Herlad is a a bit older, I'll get a correct age tomorrow, but he has a new chronic condition that I am managing the best I can.
It started a few months ago, he became lethargic and I noticed he didn't yawn anymore. He slowly lost mobility in his hands and up unto his legs until he could barely move. I took him to the vet who said he wasn't going to make it, the vet gave him 2 weeks tops and was ready to have him pts that day. I wasn't ready. The vet gave him a cortisone injection and sent me home. I started separately feeding him baby food and giving him cap fulls of water every two hours.
He got better, but two weeks later he started to decline again. The vet gave me some prednisolone and sulfatrim to give him at home. He got so much better that the vet said I could stop dosing him at home. Something happened and it came back. Each time it is the same. Fist he gets lethargic and stops yawning (like he never fully wakes up), then he starts to lose mobility until he can barely move at all. The cortisone injection will bring him back and TLC (tender love and care) gets his weight back up and he is a healthy little rat again.
The vet thinks it's a brain tumor, or an inflamed spinal disc, he says he cannot be sure without getting him a CT scan.
I know that this condition is going to keep flaring up. I am doing all I can think of, which now includes leaving some baby food in the cage for my pair to eat while I am at work.
Can anyone think of anything else I should be doing, or have any advice on the diet I should have them on? Anything at all would be hugely appreciated.
It started a few months ago, he became lethargic and I noticed he didn't yawn anymore. He slowly lost mobility in his hands and up unto his legs until he could barely move. I took him to the vet who said he wasn't going to make it, the vet gave him 2 weeks tops and was ready to have him pts that day. I wasn't ready. The vet gave him a cortisone injection and sent me home. I started separately feeding him baby food and giving him cap fulls of water every two hours.
He got better, but two weeks later he started to decline again. The vet gave me some prednisolone and sulfatrim to give him at home. He got so much better that the vet said I could stop dosing him at home. Something happened and it came back. Each time it is the same. Fist he gets lethargic and stops yawning (like he never fully wakes up), then he starts to lose mobility until he can barely move at all. The cortisone injection will bring him back and TLC (tender love and care) gets his weight back up and he is a healthy little rat again.
The vet thinks it's a brain tumor, or an inflamed spinal disc, he says he cannot be sure without getting him a CT scan.
I know that this condition is going to keep flaring up. I am doing all I can think of, which now includes leaving some baby food in the cage for my pair to eat while I am at work.
Can anyone think of anything else I should be doing, or have any advice on the diet I should have them on? Anything at all would be hugely appreciated.