fattyratty
Member
Hi,
I have a female rat, Nom Nom, who is having a hard time with her back legs, climbing, jumping, and getting around. I've had her for 28 months, so she is probably around 30 months old. She was spayed when we got her, and is generally healthy with some sneezing and a little eye and nose crust. She has however been peeing really dark/red for months now, we tried antibiotics previously, but it didnt help.
Anyway, she doesnt have a hard time eating, just mainly climbing, walking and jumping, and her tail drags now. Her back legs have always been fairly week and she was never a great climber and jumper.
My main question is how do you determine if she has a PT or just HED? We went to the vet yesterday and they were impressed with her mobility as she wandered around the room, but we decided to try baytril and prednisone which i started last night and today she was walking a bit better with her tail actually not 100% dragging.
Would prednisone help with hed, or arthritis or only if it was a PT?
Any other info would be great! Just so worried about her (even though she is super happy, i feel like i know something she doesnt!)
I have a female rat, Nom Nom, who is having a hard time with her back legs, climbing, jumping, and getting around. I've had her for 28 months, so she is probably around 30 months old. She was spayed when we got her, and is generally healthy with some sneezing and a little eye and nose crust. She has however been peeing really dark/red for months now, we tried antibiotics previously, but it didnt help.
Anyway, she doesnt have a hard time eating, just mainly climbing, walking and jumping, and her tail drags now. Her back legs have always been fairly week and she was never a great climber and jumper.
My main question is how do you determine if she has a PT or just HED? We went to the vet yesterday and they were impressed with her mobility as she wandered around the room, but we decided to try baytril and prednisone which i started last night and today she was walking a bit better with her tail actually not 100% dragging.
Would prednisone help with hed, or arthritis or only if it was a PT?
Any other info would be great! Just so worried about her (even though she is super happy, i feel like i know something she doesnt!)