This is classic IBD (Inclusion Body Disease) symptoms. I would suggest IMMEDIATELY segregating her from the rest of the animals. If she has been sharing a cage with them it may be too late already. It may not be IBD, but there's no point in taking unecessary risks with the rest of your animals.



The vet can do a test for IBD, unfortunately if that's what it is it will likely be post-mortem. Once the symptoms start to manifest in this manner, it usually doesn't take long before death occurs.



In the meantime, you should be investigating other possibilities. There are other things that can cause these symptoms as well, such as temperatures way out of range, exposure to certain chemicals, etc. What are you using to disinfect your cages? Have you treated recently for mites?

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• red tail, possible neurological disorder?? please help - cocchiara, Sat Aug 30 17:21:10 2003
• This may be SERIOUS..immediate action required. - oldherper, Tue Sep 2 09:20:53 2003
• RE: This may be SERIOUS..immediate action required. - cocchiara, Wed Sep 3 01:55:31 2003