of stones will increase a lot, so when buying chinchillas, we should pay attention to choosing non-animal protein components.
3. There are some foods, such as cuttlefish bones, which are totally unsuitable for chinchillas, and the content of calcium and salt is extremely high.
Urinary calculi in chinchilla II. Causes of constipation in chinchilla
The longer constipation lasts, the more difficult it is to treat. In severe cases, it may lead to self-poisoning or other secondary diseases, which will worsen the condition. There are three factors leading to this disease:
1, Feeding management: If dry food is fed for a long time, there will be insufficient drinking water, foreign bodies in hair eating each other, insufficient exercise and sudden changes in feed, environment and management. The disease may be induced.
2, disease: painful defecation diseases (such as rectal polyps, proctitis, rectal stenosis, tumors, anal abscess, etc. ), constipation due to the disappearance of normal defecation.
3. Self: Diseases with difficulty in defecation (such as dislocation of medullary joint, pelvic fracture, hind limb fracture, etc.). ) can cause constipation.
Second, the symptoms and signs of my neighbor totoro constipation
1, a sign of chinchilla constipation
Feces become smaller, harder, denser and sometimes turn black. In severe cases, it will even become completely free of feces. In the early stage of constipation, my neighbor totoro had no abnormal performance; But in the middle of constipation, my neighbor totoro began to lose appetite; In the late stage of constipation, my neighbor totoro will be depressed in addition to anorexia; For example, you will squat in the corner of the cage, and sometimes you can observe your eyes closed, backache, depression and shortness of breath.
2, the symptoms of my neighbor totoro constipation
The defecation is obviously reduced or stopped, and the stool is thin and small, dry and hard. My neighbor totoro stopped eating and drinking, squatting in one place, too lazy to move, hunched his back in pain, listless and closed his eyes.
Third, the treatment of chinchilla constipation
Diet conditioning of constipation-dietotherapy is the most important.
To stop snacks, change the chinchilla's diet to: lactic acid bacteria+fresh apples+alfalfa hay/grass granules; Do it. It is a good choice to use all kinds of high-fiber grass as dinner, such as ladder grass. In drinking water, you can add fruit juice, whole milk powder, glucose saline or give it some cheese.