https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/15805/chinchilla-radiographs Hi all, 8 year old male chinchilla presented today with dyspnoea (predominantly inspiratory, we think), crusty nasal discharge and mild salivation. It looks like the caudal maxillary cheek teeth roots are very long. However, the cheek teethen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/93063?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 09 Jul 2013 21:25:55 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:f2e969dd-eb10-493e-a7bb-87ed72ed4adbMichael Woodhouse<p>A thread called &quot;chinchilla radiographs&quot;, latest post by &quot;Gerbil&quot; made me snigger. Sorry</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/93031?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 09 Jul 2013 17:33:42 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:59d9eb1d-ebde-40f4-91e8-291a0e61e99aGerbil<p>Those roots are definately elongated. They can incroach into the nasal sinuses causing an inflammatory reaction and recurrent respiratory infection. The prognosis is guarded I think with pain control being the only real option. It looks as if there is lots of intestinal gas too so there may already be ileus. Whats the fecal pellet size? Antibiotics and nebulization may help.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>