Maddy & Lexi will finally get spayed

[Godmother]

I adopted the girls last November, and I was told that they were two years old (and later told one year) ... but I really had no idea. They were so sickly when I got them -- thin fur, skinny, mites, bad lungs -- that they were not candidates for spaying, otherwise I'd have had them done right away.

Time passed. Revolution, Baytril/Doxy, TLC, and decent food has worked wonders. They look great, and I think they must have been only a year old when I got them. I have been feeling badly that I didn't get them spayed yet. Today I took them for a checkup, which I am doing bit by bit for all of my rats to make sure I am not missing anything.

Good thing, too, because I am notoriously unobservant :emb: about lumps. Maddy has a small lump that is almost certainly a mammary tumour, so I have booked her for a lump removal and both girls for a spay. I recall that mamarat has done this for females as old as two, so this feels safe.

 

[eagle]

So glad to hear that they will be spayed and sad to hear about the tumor. Hopefully it will not come back.

 

[Godmother]

Yes, I hope that she doesn't get more tumours. I will look up the posts about implants, too. Surgery still makes me nervous.

 

[SQ]

WOW!!!
Glad the lump was found.
Hope both girls do well.

 

[jorats]

Yep, we've had older girls done all the time. Good luck to your two sweeties!

 

[mamarat]

Good luck to your sweeties.

 

[Rachael]

Fingers crossed