Both of my little ones have been making noises lately and sneezing. They have both had sneezing in the past, but the first time it was treated successfully with baytril.
My little guy is sneezing as well as making a sporadic chirping sound. It started out a few times a week but now it is more frequent, almost daily, and I finally got a good recording. See attached (3 times looped 14sec clip)
He has been on baytril/doxy combo for around 10 days (baytril alone was not helping) and it is still going on.
Should I be worried that whatever he has may be resistant to antibiotics, or viral? There is no decent info as to what to do when this happens, they just say "don't give too little or for too short a time so they don't develop a resistance...", well what happens then?
How do I know when I should increase from the recommended dose?
I am thinking mycoplasma due to this description on ratfanclub:
Rats with mycoplasma (all pet rats) will frequently exhibit a behavior that is often mistaken for hiccups. The rat experiences rhythmic jerks of his body for between several seconds to several minutes, usually about 2 jerks per second. Sometimes a sound can be heard at each jerk, but often there is no audible sound. This is not hiccups. It is a sneezing jag caused by the mycoplasma respiratory infection.
He definitely has the jerking movement at the described frequency, and only sometimes chirps.
But again, the baytril/doxy combo seems to not be working.
Please advise.
My little guy is sneezing as well as making a sporadic chirping sound. It started out a few times a week but now it is more frequent, almost daily, and I finally got a good recording. See attached (3 times looped 14sec clip)
He has been on baytril/doxy combo for around 10 days (baytril alone was not helping) and it is still going on.
Should I be worried that whatever he has may be resistant to antibiotics, or viral? There is no decent info as to what to do when this happens, they just say "don't give too little or for too short a time so they don't develop a resistance...", well what happens then?
How do I know when I should increase from the recommended dose?
I am thinking mycoplasma due to this description on ratfanclub:
Rats with mycoplasma (all pet rats) will frequently exhibit a behavior that is often mistaken for hiccups. The rat experiences rhythmic jerks of his body for between several seconds to several minutes, usually about 2 jerks per second. Sometimes a sound can be heard at each jerk, but often there is no audible sound. This is not hiccups. It is a sneezing jag caused by the mycoplasma respiratory infection.
He definitely has the jerking movement at the described frequency, and only sometimes chirps.
But again, the baytril/doxy combo seems to not be working.
Please advise.
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