head tilt

Hello Everyone! I am new here and I’m very grateful for this safe space to get any help and or guidance in reference to my girls. A quick rundown about us; I have two hooded sisters I rescued from the SPCA over a year ago. Pippi is the large food loving non dominant one, and Mazey the...

Hi there! New here! So Tuesday (11/23) I suddenly noticed my rat (name is Roadhog, about 2 yrs old) had a head tilt and some trouble keeping balance. I took him into the vet the next day and got him on Prednisone and Vibramycin, which she suggested I keep him on for 10 days and to monitor him...

Hello, I need a second opinion on one of my rats. Burrito is 1.6 years old and in beginning of May he suddenly got sick - he was falling to the side when walking, one of his eyes looks bigger than the other. I took him to the vet, and she prescribed him antibiotics and steroids. I gave him...

Our 7.5mo old girl came home after 3 weeks with my daughter at her fathers. I noticed her head tilt immediately and I don’t know exactly when it began (daughter isn’t sure). She came home Sunday, took her to the vet at their earliest appointment Tuesday (8/4). She was given Liquid oral Metacam...

(sorry if I placed this wrong) So I have a happy little girl named Mazu, she has been a special case since I got her as she was very ill and had an ear infection... Now she's happy and healthy(I think..?) but she has a permanent head tilt. Her ear infection wasn't treated properly in the...

So, a month and a half ago one of my does gave birth to an unexpected litter. Long story short, she looked like her brothers, and was placed in the wrong cage; the new rat, Murtagh, was the father. He passed away recently. Unfortunately, one of the babies, Onyx, has begun to show the same signs...

Hi everyone, I have a 1 year old rat named Frida. Her cagemate just died of a pituitary tumor after 2 1/2 years on this earth. But before she died I asked to have the antibiotics for an inner ear infection from my vet, just in case it was an ear infection and she could get better. It was a...

I have a 10 week old rat called Beryl who has had a head tilt for about 2 weeks. She is on baytril two times a day and panacur once but she seems to be getting worse. She is active and eats and drinks well, but she tends to run in circles. I can’t tell if it’s an ear infection or a PT. can...

hiya! my boy has started some... behavior i just cannot put my finger on im pretty experienced with rats, ive been caring for them and owning them for a very very long time now but this has me a little puzzled? hes really got me stumped! anyway, benvolio is 8 months old and hes started noticably...