temblabamomo
Senior Member
I've posted before about Morrissey's incessant sneezing fits. He's still not showing other signs of illness, he's rambunctious as ever and eats like a horse.
We've recently started him on .5ml of Benadryl once a day (he's 450g) to see if it helps, since I've tried everything else - different bedding, different cleaner, humidifier, no humidifier, etc etc etc etc. Here is what happens - he takes the meds. Within an hour, he is very sleepy. Sneeze-free, but half asleep. He perks up a while later, and starts going about his little Morrissey adventures, but eventually there are more bouts of sneezing. This is over the course of about 2 1/2 - 3 hours.
If Benadryl is a once/day med, and his sneezing is starting again within a couple of hours of taking it, then I am going to guess that he doesn't have allergies, or at least none that could be treated with Benadryl. If it was going to help him, shouldn't it last much longer than the brief time he is knocked out sleeping because of it?
I'm beginning to think he'll just always be a little excitement sneezer. He's the most uppity and rambunctious of the boys, and it seems to be during his peaks of excitement that the sneezing starts. Which would be okay, I just feel bad that after the exciting moment passes, the sneezes kind of linger for a little bit. His new nickname is little Sneezlerat. Poor kid.
We've recently started him on .5ml of Benadryl once a day (he's 450g) to see if it helps, since I've tried everything else - different bedding, different cleaner, humidifier, no humidifier, etc etc etc etc. Here is what happens - he takes the meds. Within an hour, he is very sleepy. Sneeze-free, but half asleep. He perks up a while later, and starts going about his little Morrissey adventures, but eventually there are more bouts of sneezing. This is over the course of about 2 1/2 - 3 hours.
If Benadryl is a once/day med, and his sneezing is starting again within a couple of hours of taking it, then I am going to guess that he doesn't have allergies, or at least none that could be treated with Benadryl. If it was going to help him, shouldn't it last much longer than the brief time he is knocked out sleeping because of it?
I'm beginning to think he'll just always be a little excitement sneezer. He's the most uppity and rambunctious of the boys, and it seems to be during his peaks of excitement that the sneezing starts. Which would be okay, I just feel bad that after the exciting moment passes, the sneezes kind of linger for a little bit. His new nickname is little Sneezlerat. Poor kid.
