Nebulizer ???

[keiren]

So I posted a while back about luna having sneezing and white in her eyes anyway we went to vet tried baytril, she stopped eating it was removed and replaced with septril she happily took the whole course no problems during this. Afterwards about 2 days she started sneezing a lot so we have had her back to the vet and she's been given a second round of septril. And we were told she either should go into veterinary hospital for nebulizing or we could buy the stuff which we did ( didn't want the poor girl upset and away from us and her friend) anyway she's been in nebulizer chamber 2 times she hates it and desperately tries to shew her way out. Begs me litrally. And now she seems to hate me. My vet has gone on holiday and although told me how long 2x a day 20 mins with 7ml of the medacine. She forgot to tell me how long to run the course does anyone else know ?. Or should I assume that 5 days since that's how long she said she'd want to keep her in hospital.

I can't wait to get this over with and have my Lil girl fixed she was so friendly sweet and loving now she's terrafied of me and hides I want to fix this.

 

[nightnurse]

What type of medication is it? I've never nebulized an animal before. I would worry about the humidity and moisture it could add to the fur. In the hospital, ipatropium and salbutamol are the most common we administer for respiratory conditions for people. There is no stop date, it's based on an as needed bases. Start coughing or have difficulty breathing, have a neb. So you could see how he does with less. Unless it is a different type. If it's a steroid like pulmicort /budosinide I would wait until talking to the vet before stopping doses as you would be more likely to wean off of it. If it's just saline, then again you could just stop and see if anything gets worse. Just remember chins try to hide how unwell they are feeling. Just thinking if it were my boy I'd be pulling out my stethoscope.
I read an interesting article on thyme as a decongestant for sick hamsters. Might be worth trying. You would have to Google it as I don't know how to look it up on my phone.
Hopefully I've been a little helpful. I know people are different but it should work in similar ways.

 

[nightnurse]

http://hamsterhideout.com/forum/topic/115-help-for-respiratory-emergencies/

Here's the link to the thyme remedy. It is from a hamster forum but it sounds pretty harmless and if it helps then it's a good thing.