Chinchillas in singapore

[Cas8l]

Hi
We are moving to Singapore within the next few months and will be coming with our 2 cats and a chinchilla. He is 10.5 hrs old and here in the uk regularly sees an exotics vet for dental treatment. Does anyone know a good exotics / small animal vet?

Does anyone also know about the following foods and supplements for chinchillas:
- Science supreme chinchilla pellets
- Science supreme recovery
- versele-laga duo chinchilla pellets
- zolcal
- avipro

No doubt I will have lots more questions so thanks for your help and advice in advance!

[petsrus]

I have seen food for Chinchillas here and a petshop near me used to sell them as pets so I know they are kept as pets in Singapore, but not sure about vets, sorry.

I've found that a lot of the food and accessories for smaller pets comes from Japan so you might not get the same brands that you get at home, but if you bring a good supply, you can have a look around when you get here.

There was a pet dedicated website that I used to read info on when we had a hamster and I'm sure there was a section for chinchilla owners but I can't remember the name of the site - it was something like pets.sg or something like that.  Have a google around and you might come across it and may find the answers to your questions there.

[seen it telok kurau]

Opposite the Bright Centre in Lorong L Telok Kurau there is a Chinchilla etc. shop. ITs pets hub round there - vet opposite, grooming place and another pet shop. I googled it to help you and saw a post by chinchilla owner who goes to that vet and is happy with Dr Hsu of Animal Clinic there.

The pet shop opposite has several chinchillas so I imagine they do the correct food.

[Floppy]

"He is 10.5 hrs old and here in the uk regularly sees an exotics vet for dental treatment"

If its that young and needs so much care is it worth bringing it ?

[Cas8l]

Apologies for the typo - he is 10.5 years old. As chins can live to 20, he is definitely worth bringing. We just need to keep on top of his teeth.

Thanks for the info on food and vets - I googles chins in Singapore and they seem to be quite a popular pet. In the uk, most regular vets never see them, so have very little experience, hence us looking for someone who knows them.