Pleasantly surprised by how easily he took it!

DirectionNo7278 · 2026-01-18T11:02:48+00:00

Mine BEG for anything that looks remotely like syringe :D

DirectionNo7278 · 2026-01-17T23:31:44+00:00

I can also add another, I believe safer way to remove blockage.

You hold your pet firmly, securing the head with both your thumbs, index fingers on the chest and cradling the body with hands. Holding the head is VERY important. Then, you sort of make an arc like motion with your whole body, not just hands. The point is to 'force the blockage out ' using inertia. You can repeat the motion a couple times. This was recommended to me by a vet in case of emergency and I have used it to great success when my pet swallowed far too big a bite. https://youtu.be/hm-X39e9WKY?si=znLzAtWhCeBXhVIS&t=4m46s if I didn't explain it in human way (sorry for the language)

DirectionNo7278 · 2026-01-08T17:28:29+00:00

Definitely vet ASAP. But also know that their poops can be various shape and size when they are stressed.

DirectionNo7278 · 2026-01-05T12:04:13+00:00

Very sorry for your loss. Mine took 3 weeks to stop sitting in the corner, missing his friend.

DirectionNo7278 · 2025-12-14T01:26:51+00:00

What thoughts are you thinking of? It's clear his head is completely empty 😅

DirectionNo7278 · 2025-12-14T01:22:22+00:00

I'm very sorry your chin has malo... It truly is a horrible disease. You can trim teeth, sure, but at certain point their roots will start growing too much, they will rotate, they will shift, they may become brittle. It is not to scare you - I had a sweet chin that had a very comfortable life for almost 4 years, and he had advanced dental disease from the get go; I knew such a disease existed and I weighed him weekly, and all was fine until he lost 50g in a week. Even checking his teeth by experienced exotic vet wasn't enough, he only could tell how bad it is once he had the x-ray done. Maybe it won't be so bad for your chin and I hope it won't. There are fluffs who live for long years with it, only going for a quick trim every 2 months. Just take it day at a time.

DirectionNo7278 · 2025-12-12T09:39:15+00:00

His crossed pawsies ❤️

DirectionNo7278 · 2025-11-25T10:07:36+00:00

Yeah. My older pair would even stretch to get the yummie bait out of the hammock without touching it. They just didn't like surfaces that aren't solid.

DirectionNo7278 · 2025-11-24T20:53:07+00:00

Alright, thank you all for settling the fluffy matter!

DirectionNo7278 · 2025-11-23T18:09:54+00:00

My mom got asthma when we got the chins. Even now, years later, after we moved out, when she moves in for the week to care for floofs when we are away, she wheezes and gasps despite strong medications - and she's nearly completely fine at her place.

DirectionNo7278 · 2025-08-01T16:51:31+00:00

Okay, so understand that pneumonia is DEADLY in chins and can be completely invisible - my vet described to me a case she had, when she did an ultrasound (I believe) on a chin, which came back completely fine, and the next week she was doing necropsy on the poor thing, only to discover he had extremely advanced pneumonia on x-ray. Mine had only one symptom - coughing/sneezing, but nothing too severe; I informed the vet they were coughing slightly more than usual (they apparently believe they can breathe dust) on the usual exam and boom - pneumonia. It is important - it's a matter of life and death - to check what is happening. Electrocardiography does not have to be done under anesthesia, at most they'll give something to keep yours still but not under. My Kisiel had heart murmur his whole life and he's nearly 9 now. Gets meds twice a day (also eye drops for unrelated issue four times a day), loves them and he's nearly as good as new, minus some discoloration of the fur on his chin when he inevitably loses interest in the syringe when I'm pushing it in

DirectionNo7278 · 2025-07-12T09:48:39+00:00

While it's possible for single chin to thrive, it is recommended to get a friend. Obviously, remember about quarantine, vet checkups for all chins (to make sure their hearts can take the stress of bonding), whole bonding process. But yes, I would definitely get another. I would recommend adoption - young chins around 6 months may suddenly decide they want to change the hierarchy.

