Do you immediately report the owner to the authorities to have him/her charged with animal neglect? What about ignorance? Do you choose to remove the animal at once and failing an immediate place for it, would you surrender it to the SPCA, to possible euthanasia? Death when there may be a possible new lease of life? Do you stay to educate the owner on proper animal care and assist promptly to improve the living conditions of that animal? To come to a longer term outcome of learnt responsible animal care? While monitoring the situation and waiting for the right new home to come along? Do share with us your views.
Today, we spent about an hour to thoroughly change the old living conditions of the Chinchilla we discovered in less than desirable conditions.
The old cage was a self-made wire mesh square, littered with old food and a toilet tray long needed of a change. For lack of a clean area, the Chin has taken to sleeping in her dust bath.
We changed it for now to a larger bunny cage. Clean and with more space for her to run about.
Timothy hay which she has not had for a long time now.
We're still learning about Chinchillas and there are areas we can improve on for her present cage. Like she would enjoy a wooden box hideaway to sleep in. Wood-based litter/shavings to cover the cage floor. A small metal tray where she'll learn to pee/poo in to make cage-cleaning easier. A hay stand to hold the hay in. More toys to cheer up her time while she's most awake at night.
She's about 3 to 4 years old. Still a good long life ahead as Chins can live up to 15 to 20 years in captivity. Her fur is clumped up at certain parts due to lack of grooming/brushing. Not sure if her mottled ears are natural, guess it could be.
She was actively checking out her new home, sniffing each corner and enjoying her vitamin gnaw block and hay. Friendly gal, will come to you for pats and scratches before hopping off to prance around again. We've some potential adopters for her. Will arrange to have her sterilised before adoption.
All the best to this Chin - do send in a name for her!
1 comment:
hi, for the molted fur, it has to be cut off... if this were my kid, i'd bathe her w my son's organic pet shampoo which i specially bought for him...
he has this problem once in a while and it is painful to pull it off them...
w slightly frequent washing, ie soap bath but pls dry and use hair dryer after that, she will get better...
ears wise, cud be natural or jus dirt stuck there.. severe case of neglect mate :(
i have tons of toys for my son in his cage.. if she wud like him, i think he'd kiss me till i say enough! (cos he knows how to kiss mummy.. they're very smart i warn u :P)
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