Hi!  I have a friend who has a very sick fuzzy..  sorry about the length,
BIG..  this is her first sick fuzzy..  and she beside herself with worry.
She grabbed everything she could off the net, including the FAQ..  Can
anyone who has any suggestions please email her personally?  Thanks so much.
-Celia
 
From Dee([log in to unmask])
>Help!  I am at my wits end!  Earl is sick and the vet can't come up with a
>diagnosis.
>
>Last Saturday night I put Earl to bed and he was the usual Demon Spawn that
>I love.  Sunday Morning when I let him and his 2 cagemates out, Earl hung
>back in his hammock being a sleepy guy.  I went over to take a closer look
>and he was as limp as a ragdoll, but awake.  He couldn't walk.  He kept
>falling over sideways like his legs didn't work at all (later on he did
>walk like he was uncoordinated and fell over after about a one foot
>distance) I was able to stand him in the corner and he could drag himself
>around and he would poop very little (twice very small, very dark with a
>green tinge, miniature little rice-looking beads in it, sticky).  I
>rehydrated him all day and all night Sunday with Pedialyte (10ccs orally
>every half hour except between midnight and 6 am when I gave it to him
>every 1 and half hours) and took him to the vet Monday morning.  The vet
>gave me clavamox drops, prednisone and nutrical to administer as well as
>the constant oral administration of Pedialyte.  There was no change in him
>and he slept constantly.  He had a 105 temperature.  At this writing it was
>103-104 as per the vet.  I brought him back on Wednesday and had them take
>him in and put him on IV fluids because I felt he wasn't being hydrated
>fast enough.  I put 20 cc an hour of Pedialyte and he was putting out about
>half of that.  I went back again tonight after 3 days of testing and IV
>fluids and there was no change, he still has a fever, has now lost weight.
>The vet said he had enteritis or proliferative bowel ???  (ulceration)
>Heliobactor Pilory induced gastritis with ulceration (I'm sure the spelling
>is wrong).  I have a copy of his blood work if anyone wants to know the
>results.  X-ray shows nothing out of the ordinary (no blockage) and the vet
>said the next diagnostic option would be an endoscopy.  I have cleaned out
>my bank account and now have Earl at home on an IV.  Thank God my fiance is
>a paramedic and can maintain the IV.  IV is normal saline 25% dextrose 75cc
>a day over 12 hours.  And now I'm giving him Pedialyte as well as
>Amoxicillin + Metro 1/2 ml 2x day.  Nutrical every 2 hours.  If anyone has
>any advice or opinions, please write me at [log in to unmask]
>
>Thanks...Dee & Earl.
[Posted in FML issue 1980]