Hi all,
I took Dexter to the vet on Friday... I am glad I did...
He was down to 27g... which is thin... she said that he does not have worms, parasites, blockage, respiratory or anything... he just has a bad infection from his nose... from the hitting the top of the cage and making it raw... that led into an infection in his eyes as well...
He is on 4 meds.... hand feed food mixture given through a syringe with a little cathetor tube on it, oral antibiotic, eye drops with antibiotic, and triple antibiotic ointment for his nose.
It cost me $116 all together... but he seems to be perking up already... she also said to get rid of the bedding and just put a towl or felt in the bottom... he was rubbing his eyes b/c they itched and she had to flush his eyes b/c they had the little walnut chips in them... she said it would have been worse with sand....
I hope he pulls through this... Just thought I would let you know what was up... and hopefully this will help someone...
Laterrrrrrr.
JIM