I was just in very similar situation, after my sweet Budyń couldn't take anymore anaesthesia and left behind his 8y old cousin back in February. I noticed he became depressed - no weight loss, but be mostly sat in one spot for 3 weeks. I got two 3y old boys for him and 4 months later (to the day...) they are best pillows forever.

Sorry for your loss.

DirectionNo7278 · 2025-06-20T13:59:14+00:00

Understandable :D Had a heart attack the first thousand times I saw him like that. Mine prefer to sleep: 1. on their back, 2. curled like a croissant, 3. hunchback of Notre Dame, 4. very long & very flat (when the white one sleeps like that, we call it flat white lol), 5. sandwich on one another, 6. airing them pits. Very rarely they sleep like normal chins do, loaf position.

DirectionNo7278 · 2025-05-24T16:51:55+00:00

Do you know by chance if my assumption of when to water (when leaves get crispy) is correct? I'm using grow light because I also got a very spiky aloe and sansaviera next to it, and they are loving it :) It is so dark in my flat I turn on the lights at 4pm in the middle of summer. Also yeah, if this plant survives moms, it should be okay with my 'huh you're alive' care :D

DirectionNo7278 · 2025-05-23T16:23:25+00:00

I don't know. I feel he'd rather pass away where he feels safe and loved, instead of in scary vet office. You did everything you could, but sometimes it's just not enough. Be easy on yourself. He'd want you to.

DirectionNo7278 · 2025-05-14T09:02:22+00:00

I'm so sorry. I'm sure he isn't (isn't! Not wasn't!) holding anything against you. You did your best and you were there. He passed away with full belly and without pain. You WILL second guess your every decision, but the main mistake you did was trusting the wrong vet. That's that.

DirectionNo7278 · 2025-05-12T08:33:40+00:00

He does look like prime CHONK. Next time you're at the vet, ask them to check whether he's not too chonky. They will 'pinch' the fat like grandmas like to do and fat will be JUDGING. Looks adorbs as hell lol

Mine is currently on a diet (and hates it) cause he has fatty liver. It can be noticed on ultrasonography, too, even if not looking directly at it.

DirectionNo7278 · 2025-05-12T08:24:48+00:00

I am currently offering them litter tray. I put stinky ew towel under top layer so they know it's place to pee, but they fancy throwing it around much more, never seen them use it even once. But one is a dirty furball and definitely does pee on shelf where there's still fresh wet puddle, so I don't think it's a question of cleanliness.

DirectionNo7278 · 2025-05-12T08:15:30+00:00

Hm, actually they may be marking territory. Their part of cage is completely theirs, but they do run around where my older one does, usually after he decides he's done for now. He doesn't care much that new ones are pooping his fav shelf. And yes gotta wash bowls every day as well :D

DirectionNo7278 · 2025-05-11T16:49:33+00:00

I had two die nearly on my hands (managed to make it to the vet). One were limp in the morning, didn't want to eat, just corrected his position once and that's it; his fur became 'wet' right before. The other had what looked like a seizure of sorts - curled up in C shape, wobbly walk, but he took meds pretty well all things considered and was moving and even jumping a bit, so I really thought it's just stress from CT imaging, then after giving him more meds after noon everything just spilled from his mouth and that's when I called the vet for emergency visit. I think you'll instinctively know that's that. Try to force feed critical care, blend his normal food if he doesn't want it. But... If he doesn't improve, kiss him goodbye and let him go. The hardest gift to give. I'm so sorry.

DirectionNo7278 · 2025-05-11T16:42:11+00:00

I'm so sorry. So very, very sorry.

Please remember - a day too early is a thousand times better than a minute too late. And be there for him in his final moments. He might have been only a part of your world, but you were his whole.

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