Clifford is not feeling well

[kplatvoet]

Over the weekend I noticed that Clifford was keeping one eye shut -not all the time and she would open it and focus to eat if I gave her a worm- since she had recently shed I thought that it might have caused the problem- I put the humidifier tube to her cage instead of the Jackson and she seemed to be better but not back to normal -
This morning she opened her eye to eat and when I fussed with her cage
She's a cranky girl and tends to not like to be handled and does tend to think that opening her mouth to hiss is very scary - I'm so happy about that now, as I don't think I would have seen the problem with out her being such a git. I took her out to have a closer look she opened her mouth to try and bite me I noticed the one side of her mouth has a problem - the same side as the eye she's keeping shut.
The vet could squeeze me in today (with all the snow they had some cancels) and I hope she'll be ok with treatment

 

[jannb]

Oh no! I'm sorry to hear about Clifford. I hope that all goes well at the vets and that she had a speedy recovery.

 

[kplatvoet]

Well he put her on baytril for 10 days - I think I caught it pretty early as she's been drinking & eating - I filled the dripper for her when I put her back in her cage - I'm pretty sure I read the keeping her hydrated is important with baytril -
I am somewhat mad at myself for not checking her mouth Saturday when I first noticed the problem.. It did work out well that I was off from work and the vet could see her.