Gutsy_Huckabee
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Hello!!
Okay, so my baby girl Friday is about five months old now. Usually, she is a little ball of energy, always the first out of her three sisters to greet you at the cage doors. However, recently we noticed that she has become rather lethargic.
We let the girls out of their cage to free roam around the house the other day, and how she would typically respond to that would be to run everywhere imaginable and popcorn while she’s at it, but this time around she just walked around seeming a bit listless and wanted to do nothing more than snuggle in my arms. And when it was time to put the girls up, she went straight to her little pod and snuggled up. She seems really puffy, her hair standing on end as if she’s cold, though it isn’t cold at all in our house. Also, every now and then she elicits these little squeaks randomly. She also sleeps more, which is really out of character for her. Therefore, we decided it was time for a vet visit, but when we took her to get checked out today the vet couldn’t find anything wrong with her.
Our vet gave us some metacam in the case of inflammation, because when she was pinching around to look for any pain areas, Friday squeaked a bit but the vet couldn’t get her to repeat the noise when she pinched the area a second time. She also gave us some baytril in case it’s a respiratory issue. Aside from the lethargy, we saw Friday eating the other day, though we aren’t so sure about drinking because we are usually working most of the day. Also, we haven’t seen any porphyrin around her nose or eyes. We are supposed to take her back for a follow up exam next week, but I was just wondering if anyone has any idea about what it is that could be wrong with my little girl? Does anyone have a similar experience?
Any answers would be most appreciated! Thank you in advance!
Okay, so my baby girl Friday is about five months old now. Usually, she is a little ball of energy, always the first out of her three sisters to greet you at the cage doors. However, recently we noticed that she has become rather lethargic.
We let the girls out of their cage to free roam around the house the other day, and how she would typically respond to that would be to run everywhere imaginable and popcorn while she’s at it, but this time around she just walked around seeming a bit listless and wanted to do nothing more than snuggle in my arms. And when it was time to put the girls up, she went straight to her little pod and snuggled up. She seems really puffy, her hair standing on end as if she’s cold, though it isn’t cold at all in our house. Also, every now and then she elicits these little squeaks randomly. She also sleeps more, which is really out of character for her. Therefore, we decided it was time for a vet visit, but when we took her to get checked out today the vet couldn’t find anything wrong with her.
Our vet gave us some metacam in the case of inflammation, because when she was pinching around to look for any pain areas, Friday squeaked a bit but the vet couldn’t get her to repeat the noise when she pinched the area a second time. She also gave us some baytril in case it’s a respiratory issue. Aside from the lethargy, we saw Friday eating the other day, though we aren’t so sure about drinking because we are usually working most of the day. Also, we haven’t seen any porphyrin around her nose or eyes. We are supposed to take her back for a follow up exam next week, but I was just wondering if anyone has any idea about what it is that could be wrong with my little girl? Does anyone have a similar experience?
Any answers would be most appreciated! Thank you in advance!