All You Must Know About Chinchilla Gestation

The chinchilla consists of two different species of rodents which appears to be slightly larger and stronger than that of the ground squirrels. The chinchilla is derived from the Andes Mountains found in South America. This chinchilla is well known for its uses in most of the industries due to the dense and silky fur outfitted over the surface of their body. The chinchilla is also referred as the little.

 

 

The chinchilla is also referred as the little Chincha, which denotes the dense silky fur over the body of the chinchilla. The chinchilla comes with a shorter tail, shorter ears, thick shoulder and denser neck regions which are extinct due to the hunting properties.

Factors That Help To Detect The Chinchilla Gestation

It is important to take note of the process of the chinchilla’s reproduction works and the basic procedure for the chinchilla gestation. The main crisis of this article is to provide the basic instructions about the chinchilla pregnancy.

• The pregnancy of the chinchilla lasts over the duration of above 100 days.
• After the mating, by the day of above 90, the female constitute several symptoms such as abdominal enlargement, nipples enlargement, redness, and swelling over the nipples of the chinchilla.
• The weight gain is the best factor to perfectly identify the pregnancy of the chinchilla in which the increase of the sudden weight gain over the chinchilla’s body refers to the breeding duration.
• The weight gain should be approximately 30 to 40 grams per month during the initial stage of gestation.
• Chinchilla consists of six nipples, which are hard to feed more than four kits. So, hand rearing technique is suggested in case of the lack of nipples section over the chinchilla body surface.
• At the end month of the chinchilla’s gestation, great care, and constant checking should be provided for the moving out of the kits from the chinchilla.
• It is easy to identify the chinchilla’s breeding as the female chinchilla used to sleep on her own side and it stops eating for a few days from the beginning of pregnancy.
• If the female chinchilla is pregnant, it starts to drink and lick more amounts of water and mineral base.
• The healthy chinchillas live up to the long duration of 18 years in which most of the chinchillas prefer the month of May to November due to the heat created over the surroundings.

How To Take Care Of The Baby Chinchilla?

The chinchilla is fully matured around the month of eight and most of them starts to mate based on the heat cycle. The chinchilla constitutes the long pregnancy duration up to three and a half months. The chinchilla used to give birth during the daytime and the chinchilla kits weigh only two ounces. The mother chinchilla keeps the kits warm and feeds milk in an efficient manner as they keep on depending on their mother for milk for 8 weeks. The mother chinchilla protects the kits from the threatening factors. Great care should be given to the newborn chinchilla kits because some of the male chinchillas react aggressively to the kits to kill them.

The first thing to take care of the chinchilla kits is to separate the male and female because most of the male chinchillas threaten the kits. Place the newborn kits over the perfect caging. The kits are more active at birth and start to climb over the walls so caging is done by means of wire space with the measure of half an inch wider than the normal caging.

The newborn chinchilla kit is fully covered with the light denser fur over the surface of the body. Clean the dust covered over the body of the newborn kit which further causes the infection to the chinchilla kit. The chinchilla constitutes the habit of giving birth to only of two kits. The newborn chinchilla kits start to fight for the milk or the place to land. So great care should be given at this time by taking the kits out from the cage every few hours of duration and feed it by means of hand rearing until it grows well.

Most of the chinchillas used to feed their kits on own but some female will reject and kill the kits due to the lower capacity of producing milk. So, hand feeding has to be prepared in case of emergency to feed every few hours to keep them warm and healthy. The newborn chinchillas should be kept in a warm condition such that the extra heating pad can be added below the cage to keep the kits warm in the regular basis. If any difficulties arise over the delivery duration, immediately rush to the veterinary hospital for handling the c-section to safeguard the mother chinchilla and the kits.

Most of the kits start to wean over a few weeks and it is dependent on the mother for about six weeks. Keep on checking the weight of the newborn kit for the weight gain as it weighs over up to 60 grams during the birth time. It starts to gain a weight of two grams each a day.

Pregnancy Complications Of Chinchilla    

The chinchilla pregnancy is difficult to identify during the start of the three months and great care should be given to prevent the miscarriage of the little ones. The main factor that causes the chinchilla kits to abort is the stress factor. Avoid allowing the pregnant chinchilla over the outdoor region where the harmful bacteria enters inside the body and  cause the negative impact over the unborn kits.

The abortion occurs during the pregnancy time due to the factors such as poor intake of the nutrient contents, stress due to over noise frequency created over the surroundings, continuous illness and stomach disorders. Before the delivery, the female start to move aggressively against the cage mates and refuse to intake the food. The serious negative impacts that arise over the female chinchillas during pregnancy are the inflammation in the uterus, pyometra, bacterial formation in the bloodstream of the uterus, damaged teats, and abdominal distention.

Most of the chinchillas meet the worst situation of getting an abortion, which leads to the serious crisis of excess bleeding at the time of the abortion. The mother chinchilla does not possess the ability to give birth to the dead kits. The unhealthy chinchilla is  prone to the problematic pregnancy due to the lack of the rich nutrient content during the period of gestation period or injury period. Most of the miscarriage occurs due to the impact of the interference, distraction or unwanted circulation created to the pregnant female chinchilla. The incorrect diet condition due to the lack of an essential source of mineral and vitamins needed for the fetal growth can cause the spontaneous miscarriage during the pregnancy period.

The abortion takes places due to the stress factor due to fighting with cage mates, sudden scaring, falling, and threatening, which affects the position of the fetus. The calcium content is much needed for the development of bone and teeth in the fetal growth. The calcium deficiency sometimes will lead to the abortion which can be stopped by means of constant check over the teeth of the female chinchilla.