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    Quote Originally Posted by SamtheSquirrel2018 View Post
    Is your Little One still seizing Tuff?
    After a small dosage of Valium he stopped, he’s drunk, he ate a little like 4ml, no fever, we gave him a dose of Baytril also to fight off any other bacteria. He is going home with Marie because she can sub-q him since the seizing went on for so long. We know that it wasn’t maggots it was 2 large bot flys in him that were removed. Could possibly be one more in there that we can’t get out because we killed it with the capstar, the maggot info came from another rehabber. This has been by far the toughest 2 days. Two criticals, one crashes, the other crashes the next day. Y’all pray for Ringer…he is fighting so we have to fight for him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tuff View Post
    After a small dosage of Valium he stopped, he’s drunk, he ate a little like 4ml, no fever, we gave him a dose of Baytril also to fight off any other bacteria. He is
    going home with Marie because she can sub-q him since the seizing went on for so long. We know that it wasn’t maggots it was 2 large bot flys in him that were removed. Could possibly be one more in there that we can’t get out because we killed it with the capstar, the maggot info came from another rehabber. This has been by far the toughest 2 days. Two criticals, one crashes, the other crashes the next day. Y’all pray for Ringer…he is fighting so we have to fight for him.
    Thank you Tuff! Being experienced to sub-q can be a game changer!
    My prayers are with the little guy. Where there's a fight, there's the will.
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    Quote Originally Posted by stepnstone View Post
    Thank you Tuff! Being experienced to sub-q can be a game changer!
    My prayers are with the little guy. Where there's a fight, there's the will.
    Of course the internet is like a information super highway. Could there be a botfly in his brain or could they have cause this? I mean it was about 30-45 min after giving the second dose of capstar? Just trying to figure out the why???

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tuff View Post
    Of course the internet is like a information super highway. Could there be a botfly in his brain or could they have cause this? I mean
    it was about 30-45 min after giving the second dose of capstar? Just trying to figure out the why???

    You can't believe everything that's on the internet.


    Bot fly's are skin-dwelling parasites, the brain would have to be assessable.
    Maggots can cause internal tissue damage and penetrate into the base of the brain.
    The why (seizure) could be between the meds and the internal shock from the parasites
    removal or possibly the combination on an already compromised body.
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    I would keep him on valium or another anti-seizure med (gabapentin) for awhile since he is on Cipro which lowers seizure threshold.
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    Marie was going to discontinue the Baytril and continue with the Clavamox.
    Hopefully the seizures will be self limiting. I looked up the side effects for Capstar and was surprised to see that seizures are a rare side effect in the very young and very small.

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    So I came over to check on him (I can’t stay away from this little guy). I got here I checked him out to see how he was and he had started twitching again. By the time I grabbed my drink from the jeep he was having a seizure. We gave him his seizure meds and he is relaxing, resting. I was really hoping we would be on the up swing a little since we got him to take 4 ml of formula at around 3. He won’t take any formula. Marie had already sub-q him. At least he isn’t seizing now. Now we wait..

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    Did not know that. Capstar generally is very safe. The active ingredients are metabolized VERY quickly, it should be completely out of his system with 24 hours.



    Quote Originally Posted by HRT4SQRLS View Post
    Marie was going to discontinue the Baytril and continue with the Clavamox.
    Hopefully the seizures will be self limiting. I looked up the side effects for Capstar and was surprised to see that seizures are a rare side effect in the very young and very small.
    See my wild squirrel adventures in the thread "Squirtle's yard!":
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    I didn’t know it either.

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    So quick update…we ate 4ml of formula full strength still no poop that I have seen. I am trying to rest while he rest. It’s probably best that I do. This little guy is fighting hard. We just have to stand and fight with him. Keep praying that there is light on the horizon.

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    Mercy, just read this thread. What an emotional rollercoaster, and I'm not even living it. God bless you both! You're ALL going through the ringer! Prayers for this baby.

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    (SB) Just a quick update,

    Little Ringer is still here and no more visible twitches or seizures since that last episode last night. He took a full feeding late /1:00 am and again earlier this am. He’s still sort of off; kind of slow to take the nipple, a little sluggish overall but alert and responsive otherwise. I figure he’s got a chance if he’s come this far. Going to let him sleep and hopefully optimistic that when all the drugs wear off he will be ok . The places where the larvae were are already looking so much better

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    Any update on Little Ringer?
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    Quote Originally Posted by redwuff View Post
    Any update on Little Ringer?
    He is super tired and slow…but he is trying to run everywhere especially if you have your hands on him. He keeps his head down and he has a funny gait to him as he moves, eyes are still sort of sad looking. Marie weighed him this morning and he is at 85g so only one gram under yesterday morning. Marie said there has been no more seizures today. He is just wore out and time will tell how much damage he has from the seizures.

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    Sounds like it is a ‘time will tell’ situation. Thanks so much for keeping us in the loop.

    The little man is in our prayers..
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    Maybe you can take some more pics of him in full, or better yet, a video. The sad looking eyes, the strange gait, very hairy yet so small - sure he's underfed but the overall body size/length I mean - the head movements you described to me, inability to grasp the syringe and to feed properly... hmmm... could we, by chance, be dealing with a little dwarf on top of all that??? Just sayin'........
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    Does this look like a dwarf?

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    He looks a bit different. You might be right about him being a dwarf. If so, he will need extra help with temp regulation.
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