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Chinchilla Community Magazine : Chinchilla Health : Health issues : Intestinal Digestive Urinary Problems
Articles:
- Dealing with the Dreaded Parasite: Giardia
- Author: Debra J. Housel - I had such a heartache with giardia this summer. I found that when a chin has it, you must keep him or her from having any contact with your other animals. I also found it helpful to put the ill chin on newspaper and then keep changing the paper under them and keep washing their hands (like every two or three hours). Since they eat with their hands, if you don't do this, they keep re-infecting themselves over and over...
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- Giardia ~ the 'Opportunist Parasite'
- Author: JoAnn - The technical description for Giardia (pronounced : GEE- are-DYE-uh) is a flagellate protozoan with a whip-like tail. This nasty little opportunist parasite also has a sucker-like mouth and will attach itself to the intestinal wall of the chinchilla and many other mammals...
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- The Color of Chinchilla Urine
- Author Joyce Lyth - What exactly is "normal" chinchilla urine and when might there be a problem?
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Total number of Articles : 262 | Pages Updated On: 31-Dec-2011 - 09:18:41
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