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Bert has joined me in the bathroom when I shower every morning for the last two weeks. He is still sneezing but not as often, and not as many sneezes at one time. Sometimes he does hunch over and squeak a bit while sneezing so they must be pretty much uncontrollable for him. Based on the x-ray...

The vet said that the x-rays showed that part of Bert's nasal passages had calcified and was reducing the overall size of the nasal passage. They did a tear duct flush, and a nasal flush while they had him in. They said that they got a lot of gunk cleared out. Usually after a tear duct flush...

Our last bun, Cleo, hated everyone but bonded fiercely to me for some reason. From the moment I first held her she was immediately comfortable. Several people had held her but immediately had to put her down again. She kicked and fussed at all of them. As soon as I picked her up and held her to...

So we're still struggling with getting Bert's sneezing under control. We scheduled him back in for an x-ray months ago but each time we go in to the animal hospital we get a different vet. We got one vet who felt that everything we had been recommended was likely wrong and gave us a different...

Bert has finished up his two week cycle of Sulfatrim (he disapproved strongly of that! Nasty stuff!). The vet has called us a few times for updates on his progress. As of today we haven't seen a sneeze in about 4 days. The Mrs said she heard 3 or 4 from him in the middle of the night about a...

Bert has finished up his two weeks of Metacam and Tobrex eye drops. He quite enjoyed the Metacam, the eye drops weren't his favourite thing but he's a tough little bun. 5 days ago he had a violent sneezing fit that had me calling the vet to book in the dental examination and skull x-ray that...

Bert Ernie

I know what you mean. Our vet is only 20 minutes across town and that drive with the boys buckled in the back seat is the most stressful trip I can imagine. I couldn't fathom having to take them further. We're super fortunate to have a Veterinary College right here in town so we have a good...

"A wild shrubbery appears!" Bert made no attempt to let Ernie know that he had found a snack during his foraging trip.

We finished out two weeks of Baytril without any significant change in the sneezing. On our return visit to the vet they did a tear duct flush and when we got home he was in tip top shape. A complete change in his behaviour and he was back to normal. We got a two-week course of Metacam and some...

We got our boys, Bert and Ernie, from the local Humane Society. They were 3 years old when we got them. I don't think they were ever out of their cage. We built them a 6x10 enclosure. We put the carrier in it when we got them home and they wouldn't come out. They sat in the carrier taking turns...

I'm thinking that I might build a hay box this weekend that has some small fans and a filter in it to see if I can't minimize the dust in our hay. Ernie is unaffected but that's not to say that it's not still affecting Bert. We did see a very small bit of discharge from one of Bert's eyes a week...

I suppose I'm really just being a nervous papa and fussing more than needs be. I have the info from the vet, I'm not sure I expected any better info anywhere else. Maybe I'm just seeking solace. I did notice this morning that the Baytril bottle states that they will refill after 14 days if...

We adopted Bert and Ernie from the local humane society almost 5 years ago. They're neutered, and from the same litter. They just turned 8 in July and have been the best of buds for the last 5 years. A few weeks ago we noticed that Bert was sneezing occasionally. We'd hear one or two a day but...

My wife would be thrilled to have our boys, Bert and Ernie, sleep on the bed! She has tried putting them on the bed but they immediately look for a way down. Whoever it was that had them before we found them at the shelter didn't give them exercise time. When we got them they weren't able to...

I'm starting to fuss a bit over a sudden change in behaviour and I'm having trouble determining if it's justified or just me being a nervous Dad. Ms Cleo is generally a very consistently perky bun and it's usually pretty obvious if she's feeling out of sorts. Last summer she had bouts of...

Cleo is back on her feet again. We've just finished her two week round of meds and she's feistier than ever. We got our first binky a couple of nights ago and she's happily tearing the house up. She's eating and pooping better than ever before and is much happier now that we're not trying to get...

Thanks for the tip!! We tried that tonight and it was our smoothest and most successful attempt yet.

We knelt down in front of her today and after a couple of attempts she absolutely panicked and leaped over a nearby briefcase being used to corral her proceeding to pee everywhere. We had to give up and let her go back to her cage to relax. We may have to look into boarding her just to let the...

A little too well in fact... We've been medicating her in the bottom of her cage as I've mentioned. Instead of her learning that the medication process isn't so bad, what she's taken away from this is that her cage isn't such a great place, doubly so for the bottom. She stays on her top shelf...