TheRatQueen
Senior Member
History of Mortimer:
He's always had URI's since he was a wee lad. Every 3-5ish months he would be on meds. Other that that he's been healthy except for the past 6ish months. He had 2 tumor removals. A fast growing fatty tumor on his hind leg, and also a mammary tumor on his front end. Since the surgery he's been on Baytril and Vibermicin. Last week we changed him to Baytril and Zithro. He seems to have more energy since on the Zithro. Also...since his 2nd surgery he hasn't recovered all of his weight back, but we're working on that and he's improving slowly. We just had him for a checkup the other day (when we changed to Zithro), the doctor doesn't hear a single bit of congestion or fluid but just hears him 'breathing heavy'.
Do you think there is something underlying going on or is this perhaps some scar tissue? He is active, well he's a little old, going on 2years and since his leg surgery he's been getting HED so of course he's not as fast as he used to be. He can still climb like lightening.
I do have to add, since he's had problems he's always been a heavy breather but I just feel like it's still heavier than I'd like it to be. The vet suggested we do an xray, but I didn't want to bother since it would stress him out more and if he ends up having lung cancer, we can't do much anyway. The dr felt up his organs and said that nothing seems out of place and his kidneys seem normal, he peed all over the table and it was clear, so he wasn't fully worried. He just wants to continue the baytril/zithro combo as long as he is alive so we don't have to worry about him catching another infection.
Here are some videos, him acting normal. In the octopus when he's acting a bit funny...he's actually bruxing and falling asleep but doesn't want to lay down since his brother was being cocky with him
Anyway...here's the videos:
[BBvideo 425,350:an9pz68g]http://youtu.be/MGoUBSPXx7w[/BBvideo:an9pz68g]
[BBvideo 425,350:an9pz68g]http://youtu.be/7heolbdCxqE[/BBvideo:an9pz68g]
He's always had URI's since he was a wee lad. Every 3-5ish months he would be on meds. Other that that he's been healthy except for the past 6ish months. He had 2 tumor removals. A fast growing fatty tumor on his hind leg, and also a mammary tumor on his front end. Since the surgery he's been on Baytril and Vibermicin. Last week we changed him to Baytril and Zithro. He seems to have more energy since on the Zithro. Also...since his 2nd surgery he hasn't recovered all of his weight back, but we're working on that and he's improving slowly. We just had him for a checkup the other day (when we changed to Zithro), the doctor doesn't hear a single bit of congestion or fluid but just hears him 'breathing heavy'.
Do you think there is something underlying going on or is this perhaps some scar tissue? He is active, well he's a little old, going on 2years and since his leg surgery he's been getting HED so of course he's not as fast as he used to be. He can still climb like lightening.
I do have to add, since he's had problems he's always been a heavy breather but I just feel like it's still heavier than I'd like it to be. The vet suggested we do an xray, but I didn't want to bother since it would stress him out more and if he ends up having lung cancer, we can't do much anyway. The dr felt up his organs and said that nothing seems out of place and his kidneys seem normal, he peed all over the table and it was clear, so he wasn't fully worried. He just wants to continue the baytril/zithro combo as long as he is alive so we don't have to worry about him catching another infection.
Here are some videos, him acting normal. In the octopus when he's acting a bit funny...he's actually bruxing and falling asleep but doesn't want to lay down since his brother was being cocky with him
Anyway...here's the videos:
[BBvideo 425,350:an9pz68g]http://youtu.be/MGoUBSPXx7w[/BBvideo:an9pz68g]
[BBvideo 425,350:an9pz68g]http://youtu.be/7heolbdCxqE[/BBvideo:an9pz68g]
