From:
jinxie@silverwraith.com
Date: 2004-09-20 13:43:27 UTC
Subject: Ear infection, ruptured eardrum
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <2019541.1095687807201.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
We have a little 6 month old that was diagnosed with a double ear infection=
& one ruptured eardrum in the right ear. The vet put him under & cleaned =
the ears out, put in some drops & gave us an antibiotic. Stewart is shaky =
as of this morning, but thru the night he was up sipping water & having sma=
ll poops. He was very dehydrated & had sub q fluids as well. The vet, who=
is new to us since we just moved, seems very knowledgeable & really likes =
the fuzzies. He said if Stewart got a head tilt or we couldn't get him to =
eat he'd more than likely have to be put down. We've lost two other fuzzum=
s this year & my kids are near hysteria with this. We have antibiotics whi=
ch he'll get twice a day & A/D canned food that we haven't tried to give hi=
m yet because the vet said give him til at least later this morning to see =
if he'll eat his kibble on his own. Any suggestions or tips on helping the=
little guy thru this? We're keeping a really close eye on him. He prob=
ably wishes we'd just leave him be for a while. lol Thanks for any help or=
tips you have! I've been searching the archives & i'm going back there no=
w. =
Thank you!
Brandy
Felony, Larceny, Freddy, MissD, Simon, Sara, Theodore, Stewart
(Missing Snowball, Thomas & Bruno)
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