obcsed
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I need some help with a 6-8 year old male. I'll try to keep it short but things have been going on for awhile.
Background: I have had Pikacu for about 2 years. His previous history is unknown but I suspect he hasn't had the best of diets in the past. About 2 months ago, he started having loose stools. He would leave large piles of large, poorly formed, wet sticky poop and was smashing it all over his shelves. I took everything away from him except his hay. When that didn't help, I took him to the vet and he was put on Trimeth. That straightened things out very quickly. However, about 2 weeks later, he started with the toxic waste poops again. This time we tried him on Flagyl. Again it fixed the poop problems but he had an adverse reaction to it (floppy ear, droopy eye and head tilt all on the left). About a week ago, the wet poops came back. We put him on Trimeth again and things looked like they were starting to clear up. We have done x-rays and numerous fecal tests, all of which have come back negative for obstructions, parasites and bacterial abnormalities.
3 days into this treatment with Trimeth, he developed rapid heavy breathing. He had pneumonia about a year ago which responded well to Baytril and his breathing reminded me of that. I called the vet and switched him to Baytril 2 days ago. It isn't helping like it did last time but then he isn't acting like he did with the pneumonia. That really wiped him out. He was lethargic and refused to eat. This time he is subdued but still runs around when out of his cage and is eating both his hay and the Critical Care I'm hand feeding him 3 times a day. He just breathes rapidly and tires easily. His poops are little soft but not wet and sticky. He has lost a lot of weight. He is gassy but he doesn't really bloat up. I'm giving him frequent gas drops and tummy rubs.
We will be going back to the vet on Monday. If anyone has any ideas what else we should look for or suggestions for treatment, I would be most grateful.
Background: I have had Pikacu for about 2 years. His previous history is unknown but I suspect he hasn't had the best of diets in the past. About 2 months ago, he started having loose stools. He would leave large piles of large, poorly formed, wet sticky poop and was smashing it all over his shelves. I took everything away from him except his hay. When that didn't help, I took him to the vet and he was put on Trimeth. That straightened things out very quickly. However, about 2 weeks later, he started with the toxic waste poops again. This time we tried him on Flagyl. Again it fixed the poop problems but he had an adverse reaction to it (floppy ear, droopy eye and head tilt all on the left). About a week ago, the wet poops came back. We put him on Trimeth again and things looked like they were starting to clear up. We have done x-rays and numerous fecal tests, all of which have come back negative for obstructions, parasites and bacterial abnormalities.
3 days into this treatment with Trimeth, he developed rapid heavy breathing. He had pneumonia about a year ago which responded well to Baytril and his breathing reminded me of that. I called the vet and switched him to Baytril 2 days ago. It isn't helping like it did last time but then he isn't acting like he did with the pneumonia. That really wiped him out. He was lethargic and refused to eat. This time he is subdued but still runs around when out of his cage and is eating both his hay and the Critical Care I'm hand feeding him 3 times a day. He just breathes rapidly and tires easily. His poops are little soft but not wet and sticky. He has lost a lot of weight. He is gassy but he doesn't really bloat up. I'm giving him frequent gas drops and tummy rubs.
We will be going back to the vet on Monday. If anyone has any ideas what else we should look for or suggestions for treatment, I would be most grateful.
