Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in a Chinchilla lanigera

This report describes a case of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in a chinchilla. The affected animal displayed a variety of clinical signs including genital swelling, conjunctivitis, anorexia, weight loss, corneal and oral ulcerations and, most unusually, intradermal pustules which developed 8 days after recovery from the initial illness. The occurrence of these pustules has not been documented previously.