Similar to humans.
Chinchilla matted fur around eye.
Even before you are aware of an eye infection you should always be monitoring your chinchilla s behavior.
Monitor your chinchillas behavior.
Watch her behavior to see if she is experiencing discomfort keeping in mind the fact that chinchillas blink less frequently than we do.
Hair loss and matted furr around the eye.
As mentioned a chinchilla s fur is the main defence from fungal infections and other physical ailments illnesses.
Discharge and watery or cloudy eyes.
Is the chin still eating and drinking fine.
It s not normal to see matted fur in chinchillas unless they ve gotten into something or they are ill.
Matted fur around the eye can be indicative of recently watery eyes eyes producing discharge or eye irritation in general that causes the animal to scratch that area.
Instead of draining into the nasal cavity eye fluid pools in the fur around the eye.
How to quickly and easily remove mats from a chinchilla.
If there s enough the fur can become darkened and matted with fluid.
Check for matted fur around the eyes.
Step 6 squirt saline solution into each eye to help cleanse any matter that remains in the lower eyelid.
Known as alopecia this is because of frequent and long lasting irritation.
I have a 8 month old male chin who has matted fur on the left side of his body.
Matted fur around the eye.
Say for example that your chinchilla got matted fur because it had diarrhea.
Overgrown teeth chinchilla teeth don t technically have roots but the part of the incisors the front teeth above the gumline that would normally be considered roots in other species can grow too long.
A healthy chinchilla should have clean dry eyes.
Your chinchilla may have hair loss around their eye redness conjunctivitis discharge swelling and even keep their eye shut if it hurts.
Felicia on august 12 2010.
It stands to reason that most of the matted fur will be around its behind and on its underside and feet where it accidentally sat in the result.
The matted fur may be a sign of stress.
That being said it s extremely important that you keep an eye out on your chinchilla and make sure that you are giving them dust baths every few days to ensure that the fur stays soft dry and healthy.
Gently pull down the lower lid to make a pocket and dispense the saline solution into the pocket.
Chinchilla hair loss around eye.
This fur should be dry at all times.
Irritated skin around the eye and eye crust.
The location of the matted fur can also depend on what caused it.
Matted fur around the eyes can signify that they have been watering producing discharge or simply causing your chinchilla enough discomfort for it to rub and scratch them.
