I. How to judge a chinchilla fracture?
If a chinchilla has a fracture, its injured paw will always be raised, and it will not touch the ground when walking. The walking movement is very strange and very slow. If the chinchilla fractures and hurts the spine, there will be symptoms of lower body paralysis, and you need to go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.
Second, the situation of chinchilla fractures
The chinchilla fractures can generally be divided into the following three situations :
1. Closed fracture: The skin is not damaged, and the bone at the fracture does not pierce the skin. This is also an ordinary fracture. After the doctor has connected the fracture, they usually use an external splint to immobilize the injury, which also prevents the bone from becoming crooked.
2. Closed comminuted fracture: This type of fracture usually requires the broken bone to be fixed with steel nails, and then fixed in vitro with a splint, and then the steel nails are taken out after the bone has grown.
3. Open fracture: The skin is broken due to fracture, and the treatment methods are similar to the above types.
Third, how to prevent chinchilla fractures?
1. Try not to install grid-like inclined ladders in the cage, otherwise chinchillas will easily get their feet stuck in the grid inclined ladders when jumping, resulting in fractures.
2. Many pet owners install springboards in their cages in order to make chinchillas more active, but if the springboards are not fixed, the chinchillas are also prone to fractures when playing with the springboards, so pet owners Be sure to secure the springboard.
3. When some pet owners see chinchillas jumping from a height, they will pick them up with their hands. On the ground, this is also likely to cause fractures, so the owner tries not to pick it up or pick it up after seeing it.
Chinchillas prefer to jump in daily life, which is also due to nature. In order to protect its life safety, the owner must do a good job of preventing fractures. measure. If you still want to know the knowledge of chinchilla fractures, you can also browse other related knowledge on the website.
