Rivendell ChinchillasHere is a compiled area of photos showing what can happen when matings and birthing goes wrong. A special thank you to everyone who has donated photos to make this page possible. This if proof of the harsh realities that come with breeding.
 Disembowled kit, injured during birth, found dead. |
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Chin's back after being beaten by cagemate. |
Severe head injuries due to fight with cagemate. Note the broken and open skin. |
 Chin beaten to death by cagemate. |
Severe head injury due to fight with cage mate. |
Head injury to chin by cage mate. Girl was found protecting her dead cage mate's body in a trio. 12 stitches were required in a T shaped pattern to repair the damage, the skin was broken so badly the skull was clearly exposed. |
 Co-joined twins born to a mother chin after a long hard labor. Luckily the mother survived with no complications. |
 Huge kit, sucessfully passed without assistance, but did not survive the birth process. |
Kit with birthing damage, kit was stuck in birth canal and was mutilated and dismembered when the mother pulled it out. |
 Large kit with birthing damage, note missing ear and hind leg. |
 Placenta often eaten by the mother chin. |
 Female with severe mastitis. |
 Mumified kit passed by a female with another live kit. |
Rescue mother right after birthing. |
Kit mutilated during birthing. |
