Two steps forward, one step back

Following on from my previous post on Thomas & his health problems, we located the medication, L-Carnitine. It is a liquid version for humans, of 500mg strength. Mr Exotic Vet had already been researching the product & confirmed that the lemon flavour of this particular product will actually be beneficial rather than detrimental. He suggested a dosage of 2 drops per 50ml of water (similar to the Milk Thistle). Thomas is to have the L-Carnitine on one day & the next day Milk Thistle, & so on.

This new regime began on Tuesday 17th December.

About one week later, Thomas was definitely livelier. He was flying more, was more alert & more vocal. His poops seemed a little drier, not quite so sloppy. He was also responding to Cagney & began flirting again. This, once again, caused a little friction with the others, but as yet, no major fights have happened, just near misses.

Over the Christmas holiday, Thomas was mostly better but had the odd down day where he seemed a bit lethargic.

However, in the last week, Thomas seems to have taken a step back. He has still been coming out but he has not been flying as much & not flirting with Cagney. His poops have also got wetter again. Yesterday, I had a telephone consultation with Mr EV. He suggested a short course of antibiotics in case Thomas has picked up another infection. This began today, alongside the Milk Thistle/L-Carnitine regime.

We continue to keep a very close eye on Thomas.