SQ
Senior Member - Vegan for the animals
Joy will be 3 by August, has arthritis, we are trying to manage her pain, and she is showing some signs of pt.
Joy has been having respir issues for a couple of weeks so I have had her on lasix and tried diff combos of antibiotics. On Wed it was discovered that Joy has a very huge heart so she was started on heart meds to see if they would help. Thursday when I went to give her meds I found that Joy was limp and floppy like a rag doll and her breathing wasn't good. I forced the meds into her over about an hour (no vet available to pts) and gave her sub-Q fluids although she didn't seem dehydrated. After about 2 hours she perked up a bit. She yawned several times yesterday evening (lack of O2?).
I am thinking stroke?
Joy seems to have recovered this morning. We have a vet visit with a different vet in about an hour as my vet is completely booked.
I don't know what to do ... and its the weekend - no vets for 2 days. I had about 2 hours sleep last night (after several days of almost no sleep ... bad week for dying ratties) so I'm not thinking very clearly.
Any ideas?
Joy has been having respir issues for a couple of weeks so I have had her on lasix and tried diff combos of antibiotics. On Wed it was discovered that Joy has a very huge heart so she was started on heart meds to see if they would help. Thursday when I went to give her meds I found that Joy was limp and floppy like a rag doll and her breathing wasn't good. I forced the meds into her over about an hour (no vet available to pts) and gave her sub-Q fluids although she didn't seem dehydrated. After about 2 hours she perked up a bit. She yawned several times yesterday evening (lack of O2?).
I am thinking stroke?
Joy seems to have recovered this morning. We have a vet visit with a different vet in about an hour as my vet is completely booked.
I don't know what to do ... and its the weekend - no vets for 2 days. I had about 2 hours sleep last night (after several days of almost no sleep ... bad week for dying ratties) so I'm not thinking very clearly.
Any ideas?