My guinea pig, Honey, developed a fairly severe head-tilt about 2-3 months ago. She wasn't walking straight, had her head tilted to the side and was generally clumsy and quieter. We took her straight to the vets (it pretty much developed overnight, we hadn't noticed anything before then). The vets gave her an anti-inflammatory injection and Baytril oral solution antibotic. She seemed livelier in herself within about 3-4 days of the antibiotics. I had also read that head tilt can be caused by mites so after checking with the vet that it could be applied while she was on anti-biotics, I gave her and her cage-mates some ivermectin spot-on solution from Pets at Home. I wasn't sure whether it would make any difference, but thought I would give her some anyway in case it might help. After about 1-2 weeks Honey showed significant improvement in her walking and seemed her normal self. She was livelier in herself and walking better. After a month (I think maybe due to adapting to it) she was pretty much back to her old self. She still had a slight head tilt and was still slightly clumsier than my other guinea pigs, but she had recovered to the point where you wouldn't really know she had a head tilt unless it was pointed out.
Now, about 2-3 months later, Honey has got worse again. I wouldn't say that the head tilt is really awful as I have read some guinea pigs have. She is mostly quieter in herself and is quite clumsy in her walking, with the head tilt more pronounced. She still wanders about and does eat and drink. Possibly eating a little less than usual, although not to the point that I am unduly concerned about it. Honey is too greedy normally and eats the most of all the guinea pigs and I personally think a little bit overweight (although the vet says it's a good weight and I prefer my guinea pigs to be a little bit on the overweight side than the underweight side in case they get ill, so they have some in reserve as they can deteriorate so quickly).
We've taken her back to the vets who has said it is possibly another ear infection. They did mention it could be to do with her brain, as they said previously but this needs to be diagnosed by an MRI scan which is thousands of pounds and even if anything did show up there is nothing they could really do anyway, so the vet advised against having an MRI scan. She is also only just 1, and I think (and hope) this is more usual in older guinea pigs rather than younger ones. The vet also lifted her up by her back legs and made her walk on her front ones to test whether it was anything to do with her brain. She didn't think it looked like it was, but couldn't be sure without a scan. She is back on antibiotics and has had another anti-inflammatory injection. Already she seems slightly livelier after 24 hours.
Please could anyone with experience of this advise if it is likely for Honey to have another ear infection or if this could be part of the original infection. I am concerned that the ear infection she had before didn't completely clear up and has now flared up again. I was concerned at the time about how the vet would know whether it had cleared up or not Thank you in advance.
Now, about 2-3 months later, Honey has got worse again. I wouldn't say that the head tilt is really awful as I have read some guinea pigs have. She is mostly quieter in herself and is quite clumsy in her walking, with the head tilt more pronounced. She still wanders about and does eat and drink. Possibly eating a little less than usual, although not to the point that I am unduly concerned about it. Honey is too greedy normally and eats the most of all the guinea pigs and I personally think a little bit overweight (although the vet says it's a good weight and I prefer my guinea pigs to be a little bit on the overweight side than the underweight side in case they get ill, so they have some in reserve as they can deteriorate so quickly).
We've taken her back to the vets who has said it is possibly another ear infection. They did mention it could be to do with her brain, as they said previously but this needs to be diagnosed by an MRI scan which is thousands of pounds and even if anything did show up there is nothing they could really do anyway, so the vet advised against having an MRI scan. She is also only just 1, and I think (and hope) this is more usual in older guinea pigs rather than younger ones. The vet also lifted her up by her back legs and made her walk on her front ones to test whether it was anything to do with her brain. She didn't think it looked like it was, but couldn't be sure without a scan. She is back on antibiotics and has had another anti-inflammatory injection. Already she seems slightly livelier after 24 hours.
Please could anyone with experience of this advise if it is likely for Honey to have another ear infection or if this could be part of the original infection. I am concerned that the ear infection she had before didn't completely clear up and has now flared up again. I was concerned at the time about how the vet would know whether it had cleared up or not Thank you in advance.
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