kaceyb19
Member
Cavy Gazer
- Joined
- Nov 4, 2021
- Posts
- 4
- Joined
- Nov 4, 2021
- Messages
- 4
Hello! New to the forum. I specifically wanted to join to ask for advice on a very stubborn URI. I am out of ideas for poor Honey. She is about 10 months old. Here is a short synopsis:
9/7/2021: Took her to ER vet because she sounded very congested. Eating and drinking just fine, only the congestion was the concern. They gave her IV antibiotics, a nebulizer treatment, gave me Metacam and Baytril to take home.
9/10/2021: Follow up with regular exotic vet. Another nebulizer treatment, added Doxycycline to the medication regime
3 days later her congestion was gone, continued with the medication for the full two weeks.
two days after we stopped the medication, congestion came back again. So back to the vet. Another nebulizer treatment, another round of the three meds. Also want to add she has been getting a probiotic this whole time as well.
10/14/2021: Back to vet because the congestion is still there. X-ray confirms that there is still fluid in her lungs. This time vet gives steroids, a diuretic and continues Baytril and doxycycline.
We have another vet appointment tomorrow, there is still no change in her congestion. She has never lost interest in eating or drinking in all of this. She is still spunky and curious as ever. The vet said the last time that he would never know anything was wrong with her if he didn’t actually hear the congestion. I’m sure she can’t keep going on like this. I worry that the congestion will be hard on her little heart. Is there any ideas I can bring to the vet tomorrow? The only ideas I have are changing her antibiotic and maybe adding a warm steam humidifier (the regular humidifier did not seem to help)
9/7/2021: Took her to ER vet because she sounded very congested. Eating and drinking just fine, only the congestion was the concern. They gave her IV antibiotics, a nebulizer treatment, gave me Metacam and Baytril to take home.
9/10/2021: Follow up with regular exotic vet. Another nebulizer treatment, added Doxycycline to the medication regime
3 days later her congestion was gone, continued with the medication for the full two weeks.
two days after we stopped the medication, congestion came back again. So back to the vet. Another nebulizer treatment, another round of the three meds. Also want to add she has been getting a probiotic this whole time as well.
10/14/2021: Back to vet because the congestion is still there. X-ray confirms that there is still fluid in her lungs. This time vet gives steroids, a diuretic and continues Baytril and doxycycline.
We have another vet appointment tomorrow, there is still no change in her congestion. She has never lost interest in eating or drinking in all of this. She is still spunky and curious as ever. The vet said the last time that he would never know anything was wrong with her if he didn’t actually hear the congestion. I’m sure she can’t keep going on like this. I worry that the congestion will be hard on her little heart. Is there any ideas I can bring to the vet tomorrow? The only ideas I have are changing her antibiotic and maybe adding a warm steam humidifier (the regular humidifier did not seem to help)
Last edited:
