Little Miss ..RIP

Ok ..anything else I should do?

I wasso busy with Oscar that her eye never looked that bad to me :wallbang:

 

[lilspaz68]

Ok ..anything else I should do?

I wasso busy with Oscar that her eye never looked that bad to me :wallbang:

Yes Lilith's was glued closed. I think your vet cut away some of the scab which covers and protects a healing wound, and that has delayed the healing big time. Can you call your vet and see if there's some type of eye flush or wound flush you could use?

 

I do have flushing stuff here, its saline mixed with some stuff he gave me. He told me to flush it twice a day since it was left open ..but I stopped cause everyone said I should not need to flush ..

 

next time I get an eye removed I am telling him to use glue ..and I won't be cutting off any scar tissue ...this is all a learning experience for both me and my vet ..thanks for helping me through it.

 

[lilspaz68]

I do have flushing stuff here, its saline mixed with some stuff he gave me. He told me to flush it twice a day since it was left open ..but I stopped cause everyone said I should not need to flush ..

Now that its opened up like that, I would just in case. Usually rats heal fast but she's not granulating well. how old is your lass again?

 

I do have flushing stuff here, its saline mixed with some stuff he gave me. He told me to flush it twice a day since it was left open ..but I stopped cause everyone said I should not need to flush ..

Now that its opened up like that, I would just in case. Usually rats heal fast but she's not granulating well. how old is your lass again?

Thats the thing I have no clue ..she was dropped off at pets unlimited cage and all ..I was going in to get rat food and seen her there on the floor in a cage behind the counter and the lady said she was just dropped off ..her owners no longer wanted her ..so she gave her to us. When we got her she looked very frail ..very old (but she was on seed food) and she had a resp infection.

I got her 9 months ago ..when we got her we thought and people here thought she looked "older" because of the way she looked ..

Here is her first when I got her:

 

[lilspaz68]

I cannot view Photobucket images here at work. You can email me them as attachments though?

IF she's a very old lady, they can heal much slower.

 

I just emailed them to you!

 

[violet976]

Is it just me or does the skin around her eye appear to be purple/bruised? I'm sure you already noticed, just wondering.

 

It was shaved around her eye ..the fur is just starting to grow back ..the blue tint is just the fur coming in..not her skin.

 

My friend is a vet ast. at the clinic i go too, she made a rattie cone today for me to try ..but I don't think it's going to work.
She dose not scratch it on purpose ..but when scratches she always hits it ..if i could only find a way for her not to scratch it.

I'm going to give this cone a go, but I'm not holding my breath.

I also have saline and flushing stuff here which I am doing 3 + times a day now ..hopefully this helps ..and I have children's polysporin here ..would that help or just make it worse?

 

yeah the cone is garbage .. haha

 

[Rattus]

aww poor little miss stop your itchin! mommys been through soo much already!
Too bad you couldnt get her a pirate eye patch :giggle:

 

aww poor little miss stop your itchin! mommys been through soo much already!
Too bad you couldnt get her a pirate eye patch :giggle:

haha that would be cute ..but i doubt she would keep that on either ..

my mind is gone from thinking ..ugh

 

I just had a better look at little miss ..her face is swollen a wee bit on that side..

I am trying to get a picture of it.

I gave her metacam this AM ..I don't have a whole lot left tho ..if I run out is it okay to use Infant Advil (200mg/5ml).

 

Pictures:

Note: her fur is yellowing due to the flushing solution.

I have given her metcam ..she is still on Baytril and I started flushing it again today .. I will be going down on monday to the vet. OH MY

 

[Rattus]

:? hopefully its just swollen from her irritating it and not an infection starting..
poor miss

 

Dose anyone have any suggestions other than what I am doing?

 

[jorats]

If she were my rat, would gently flush it a couple of times a day...and leave it. But I would have her on metacam. It will also help with swelling.
She needs little rattie mittens to keep from scratching at it.

 

[victoria]

I agree with Jo. I think you'll be surprised how far a little Metacam can go. Have you trimmed her nails? That may help too.