Scooter is 8 and about 45 lbs. about a month ago the emergency vet said he got bitten by a scorpion and gave him morphine and valium. He was no better ( tremors and huge amt of stuff and goo coming from his nose) so we saw another vet who said sinus infection and I gave him Baytril by mouth for...
to all who have been kind enough to view my asking for help with scooter, I think I have a vet that figured it out. He does have an upper respiratory infection and will be on baytril for 10 days. whether the original problem that changed him in 2 hours was a venomous bite or the onset of a sinus...
I am happy to report that a car ride to the vet was what Scooter needed to feel better! He walked from the sidewalk into the vet's office....got the 2nd antibiotic shot....and walked out the door! that was thursday and he ate alot and soaked a bit in the pool. HE'S BEEN A TAD LETHARGIC SINCE...
scooter walked a bit this afternoon. His right front foot is not hitting on the pad. It is bent under..like a stroke victem. I will go back to the vet tomorrow as he was going to contact the reptile director at the Phoenix zoo. I can feel he has lost weight too. Boy...we do get attached to our...
thank you Yvonne. Scooter lives in an igloo type dog house in the winter. I cleaned it out the other day but will scour the "roof" inside. He is eating by hand today but really lethargic. I"m thinking his morphine/valium cocktail from Sunday night is kicking in!! He is mostly outside in the...
[/b]My 8 yr old, 45 lb African Spurred thighed, Scooter was recently in trouble. He was fine, and then in a 3 hour time period, he looked like he was having a seisure. The emergency vet took Xrays and found no respiratory problems and then felt that Scooter was stung by a scorpion. He gave him a...