twitch said:
does her ears smell bad? does she spin right or left? is there times when she seems better or is she only getting worse as time goes on? how old is she? regardless what you answer to any of these questions, spinning and head tilt is always something that should be discussed with a vet. hopefully its something as benign as an ear infection though. with an answer to the questions above we'll be better able to guess at what it might be, but again, this is definitely something that you want to have a vet check out.
1. Her ears appear clean, but I haven't found any smell to them.
2. She doesn't exactly "spin," but nowadays, she's learned to rebalance herself recently.
3. Each day, it appears as if her state is the same...
4. She's only about 3 months old
I have a serious question to add on. The day that this litter was born, we had a female cat that never listened to a thing we said, and went to the bathroom wherever she pleased. When Rin was just about finished with her labor, we were ready to go to bed. Once in bed, there was a sound of glass broken, and we saw Rin's cage on the floor, and Rin coming out from under the couch for my protection from kitty.
This rat is a devoted mother, but ever since the accident, she's had problems letting go of her little ones (mainly Dante, but you get the picture...). She'll treat Athena like she's her child, too, although this rat is not only 6 months old, but she is not the daughter of this rat. HOWEVER, she doesn't try feeding them, or anything like that.
Could that accident have caused some sort of a shock to Runt's brain, resulting in a serious problem, now that she's 3 months? Oh, and I've recently noticed that she squints that right eye sometimes, as if she's going blind...Rach