Hiya all,
I'm posting this on behalf of a friend who is worried over her 15month old hedgie.
Her hedgie started wobbling and being a bit stilted in her walking on the thurs/fri and then over that following weekend she started falling over she took her to our exotics vet on the Monday who treated her with Septrin 0.1 ml twice daily and Metacam half the dose of Septrin once daily. She has been on this medication since the 16th Nov shes currently due back at the vets on monday coming - the hedgie has stabilized in this time and stumbles from time to time and has fallen over about 3 times but picks herself back up quickly. Shes lost approx 11g in a week. Obv my friend is very concerned that this is the beginning stages of WHS but realises there are other possibilities such as stroke or vestibular syndrome. Here is some video footage:
http://img109.yfrog.com/i/whs.mp4/
Please can you comment/make suggestions over if you think it could be the start of WHS or if you think there is anything more my friend should be asking the vet for - our vet is great and has some experience in APH but no-one in the UK is 100% familiar with WHS or similar symptoms whereas you guys have a lot more experience -so please help/advise if you can.
I'm posting this on behalf of a friend who is worried over her 15month old hedgie.
Her hedgie started wobbling and being a bit stilted in her walking on the thurs/fri and then over that following weekend she started falling over she took her to our exotics vet on the Monday who treated her with Septrin 0.1 ml twice daily and Metacam half the dose of Septrin once daily. She has been on this medication since the 16th Nov shes currently due back at the vets on monday coming - the hedgie has stabilized in this time and stumbles from time to time and has fallen over about 3 times but picks herself back up quickly. Shes lost approx 11g in a week. Obv my friend is very concerned that this is the beginning stages of WHS but realises there are other possibilities such as stroke or vestibular syndrome. Here is some video footage:
http://img109.yfrog.com/i/whs.mp4/
Please can you comment/make suggestions over if you think it could be the start of WHS or if you think there is anything more my friend should be asking the vet for - our vet is great and has some experience in APH but no-one in the UK is 100% familiar with WHS or similar symptoms whereas you guys have a lot more experience -so please help/advise if you can.