Mocha the Mouse is rolling :/

[lilspaz68]

Poor fat little Mocha (what the hell IS the best diet for mice? They get obese so easily). this morning she was pressed up to the cage base wall trying to keep the world from spinning. I picked her up and she started the crocodile death roll...poor little thing!

I gave her a wee titch of baytril with a wee titch of dexamethasone in it...she was so good, taking all her meds. :thumbup: I also gave her a little rehydrating fluid just in case she hasn't been able to drink...she took a little.

I am hoping she has enough health and fight that we can beat this, and I am also hoping its just inner ear infection. :sad3:

Braced

here you can see her eyes look different

 

[Dazzle87]

Oh my I have no advice but wish her luck!

 

[crumbilina]

Awwwwww

She looked ok last night! Geeze! Poor thing :-/

Sending her lots of healing vibes.
A spinning world is a world that is not fun.

 

poor thing!

 

[Joanne]

Poor darling! The spins are NOT pleasant. I hope the meds work for her!

 

[SQ]

Hope Mocha is soon feeling better

 

[jorats]

I remember once when a hamster came into my vet's clinic, it was doing exactly that, my vet said it was an ear infection. Maybe that's what it is?
Nic used to feed her mice HT and Oxbow.

 

I was thinking ear infection as well!

 

[lilspaz68]

its definitely what I am hoping for...a stroke with a meeser might be a lot more fatal than with a rat. They don't respond to treatment the same way, and they often just give up and die.

 

[mamarat]

Poor baby, hope she feels better soon. Do you have a small box so she can feel a ceiling above her head? It helps keep them "up".

 

[lilspaz68]

Poor baby, hope she feels better soon. Do you have a small box so she can feel a ceiling above her head? It helps keep them "up".

I was thinking about that this morning. If she's still alive I will put her in the little plastic house Tanis bought them.

 

[Joanne]

How's Mocha today?

 

[henry's_mum]

poor wee thing....
:0(

 

[lilspaz68]

Poor little Mocha was dying this morning, but very quietly, so I decided to forgo the stressful vet trip. She was almost comatose with just the odd gasping breath. I held her for ages thinking she would pass but it seems some mice have the same strength as rats. I put her in a small carrier (to Mini and her other meeces relief as they avoided the base of the cage when she was there), tried to get some rehydrating solution into her, and left her warm and quiet. :sad3:

 

[victoria]

:sad3: I'm sorry Shelagh. I found mice were very hard to help when they got sick also :hugs:

 

:hugs:

 

[jorats]

Some pets prefer to pass alone... Hugs to you.