Domestic rats mating with wild rats

[Rattus]

Poor Girl Sending love and kisses
Hope shes okay :heart:

 

[ashana]

The little 6 month old girl was PTS sleep today as she had a huge inoperable tumor.

RIP Little girl.

 

[Sorraia]

I'm so sorry to hear.

 

[mamarat]

I'm so sorry. How sad. :sad3:

 

[Maple]

The poor little thing. :sad3: What would cause a tumor to grow that big, that fast in such a young rat??
RIP sweet little girl. :heart:

 

[xxchelle]

What would cause a tumor to grow that big, that fast in such a young rat??

This really hits home as I had a rat PTS yesterday due to a massive internal tumor.

He was only 6 months old, and the tumor grew VERY rapidly. We did an ultrasound and it was a solid mass, not fluid (we were thinking it could be fluid from an internal injury). The vet said that likely, the only explanation was cancer, especially due to his young age.

This sounds very much like what happened with this girl. I'm so sorry :sad3:

 

I am so sorry

 

[ashana]

Thanks everyone.

Seems we are seeing more and more of these types of growths in our rats in Perth. I have no idea why but they all seem to be fairly quick to grow and can't be removed. A couple of rats that have had surgery for them have passed during surgery or just after.