Does anyone have a good list of symptoms explaining the differences between PT & a an ear infection?
We had to take our nekkie boy Milo into the vets today. He was fine when he & cagemates were out on Sunday, but hubby found him wedged between the cage wall and igloo all tilty last night.
Poor Milo, he was so scared. He was doing the spinning thing which just breaks my heart. When we hold him he calms down and stops spinning but is still tilty.
Last night we "burrito'd" him and he slept in a small travel cage between us and did very well, actually. Whenever I checked on him ( every 5 minutes it felt like) he was sleeping peacefully, normally. I've been feeding him Ensure,water, baby food.... with a syringe. He is eating like a little pig so his appetite is good. He does better if I feed it thru the travel cage because he hangs onto the bars w/ both hands to steady himself. He is also drinking from the water bottle on his own. It's only when he gets stress that he really starts spinning & circling.
The vet said she thinks its probably PT because she didn't see anything in his ears indicating infection. She put Milo on Prednisone, Doxy & Enrofloxacin. She's a great vet but most of her rat experience has come from our babies. I have had 1 other baby pass from PT. Orla was a lot worse than this. I am really hoping its an ear infection that we can clear up. So, I thought I would check here to see what anyone else has to say.
Milo is not quite a year old yet, has never been sick, always active and is an absolute sweetheart. I can't stand for him to have to go thru all of the stress and panic :sad3:
We had to take our nekkie boy Milo into the vets today. He was fine when he & cagemates were out on Sunday, but hubby found him wedged between the cage wall and igloo all tilty last night.
Poor Milo, he was so scared. He was doing the spinning thing which just breaks my heart. When we hold him he calms down and stops spinning but is still tilty.
Last night we "burrito'd" him and he slept in a small travel cage between us and did very well, actually. Whenever I checked on him ( every 5 minutes it felt like) he was sleeping peacefully, normally. I've been feeding him Ensure,water, baby food.... with a syringe. He is eating like a little pig so his appetite is good. He does better if I feed it thru the travel cage because he hangs onto the bars w/ both hands to steady himself. He is also drinking from the water bottle on his own. It's only when he gets stress that he really starts spinning & circling.
The vet said she thinks its probably PT because she didn't see anything in his ears indicating infection. She put Milo on Prednisone, Doxy & Enrofloxacin. She's a great vet but most of her rat experience has come from our babies. I have had 1 other baby pass from PT. Orla was a lot worse than this. I am really hoping its an ear infection that we can clear up. So, I thought I would check here to see what anyone else has to say.
Milo is not quite a year old yet, has never been sick, always active and is an absolute sweetheart. I can't stand for him to have to go thru all of the stress and panic :sad3:
