Moving sadie to a hospital tank is a very difficult task, I just want to be able to monitor her until I can get to the vet. But she said absolutely not
I spent an hour trying to dig her out of the enclosure, and she refused to let me get her. And at that point, it’s not worth stressing her out this badly. So there goes an hour of my time setting up the tank and resetting up the enclosure while I wait for a call back😭.
Right now, it’s believed Sadie can be suffering from anything from constipation, GI stasis, fluid retention, heart failure, kidney failure, etc.
Basically, I’m praying she’s constipated and will be okay after she passes it. I gave her some apple while I wait for the vet because they said it might help get things moving if that’s the issue. I reached out to the breeder as well, and even she has never dealt with something like this before and Sadie’s line has no health issues.
I’m stressed and everything seems really bleak at the moment. My back is killing me after bending down for an hour lmao. I’m just tired and sad, and of course right after I cleaned up.. my cat had a hairball. Shouts out to ppl who have children because I’m stressed o it just caring for my pets sometimes, y’all are way stronger then me! 😭
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Found her relaxing in this hide and had to snap a few pics. It’s her and Abigail’s favorite spot! Molly prefers to stay on the ground. And tbh I don’t blame her.
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First of all I'd like to thank the person who donated money to me so that I could afford food this week. You paid more than I asked and I genuinely cried. I was able to get some sandwich supplies, rice, and some ice cream to cheer me up. Thank you so so SO much!!!
Now for the update- it starts out sad but it has a good ending I promise!!
I was able to get myself put together enough to give my ladies even more attention than I already do. I discovered that Sephy, Caniac's best friend and older sister (they were adopted at the same time but were 3 weeks apart in age) became ill after the passing of her best friend. The stress she was in caused her to develop a URI.
I noticed her symptoms Wednesday night. She was just barely making tiny breathy wheezes. Almost inperceptible and at this point very infrequent. Mouse URIs can worsen rapidly and can be asymptomatic until the infection is severe. I knew I needed to get my ladies seen ASAP for an exam and medication. If one mouse is visibly sick, they could all be sick as well.
My plan was to take her and the other ladies to a vet on Thursday, but my paycheck came in later than anticipated due to my job transitioning to a new payroll system (I usually get paid a day early on Thursday). The other bad news was that the only vet I new of wanted $95 per mouse with no room for negotiations, and I needed to get all 4 ladies seen. This was just not financially possible for me even if I got paid.
I decided to focus my energy on calling my local exotic pet store to see if they carried Doxyvet (doxycycline formulated for birds but is safe for mice to take). This was my backup plan in case I couldn't see a vet. I could order this online, but all stores I could order from would take 3+ days to deliver and would be expensive due to only coming in large bottles (everyone was sold out of the smaller 25mL bottles!!!). Unfortunately they did not carry it, but I was determined to keep trying to get my mice treatment.
I called all vets in my area to learn who can see exotics/pocket pets and what their rates are. This is something I should have done long ago, but I wrongly assumed my usual exotic vet would have been able to provide me some sort of reduced pricing. In the end I found an absolutely wonderful vet who is actually experienced and knowledgeable about mice!!! They even had a vet tech who had a lot of expensive handling mice for examination!! This is a rarity amongst exotic vets! Not only were his rates already good ($75 per rodent per exam), he cut me a deal to bring in all four of my ladies for $150-200 for an exam!
My girls were so well behaved and easily handled except Sephy who is a known biter and is much more fraxious than her sisters. She actually bit the vet tech before she could scruff her! What a rascal!!
Regardless of Sephy's less than kind demeanor, the exam went off without a hitch.
Sephy had fluid in her lungs and was underweight and needed to start antibiotics asap in order to recover. All other girls received a clean bill of health!!!
The vet's pharmacy only had doxycycline tablets in stock and did not have the means to titurate the tables into a suspension so that the dose could be diluted to something more appropriate for mice. They could order liquid, but it wouldn't be until Monday or Tuesday that they would receive it, and as I mentioned earlier URIs in mice can go downhill rapidly. We both agreed that waiting would be risky, and he called in the medication to a local pharmacy that could compound the dose for me. He also offered to order a medicated feed for me in case I couldn't get the meds into the mice on my own. I declined, determined to help my mice without having to wait for a delivery.
I came home from the vet, dropped off the ladies, then headed to he pharmacy for their meds
I have to give them .1mL of the suspension every 12 hours, and I had no clue how challenging this was going to be for me. I had no experience scruffing mice, and Sephy is very distrustful towards humans and usually doesn't accept treats. I managed to get everyone their first dose after struggling for 2 hours!!!!!!
That night, Sephy became much more lethargic. She barely moved, wouldn't eat, and I had no trouble just picking her up. She had very little fight in her. I knew that I made the right choice to get her medicine asap, as it was very likely she wouldn't have made it through the weekend. Unfortunately she would not take her medicine voluntarily, and I had to wrap her in a towel in order to hold her safely so that I could place the two drops of liquid in her mouth.
I released her back into her enclosure where she promptly went back to her cozy spot in a hut, cleaned herself, and went back to sleep.
The other ladies received their meds, cleaned themselves, and began foraging.
I spent all night worried about Sephy as she didn't have the energy to forage or desire to eat.
The next morning, I mixed a decent (mouse sized) amount of baby food with her meds and syringe fed it to her. I also mixed a teeny bit of critical care omnivore diet powder into the mix. I knew if she didn't eat she wouldn't have the energy to recover. I repeated this for her evening dose, but she still had little energy that night.
The next mornong she was walking around a bit, and I saw her drink water and eat a few seeds.
I wanted to try to get her to accept her meds willing, so I mixed critical care, her meds, and peanut butter together. I wasn't sure if this would work as she doesn't like to eat treats from me and she has been extra suspicious of me due to being forced to have nasty meds and a vet trip. My fears of failure proved false, and she greedily devoured all the peanut butter mix I presented to her!!! The other ladies also enjoyed receiving this mix rather than their usual syringe adventures. This was my go to plan from now on to guarantee that she will get her meds.
That evening she perked up even more, and this morning she's about halfway back to her normal amount of energy. She still is enjoying her peanut butter mixture, and the other ladies too! She is still having some breathing trouble and the occasional wheeze sound, but it is significantly reduced from yesterday.
With continued treatment and care, I'm confident that she'll make a full recovery :D
If you'd like to help me recoup the cost of this vet visit, please check out my pinned post! I can offer more mouse pics as a gift 💕
Thank you for reading if you have gotten this far!! Here's a picture of her at the vet and her enjoying some peanut butter as a thank you for getting through my wall of text 💖💖💖
(all of the mice are in that travel carrier by the way!! They were under the drink carrier haha)
