mrssupershawn831
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Hi Everyone...
I reacently had to put my eldest girl down from a mammery tumor. It was the hardest thing I have ever done. I have 5 other girl rats and we all JUST adjusted to the loss. The girls started comming out again and waning to play with me again. Everyday I do a tumor check, last night they where all fine, This morning when I left for work they all came and gave me kisses just fine. 8 hours later when I came home there was blood everywhere, the ceiling, curtin, wall, floor and cage table. There was so much blood I thought one had died. After a fast head count I took them out one by one. It was then I discovered the now oldest had a rather large lumb (about a thumb size)under her right front paw and she was covered in blood. on closer inspection I noticed there was another lumb beside her right ear and the blood was comming from her ear.
After a couple hours of freaking out and crying for my little girl I started asking WHY!!
How is it I have had 2 girls with tumors in less then 2 months??? Am i doing something wrong?? Can i stop this from occuring in my other babies??? Is it somehow contageus??? I've done all the reasurch and know more about my girls then I do about my cats.....So i turn to you.....
What am i doing wrong?? I spot clean their cage 3 times a day. One a week it comes apart and in the shower then air dry. My girls also get to play in their bath at this time. I use pet friendy products in my entire house. Their bedding is shreaded paper, their litter yesterdays news, their hammocks made from old jeans that i wash every week, Their bedding is stripes of material with no fray ends that I hand wash and air dry, they get changed 3 times aday. They only eat the rat blocks and fresh fruit to keep them cool in this heat. Fresh water 3 times a day from 3 different bottles. I have them out all the time and they even love one of my cats. The girls are all part of my family and if im doing this to them i need to know...please help......
I reacently had to put my eldest girl down from a mammery tumor. It was the hardest thing I have ever done. I have 5 other girl rats and we all JUST adjusted to the loss. The girls started comming out again and waning to play with me again. Everyday I do a tumor check, last night they where all fine, This morning when I left for work they all came and gave me kisses just fine. 8 hours later when I came home there was blood everywhere, the ceiling, curtin, wall, floor and cage table. There was so much blood I thought one had died. After a fast head count I took them out one by one. It was then I discovered the now oldest had a rather large lumb (about a thumb size)under her right front paw and she was covered in blood. on closer inspection I noticed there was another lumb beside her right ear and the blood was comming from her ear.
After a couple hours of freaking out and crying for my little girl I started asking WHY!!
How is it I have had 2 girls with tumors in less then 2 months??? Am i doing something wrong?? Can i stop this from occuring in my other babies??? Is it somehow contageus??? I've done all the reasurch and know more about my girls then I do about my cats.....So i turn to you.....
What am i doing wrong?? I spot clean their cage 3 times a day. One a week it comes apart and in the shower then air dry. My girls also get to play in their bath at this time. I use pet friendy products in my entire house. Their bedding is shreaded paper, their litter yesterdays news, their hammocks made from old jeans that i wash every week, Their bedding is stripes of material with no fray ends that I hand wash and air dry, they get changed 3 times aday. They only eat the rat blocks and fresh fruit to keep them cool in this heat. Fresh water 3 times a day from 3 different bottles. I have them out all the time and they even love one of my cats. The girls are all part of my family and if im doing this to them i need to know...please help......
Catfood was suppose to have been my husbands but I fell for her and took over. Ever since that second I bought books and learned everything I could to help them in any way. This was my last ditch atempt...
