HAVING A NECROPSY OR AUTOPSY ON A CHINCHILLA

This is my experience with having a necropsy performed on a chinchilla that had died


I had bought several chinchilla breeding pairs from a well known breeder in California and had them about 6 months.  One of the males, a 3 year old ebony, of the pairs died suddenly with no symptons.  His mate was fine, but with a whole herd of chinchillas in the same room I wanted to see if I could find out what could have happened to have caused his death.

I talked to my vet and decided to have a necropsy performed getting an estimated price of $111.  I had to take the animal to the Ohio Department of Agriculture myself, fill out the forms and I also took samples of my distilled water, feed, hay and shavings.

They performed the necropsy and the results came back "inconclusive", which I am told is what usually happens.  They didn't test any of the other stuff I brought.  They do not send you the results, it is sent to your vet.  They also send the bill to your vet.  It took them a year to send the bill and it was $192.00, almost double what I was told it would be and it was of no help to me.

             
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