tom neils
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We have a 13-year-old mini rex. He has an inner ear infection that we have treated with three different antibiotics, but he can't seem to shake the infection. Because of the infection, he keeps trying to itch his ear, but when he does that, he falls over and he cannot get back up. If someone is home, they can set back upright, but if no one is around, he is stuck on his side. He sometimes just spins in circles trying to get up (we can tell because of the way the bedding is spread out all around him.) My question is, "When is his quality of life bad enough that we euthanize him?" In the summer, someone is usually in the house all day, so we can set him back up when he falls. And he falls about every 30 minutes or so. Once September comes, we will all be gone for over 8 hours every day. That means he could fall over early in the morning and be on his side all day. Most mornings we find him on his side, so It is already possible that he spends several hours on his side during the night. Any advice?