My Honey has a head tilt.

[Tarah]

Yeah, like I said Rattrap will have it forever.
Mia (his sister) has a bit of a tilt now, too.

Hopefully Honey's will go away completley!

 

[lilangel]

Aw poor Honey. Healing vibes your way!

My girly stayed with her head tilt & Ginger another girl rat that came to us having head tilt for gosh knows how long and the person did not even know she was sick or did not bother to do anything about it. Once here though she got meds for it.

 

[Godmother]

How is Honey today? Is she looking lively and happy, despite the remaining tilt?

 

[Tarah]

I was wondering the same thing.
How is the girlie today?

 

[Dahlas]

Oh she is wonderful.....tilt seems a bit better. She is lively, has a good appetite...seems like herself.

 

[brittanyfork]

Good!

 

[mamarat]

:joy: great news

 

[Godmother]

Good news! If she is feeling good, that is the most important thing. My Heather is in the same situation.

 

[Tarah]

good to hear! :thumbup:

 

[Maple]

I have never had a rat with head tilt. When they get it does it physically impair them from doing every day things like going up and down stairs? Is it hard for the rat to adjust to this new way of living? Are there any special instructions or any advise for us people that may one day have to deal with this?
Glad to hear Honey is coming along and I hope she has a full recovery.

 

[jorats]

Tilty rats adapt very fast and do just about the same things they did before the tilt. Some tilts are more severe but again, they adapt. The worst would be they can't climb straight up a side of a cage anymore.

 

[Dahlas]

The only time I see it bothered her is when I pick her up she rolls......but I cup her when I pick her up and it is fine.

 

[SQ]

Rolling isn't good.

 

[Dahlas]

It is just when I lift her up off the ground. She rolls once toward me so her belly is facing me....it isn't like she is rolling around. She doesn't do it in the cage at all.....

 

[mamarat]

If you cover her head with your other hand she won't roll. I have two tilties and that helps a lot.

 

[Dahlas]

Thanks mamarat.....

 

[SQ]

You might want to look into a couple of dex injections (1 mg/454.4g, SQ, once a day).
Do not use for more then 5 days in a row

 

[Chelipepper]

Here hoping your baby is doing better- Honey is a sweetheart! :kisses: .. we are currently working with Mimosa who has more of a sway going so far ~Sigh .. she is on amoxy for the next 3 weeks for a URI and we are hoping she comes along fine ..so far shes a little trooper -just feel bad for her cause she was barely out of litter when we 'rescued' her and she was sick then .. not knowing how long she was already sick makes it hard to gauge how quickly she is going to be back to 100%

 

[Dahlas]

Thanks.....I hope your little Mimosa get all better soon....poor little girl. She is lucky you rescued her.