Post by dkwannabe on Feb 13, 2012 21:03:32 GMT
Last night when we found our girl, Lottie, with a very severe head tilt, we knew something was definitely up! We immediately separated her from her cagemates to prevent spreading. Because she was so disoriented, with hand fed her and gave her water orally via syringe.
She had an appointment with the vet scheduled for this afternoon. What we suspected was an ear infection turned out to be just that. Our vet did cultures of her ear to make sure no parasites were involved. He also checked her lungs to rule out a URI. After a thorough cleaning of her ears and an injection of fluids, we left the vet with Baytril (both drops and tablets).
Lottie already seems to be improving. Her head tilt is not as severe and she is eating and drinking in small amounts. We hope for a full recovery. Thanks goodness we caught it so fast!
We'll keep you posted!
She had an appointment with the vet scheduled for this afternoon. What we suspected was an ear infection turned out to be just that. Our vet did cultures of her ear to make sure no parasites were involved. He also checked her lungs to rule out a URI. After a thorough cleaning of her ears and an injection of fluids, we left the vet with Baytril (both drops and tablets).
Lottie already seems to be improving. Her head tilt is not as severe and she is eating and drinking in small amounts. We hope for a full recovery. Thanks goodness we caught it so fast!
We'll keep you posted!
