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SquirrelDevi
07-10-2022, 03:55 PM
Found a Full grown chipmunk running in circles with his head turned to the left laying in the dirt! I scooped him up and he's been in the house where we can hopefully save him. Upon looking up Head tilt I found various things that can cause it? It doesn't look like he has any type of ear infection. I'm assuming it's possibly parasites causing this neurological dysfunction

I had some all natural cat WORMER and we started dozing his water with The recommended dose for Half the size of a kitten. Yesterday I bumped him up to a kitten dose and he seems to be doing Better. Now he can sit up straight for a couple of minutes whereas he couldn't before? this is the first time first time i've ever treated this. I would love some input PLEASE! Thank you so much������*♀️�� i'm not sure If antibiotics would be helpful? Hopefully someone has experience with this so I can save a little chippy!��

Charley Chuckles
07-10-2022, 04:12 PM
I'm thinking it's steroids used to help with this issue ( running in circles) but I'm not positive I'll let others chime in.
I'm sure someone will be here to help👍

SquirrelDevi
07-10-2022, 04:58 PM
I think I do have a prednisone bouncing around somewhere, If needed! And thank you so much for your responss . I will wait and see what they say

Charley Chuckles
07-10-2022, 05:09 PM
I think I do have a prednisone bouncing around somewhere, If needed! And thank you so much for your responss . I will wait and see what they say

Yes they would need a weight if possible to dose👍
Thank you for rescuing this little soul💓

Spanky
07-10-2022, 09:20 PM
Yes, steroids... prednisone would be first choice. The name of the steroid, the strength and the chippy's weight are required for dosing.