Hi ya’ll! Any ideas or suggestions are much needed. My 5 year old flyer on Henry’s blocks found Thurs. night sitting still on the bottom of his cage and eyes not open well. Long story short, we ended up overnight in the animal hospital but the vets don’t know flyers. His right front leg seems weak and he’s tilting his head/neck sideways some. Vet hydrated, started baytril, metacam and I started calcium carbonate to be safe once we came home. He weighed 74 gym at the hospital, taking metacam once a day, baytril twice a day, calcium 130mg twice a day, eating isn’t terrible, he’s interested. Two pees a day a few poops,.. I have him on a heating pad under the special tub he’s in (one side only). I gave him 2cc LR Sunday and he’s peed 2x yesterday and 2x today. I’d like to not stress him with injections if it’s not necessary.
He seemed to be getting better, then tonight looks worse!... Eyes aren’t bright, head tilt is worse, claws sticking easily, crawls super low on the ground. But he’s grooming and reactive. No injury that I know of and it seemed to have started with very mild “clumsiness” but then seemed ok.
I am beating myself up about the possibility of MBD,... I need a vet that knows squirrels. $500 this weekend and no diagnostics. I know about ca:Ph ratios and thought I was doing an ok job but I’m scared to death! Any help is appreciated and especially to find a squirrel specialist anywhere near Dallas? I’ll drive to get help.