Robbie has a ear infection!

[roxy0615]

Hi! I currently have 5 degus. Three are seven years old and the other two are one! One of my old guys...my favorite...the social butterfly...is sick! I must of teared up three times the day i discovered he was ill. So I called around for a vet that looks at degus...after 6th vet i found one!!! Robbie is checked out by the vet...blood work was taken, and was fine. The problem is Robbie is off balance and hes eyes are shifting back and forth. The vet is assuming with out xrays, cause I would be spending aleast a grand...which is insane! It looks like an ear infection! Robbie is on antibiotic twice a day for a month! Hopefully this does the trick!
If not taken care of...the infection can reach the brain causing death!!!!

[Kins]

Awww poor Robbie!

Sounds like he needs some extra TLC from Mum!!

Fingers, toes everything crossed for the little man!

[iamlina]

Aww pool little one! Hope he gets better soon =]
x

[roxy0615]

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers! Its nice to have people who understand!

[sarahh]

Hope Robbies ear infection clears up quickly yikes a grand and antibiotics for a month I would have thought the vet would have tried treating the obvious first before doing xrays, blood work etc.

[deguconvert]

I do hope that Robbie will respond very well to the treatment and rebound with great success. Please let us know how he is doing. Particularly since he is one that you love so dearly. I want to know how you are doing, too. Sending you hugs.