OMG he ATE himself!! help! help!! HELP!!-pics

[jorats]

Once you've been through it once, you no longer have that panic feeling but more like a gut wrenching feeling.
I'm glad he's doing so much better.

 

[Moon]

When I was little my mom worked at a Vet clinic and I was allowed to poke around a lot. A customer allowed me to be in the room while their cat had an abscess on it's head lanced.. it was simply the most foul thing ever and actually squirted a few feet initially. :sick2:

 

[Godmother]

twitch, don't feel foolish for panicking. That hole looked very frightening. It takes experience to find out what to be calm about. I have little experience with abscesses, so they still scare me, but I became quite blasée about bitten toes and tails after some gut-wrenching all-nighters ... and frantic posts.... with bleeding ratties!

 

[twitch]

just thought everyone would like to know that xhop suey has completely healed and will be joining his friends in the main cage today after a play time to make sure everyone still remembers him. one week... one week was all it took for that HUGe hole to be completely healed. i knew they healed fast, but geese! i think he will be happy to be back with his tasche though. :thumbup: thanks again for all the help and encouragement

 

[jorats]

May I suggest next time not removing him from his buddies. The stress of losing his buddies could slow the healing process. When I ask my vet if a rat should be removed from the buddies when something like this happens, she always says never add stress to their life. :thumbup:
I know with some of my rats, one day separation and I'm back to having to do full intros. anic:
Good luck Chop Suey!!

 

[mamarat]

:joy: for chop suey