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Post by deguconvert on Apr 28, 2021 18:39:49 GMT
HUH!! Does the vet think there is an ear infection? Or infection from his wounds? So . . . when did you separate him from the others . . . since being to the vet and putting him on antibiotics?
Do I understand right that you think the wounds are not self inflicted, but from the degus he has been living with? Very likely they are from the other degus, most degus do not self harm, unless there is pain they are trying to correct or remove.
Cookiedegus, can you tell us how you have your cages set up, so what the housing situation is for your degus? All males in one, all females in another?
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Post by teemu on Apr 28, 2021 20:01:46 GMT
Oh, the antibiotics are working on his spinning? That would indicate an ear infection, after all! I've never seen an ear infection cause something like that, but great news anyway! 5 days sounds like a pretty short antibiotics regimen, so I would maybe contact the vets and tell them it's working and ask if just 5 days is enough, but clearly that was the right thing to try!
Sorry to hear about the separation though. That will take some work, but it'll be probably be much easier without the spinning as well. Maybe a weird behavior like that might even increase fighting behavior in group dynamics? Hard to say but seems like a possibility.
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Post by cookiedegus on Apr 29, 2021 5:22:13 GMT
HUH!! Does the vet think there is an ear infection? Or infection from his wounds? So . . . when did you separate him from the others . . . since being to the vet and putting him on antibiotics? Do I understand right that you think the wounds are not self inflicted, but from the degus he has been living with? Very likely they are from the other degus, most degus do not self harm, unless there is pain they are trying to correct or remove. Cookiedegus, can you tell us how you have your cages set up, so what the housing situation is for your degus? All males in one, all females in another? Okay, so theres a big cage for the 5 girls, then on a counter near (higher than the other cage) there's the 3 boys cage, then theres one "emergency" small cage on top of the boys cage, and theres where is marshmallow now. The vet doesn't think its an ear infection and gave two antibiotics (well i think so theyre transperent) from wound inflammation (most likely, since he wont have parasites)
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Post by cookiedegus on Apr 29, 2021 5:27:20 GMT
Oh, the antibiotics are working on his spinning? That would indicate an ear infection, after all! I've never seen an ear infection cause something like that, but great news anyway! 5 days sounds like a pretty short antibiotics regimen, so I would maybe contact the vets and tell them it's working and ask if just 5 days is enough, but clearly that was the right thing to try! Sorry to hear about the separation though. That will take some work, but it'll be probably be much easier without the spinning as well. Maybe a weird behavior like that might even increase fighting behavior in group dynamics? Hard to say but seems like a possibility. It could be fighting, it could be a inflammation, but we are heading on monday to the vet to get more of them since theyre working:) Also, every day we let the boys play in the bath, so there would be much less problems when reintroducing, but we are supervising them, so no fighting.
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Post by moletteuk on Apr 29, 2021 10:21:19 GMT
Is there a way to find out what the drugs are?
I'm wondering if one is an anti-inflammatory such as meloxicam? Or even a steroid? These would be much more likely to reduce the spinning quickly, in my opinion.
It would be very unusual to give two antibiotics at once.
Finding out which drugs are working will help figuring out what is going on.
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Post by deguconvert on Apr 29, 2021 20:01:35 GMT
I totally agree, Moletteuk! I would hope there are labels on the bottles?
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Post by teemu on Apr 29, 2021 23:58:59 GMT
Or if not on the bottles themselves, then did the vet give you a paper that describes the procedures done and prescriptions given? They usually give some sort of instructions about care and medications and all that, I think?
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Post by cookiedegus on Apr 30, 2021 5:07:42 GMT
Well, he didn't give me any papers, just the syringes, i know that one is antibiotics the other one is from inflammation, the vet never gives me any papers or anything, the syringes already have the right amount of medicine. When I'm at the vet., he shows how to put the first dose, so i could learn, his bottles have a lot of stuff and he never really gives us. I am going to the vet at monday to take another dose, so I can ask what they are:)
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Post by teemu on Apr 30, 2021 9:05:34 GMT
If the other is for inflammation, then that's probably what's working so quickly. When you bring Marsmallow back to the vet, be sure to tell them that you saw the effects very quickly, since that has a lot of implications about what's causing the issue, as well as what can be done to ease it going forward. And try to ask them if they'd write the names of the medicines and the care instructions down if/when they give you more (as well as what's been given to him), since it can sometimes be important later. For example, if you go to a different vet at some point, having a list of what's been done to the animal and what medicines have been used (and how well they worked) can be very valuable.
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Post by bouncy on Apr 30, 2021 10:58:48 GMT
You do have a rather strange vet! Most just give you a bottle (whether original or with a small amount from another), a 1mm syringe for measuring, and leave us to figure out how to get the correct amount into the degu! It's definitely worth asking for more information! Those of us who've had need to give meloxicom/metacam in the past usually keep the bottle in the fridge in case of any future injuries, perhaps over a weekend, until we can get them to the vet.
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