1. Common ear diseases of chinchillas
1. chinchilla ear Trauma:
The ears of chinchillas are fragile and easily injured. For example, when the temperature of the living environment of chinchillas is too high or too low, its ears are easily injured when exposed to these extreme temperatures. In addition, chinchillas can easily hurt their ears when they fight with other similar animals. If a chinchilla’s ear is injured due to high temperature, the skin on the ear will fall off, change color, or even turn black; if it is injured by a bite, it will be easier to detect, and the bitten ear will become red and swollen Even bleeding, these symptoms are still relatively obvious and can generally be noticed quickly.
If the ear injury of chinchilla is serious, it needs to be treated by a veterinarian in time. If the wound is deep, the wound needs to be sutured, and if necessary, the severely damaged tissue needs to be fully cleaned and antibiotics are given to it to prevent infection.
2. Ear infection in chinchillas:
Ear infection has always been one of the more common problems in chinchillas, such as infection with ear mites, which are the common ear canal of chinchillas Parasites, mostly parasitic in the ear canal of chinchillas. Chinchillas infected with ear mites usually show symptoms such as shaking their head, turning their head sideways, scratching or rubbing their ears. When the chinchilla ear mite infection is serious, it will also affect its glasses, causing its eyes to also develop symptoms such as eye inflammation, redness, swelling and redness. Therefore, if chinchillas are found to be infected with ear mites, they must be isolated and treated in time, usually with antibiotics. At the same time, take environmental disinfection measures to prevent re-infection of chinchillas after recovery.
If the pet owner usually does not pay attention to the cleaning of the chinchilla’s breeding environment, or does not help the chinchilla to clean the ear canal for a long time, the chinchilla is easily infected with ear mites. draw attention.
Second, how to care for the ears of chinchillas
normally , chinchillas usually clean their own bodies, including their ears, pet owners generally only need to provide them with their special bath sand, chinchillas will roll in the bath sand to clean its own body and maintain hair. However, it is still necessary for pet owners to regularly check and care for the chinchilla’s ears, because bath sand and dry skin on the chinchilla’s ears may accumulate on and around its ears. In this case, you need to help it clean up. Otherwise, the long-term accumulation of dirt in the ears of chinchillas can easily lead to infection.
In this case, the pet owner can dip a small amount of mineral oil on the cotton ball, wipe the inside and outside of the chinchilla’s ears, and pay attention to cleaning it gently to avoid hurting their fragile ear. If your chinchilla’s ears are very dirty and need a deep cleaning, it’s best to ask your veterinarian for help.
