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My sister’s hedgehog has been acting a little strange for the past few days. We were waiting for a vet appointment slot to open up but she is now gasping for air. No exotic vet within several hours is open during weekends for emergencies. We plan on bringing her to the vet first thing tomorrow but first we have to get her through this night. We have a nebulizer that we are going to fill with water and just one drop of albuterol to try to help her breathe. Is there anything else we can do?

My sister’s hedgehog has been acting off for a few days we were waiting for an appointment slot to open up but now she’s gasping for air. No exotic vet within several hours is open on weekends for emergencies. Current plan is to keep her on oxygen with heavily diluted albuterol just to get her through the night. Is there anything else we can do?

This is an African Pygmy hedgehog

UPDATE: she made it through the night with constant oxygen and intermittent nebulizer treatments. X-rays show both lungs full of fluid. I’m cautiously optimistic as there are treatments available, it’s just a matter of how she responds

UPDATE 2: she’s responding well to the medication. The vet says there’s a decent chance we can bring her home tonight

FINAL UPDATE: she’s home and we’re giving her oral medications. We may even be able to take her off of oxygen by tomorrow

My leopard gecko is severely impacted. She has not had a bowel movement in 2 going on 3 weeks. My current vet is on maternity leave and the next closest exotic vet is 50 miles away. I’ve tried everything I can think of, warm soaks, belly massages, even a dab of vegetable oil on her lips. I’ve already made a call to the vet 50 miles away and I’m waiting to hear back if they can take her. Her abdomen is very swollen and has a hard mass on her left side. Is there anything else I can do?

UPDATE: by some miracle I was able to find a nearby vet that wasn’t on my radar that was able to fit her in today. She was given an enema that allowed her a successful bowel movement. I struggle getting her to eat sometimes, so the vet also gave me a formula to syringe feed her so she can maintain a healthy weight