>One of the pups, Blaine, is having some sort of convultion. At
>first he was fine, he just popped open an eye so I picked him up
>to look. He leapt from my hand, but landed on the pillow so that
>was fine. He's done it quite a few times, actually, and he's been
>okay. But when I picked him up, he started twisting his whole
>body and head and rolling over in my hand. I put him back in the
>cage and he continued to roll, stop and rest, twitch, stop and
>rest, etc. It's been going on for at least 15 minutes, and he's
>not got 2 eyes open and is completely coherent. Does anyone know
>how to help him at all? I think he's just having a seizure, but
>U've never heard of a fit that lasts 15 minutes..
>
>Paige
Head trauma. Serious head trauma.
He may not stop. Or he may come out of it some, or he may
recover totally.
He needs to be in a private cage, with lots of bedding, (not pine
something soft like lots and lots of finely shredded toilet tissue)
and food and water very very close by.
He will either come out of it or he won't. He may die from it.
He may recover...and treat him as if he's had a stroke and seizure.
The next 48 hours will tell, the next few, actually; if he will come
out of it and recover.
An animal can take incredible falls and be fine, and the small
and short and supposedly safe one is the one that they fall just
*not* right and it kills them.
I wish you luck....at this point all you can do is provide a quiet
cage and wait.
Deb
Rebel's Rodent Ranch
