What causes chinchilla trichomoniasis? What medicine should chinchilla take for trichomoniasis?

Chinchillas are very cute and many people keep them as pets. Although chinchillas do not require their owners to worry about them, they still need to pay attention to daily maintenance and disinfection to prevent chinchillas from being infected with parasites, such as Trichomonas. If you find anything abnormal, you must send them to the hospital.

What causes trichomoniasis in chinchillas?

Trichomonas is a parasite in chinchillas. The symptoms of infection are diarrhea, soft stools, and odorous stools. The disease is mainly transmitted through feces. If deworming is not done in time or there is diarrhea or soft stools, you should go to the pet hospital for fecal examination in time. If eggs are found, it is confirmed to be a trichomonas infection. To prevent trichomonas infection in chinchillas, you can deworm them internally and externally on a monthly or quarterly basis.

What medicine should chinchilla take for trichomoniasis

Chinchillas with trichomoniasis can use chinchilla metronidazole for deworming, and anti-inflammatory drugs can be used for internal anti-inflammatory treatment, but it is still recommended that the owner take the chinchilla to the pet hospital for fecal examination, diagnosis and treatment. Trichomoniasis is a common infectious parasitic disease in chinchillas. The main source of infection is the feces of chinchillas. Therefore, once a chinchilla is found to be infected with trichomoniasis, it should be immediately isolated from other animals.

Reference prescription:

1. Metronidazole solution: 1ml once a day for trichomoniasis for 3-5 consecutive days (repeat the medication after one week)

2. Anti-bloating and appetite-increasing tablets: 2 times a day, half a tablet to 1 tablet each time

3. Lactobacillus/Lactase 1 tablet

It is recommended to go to the pet hospital to get the medicine, and do not buy medicine online. It is difficult to distinguish the authenticity of things online. Going to the hospital to get the medicine can ask the doctor to help divide the medicine. Because chinchillas are very small, it is often necessary to divide a tablet of medicine into many portions. If you feed too much, it may cause side effects to the chinchilla.

Symptoms of a dying chinchilla

Usually, chinchillas will show the following symptoms when they are on the verge of death:

First, before dying, the chinchilla will appear depressed, sleepy, with eyes closed, loss of appetite, and slow or no reaction to the outside world.

Second, before dying, the chinchilla's hair is messy, dull, and stands upright. Its body temperature gradually decreases, its mucous membranes turn white, its pupils dilate, its limbs become stiff, and it suffers from incontinence.