Common illnesses in chinchillas include dental disease chinchillas have open rooted or continuously growing teeth that grow 2 3 inches per year in the wild they eat rough coarse grasses that help keep these continuously growing teeth worn down many pet chinchillas are fed excessive amounts of dry crumbly pellets rather than fibrous hay and as a result they dont chew enough and their teeth dont wear down properly as they grow in addition their top and bottom teeth . Some common diseases in chinchillas are digestive disorders as their organism is quite delicate diarrhea is a common side effect of feeding your chinchilla lettuce or other foods with a high water content it can also be the result of eating inappropriate or poorly conserved foods and it can also happen after a change in feed. The gastrointestinal infection known as enteritis frequently occurs in chinchillas symptoms include diarrhea depression appetite loss abdominal pain and even partial paralysis unfortunately finding your chinchilla dead could be the first sign of the disease take your pet to the vet if he displays signs of illness. To avoid diseases of the pets it is necessary to follow attentively all recommendations of skilled factory owners and veterinarians though sometimes even at full feeding and good leaving of a chinchilla sometimes get sick and perish happen such can for the most different reasons in a stern there could be causative agents of infectious diseases which then got to a digestive tract and