How many hiccupping jags before I bring on the abs?
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SQ
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and another:
http://ratguide.com/meds/herbals_health ... inacea.php
A few years ago articles were saying to use it as a preventative.
Now they seem to be saying it is a "supportive treatment and should not replace antibiotic therapy".
The above article suggests it may not be good to give echinacea to rats taking pred, dex, or who have cancer.
http://ratguide.com/meds/herbals_health ... inacea.php
A few years ago articles were saying to use it as a preventative.
Now they seem to be saying it is a "supportive treatment and should not replace antibiotic therapy".
The above article suggests it may not be good to give echinacea to rats taking pred, dex, or who have cancer.
jorats
Loving rats since 2002.
Very interesting... thanks!
Rattus
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This is very good to know! My willy acts completly healthy but he hiccups very often.. I wonder if this would help a bit fight off anything they may be going on inside him. I found a pill form at the pharmacy. Is there a specific kind to get or are they pretty much the same?
Rattus
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I didnt know theres a liquid echinacea? I dont know if Ive ever seen that around, just the pill form..
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It's childrens ..alochol free liquid
Moon
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It's sometimes marketed as Echinacea tincture
By the ways guys, as this was the last place I posted about Queenie's illness, I thought you might want to know what happened. I didn't want to post this before because I was terrified there might have been something I could have done to have helped her, but what's done is done I guess, and I always did my best for her, and can learn from mistakes - that's what i'm here for.
Anyway, she got very ill very quickly in a matter of days, she stopped drinking and eating. The weirdest thing was that she couldn't move her back legs. The new vet, who specialises in small animals said it was 'nothing simple' (no lumps or respiratory problems) she was very neurological; her back legs just wouldn't move properly, they were moving in circles almost, she just couldn't take steps with them. the vet said the best option was to have her put to sleep, and so that's what I did.
Has anyone ever had a Rat with a similar problem?
Anyway, she got very ill very quickly in a matter of days, she stopped drinking and eating. The weirdest thing was that she couldn't move her back legs. The new vet, who specialises in small animals said it was 'nothing simple' (no lumps or respiratory problems) she was very neurological; her back legs just wouldn't move properly, they were moving in circles almost, she just couldn't take steps with them. the vet said the best option was to have her put to sleep, and so that's what I did.
Has anyone ever had a Rat with a similar problem?
jorats
Loving rats since 2002.
Anything neuro is fast acting in a rat. Putting her to sleep is definitely a strong option. Others with more experience might have waited it out. If it's a stroke, many rats can come back from that. If it's a slow PT or just rear end degeneration, you can care for a rat with complete loss of rear end mobility.
It sounds to me like you girl had PT. It can be slow or fast... but whatever type, pts is usually the only kindest thing for them.
It sounds to me like you girl had PT. It can be slow or fast... but whatever type, pts is usually the only kindest thing for them.
