Are There Toxins In Your Chinchillas Blood?

Are there toxins in your chinchillas blood? It is possible for your pet chinchilla to have toxins in its blood. If it does is can be fatal. This article will discuss how toxins can get in your pet's blood and what you can do.

Toxins in a chinchilla's blood is the result of an infection. When a chinchilla gets an infection such as bacterial gastroenteritis and it's not treated it can enter the animal's bloodstream releasing toxins, this disease is known as septicemia. The toxins can be fatal for a chinchilla and death can occur suddenly. Therefore, you need to pay attention and notice signs of bacterial infections before they turn into septicemia.

Noticing the signs of a general bacterial infection and getting treatment can prevent you from losing your furry friend. The difficult thing about signs of illness in chinchillas and all other pets is that many different health problems have similar symptoms. You don't need to diagnose the symptoms, that's what a veterinarians for. However, noticing symptoms early can save your pet's life.

The symptoms of a general infection will typically show up before the signs of septicemia. Signs that your chinchilla has a general infection are tend to include lethargy, loss of appetite, diarrhea, and vomiting. If your chinchilla has septicemia that may be depressed, have a loss of appetite, and have lost weight.

Although treating an infection before it turns into septicemia is the best thing to do it's not always possible. Luckily, septicemia can be treated. First, you need to take your chinchilla to a veterinarian who can run tests and figure out the specific infection or organism that caused the toxins it the blood. Antibiotics will be given orally and they may be injections. There is no guarantee that all chinchilla's will recover from septicemia, but with treatment they do have a much better chance of recovering.

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