Nemo scare, ear infection.

External Since: Sep 18, 2003 Posts: 36

Wew... I'm just back from the vets after thinking Nemo took a turn for
the worse.

I woke up this morning and he was in the tube at the bottom of the
cage. He came out with a head tilt and staggered around, failing
miserably to keep his balance. He couldn't climb the cage, and could
only just manage to struggle slowly up the slope upto the second
floor, nearly falling off the edge as he staggered up.

Emergency call to the vets and he's sure it was an ear infection,
which I'd handily read a bit about before getting the boys.

He's had an injection and I've been given a 2 dose/day oral medication
for 5 days.

I've removed the slope so he can't climb up on other things and damage
himself, while the other two can go about their business wondering why
their brother is acting weird. Actually no, they probably couldn't
careless! *sniff sniff* ... oh look, treats!

Apparently he should be better in 5 days orso, so scare over I hope!
:o)

Pete

External Since: Jul 04, 2003 Posts: 33

Other possibilities include tumors, head trauma, and a few other
things. You mentioned a med I'm not familiar with. Baytril is a
standard antibiotic. One of my girls had a head tilt problem (still
does to a small degree) over a year ago and when she didn't seem to
respond to antibiotics (assuming inner ear infection) she was treated
with Prednisone, an antiinflammatory which was intended to reduce
pressure on a nerve that might be the result of either a tumor or some
kind of injury. Perhaps if he doesn't respond to the antibiotics, your
vet might consider this. It's all just guesswork, but might be worth
looking in to.

Pete_O <peteowen.DeleteThis@gmx.co.uk> wrote in message news:<ppv4pvsqgkhps6ta93huj00e8etc79ogo8.DeleteThis@4ax.com>...
> Wew... I'm just back from the vets after thinking Nemo took a turn for
> the worse.
>
> I woke up this morning and he was in the tube at the bottom of the
> cage. He came out with a head tilt and staggered around, failing
> miserably to keep his balance. He couldn't climb the cage, and could
> only just manage to struggle slowly up the slope upto the second
> floor, nearly falling off the edge as he staggered up.
>
> Emergency call to the vets and he's sure it was an ear infection,
> which I'd handily read a bit about before getting the boys.
>
> He's had an injection and I've been given a 2 dose/day oral medication
> for 5 days.
>
> I've removed the slope so he can't climb up on other things and damage
> himself, while the other two can go about their business wondering why
> their brother is acting weird. Actually no, they probably couldn't
> careless! *sniff sniff* ... oh look, treats!
>
> Apparently he should be better in 5 days orso, so scare over I hope!
> :o)
>
> Pete