Treating Distemper

Baby Coon is a baby raccoon who has canine distemper a disease that distroys the brain. In this post I'm going to talk about a couple drugs that are new to treating distemper who have saver her live and give her quality of life. Tamiflue is what saved Baby Coon's life along with other distemper coons I've cared for. Although the Tamiflue can stop the virus I've found in raccoons who had distemper in the later stages where they already suffered allot of brain damage Tamiflue alone does not give them enough of a quality of life by itself. In cases like that (Baby Coon is one of those cases) Nerotin/gabipenton improve brain function by leaps and bounds. An animal like Baby Coon will never be release-able and will most likely stay on it for life but she leads a happy life and I believe she will be a good educational raccoon like Peaches was. Before tamiflue the distemper virus was rapidly killing Baby Coon. After being treated with Tamiflue the virus was halted and she stopped getting worse. The problem was even for someone like me who avoids putting animals down when ever possible I could not even rationalize keeping her alive if she was not going to improve. She could not move at all. Where even I sat her is where she remained until I picked her up the next time. She was terrified of everyone and everything. Since she had to be held every time she ate and was cleaned she was frequently terrified. Since going on the nerotin(name brand)/Gabipenton(generic) I've been pleasantly surprised. Her results have been bigger and faster than Peaches. Of course Peaches was also battling serious organ damage. Everyday she does new things she couldn't the day before. She can stand up and has gotten really could at scooting around the room. She find food and drinks I leave out or that drop on the floor and helps herself. I don't have to hold her for her to eat I place her head in the dish and she eats on her own. She's using her hand to need, scoop food into her mouth and play. She licks her hands. Peaches was never able to use or lick her hands. Peaches was eventually able to walk but never used her hands that way Baby Coon can. Baby Coon picks special place to sleep where she is not exposed and feels safe. Baby Coon now loves being handled. Any raccoon on this drug long term needs their liver tested through blood work yearly. If anyone wants more information I would be happy to share in more detail.