PinkPanther
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Hello, everybody 
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this is my first post, I hope, I do everything correctly.
My baby Chloe (we have two rats) had benign tumors before and had these surgically removed (two surgeries, having 3 tumors altogether removed). After the last surgery she recovered very slowly and became at one point so frustrated, that she did not only chewed her stitches open, but also chewed on her own little feet :sad3: . She hated the e-collar, but eventually, after weeks, turned back to her old self. She now has a rapidly growing tumor, that is inoperable and I did my research and found the human cancer drug "Lupron" is effective in rats with tumors (in ferrets and birds,too) and stops the growing of the tumor, sometimes even shrinking it. My vet was very open about it and ordered the drug :joy: , however, the package got lost (this is common typically luck for me :doh: ) and in the meantime the tumor kept on growing, while we are were/are trying to find the package. Yesterday, I found another vet, who had it already in stock (my main vet knows about it, and understands, that I need the drug really bad), and Chloe had her first injection of 100 micrograms.
The vets opinion about the drug however seems to differ on a few things: The Internet and my main vet says the drug is effective doing one injection every month. The other vet I went to yesterday said, she needs much more, like at least once a week or even daily, so now my question: Does anybody has any experience with Lupron ?
I hope the package arrives at my main vets office soon, the other vet is rather far away.
Chloe is also on Metacam, because the tumors, presses against her leg and this makes her uncomfortable.
,this is my first post, I hope, I do everything correctly.
My baby Chloe (we have two rats) had benign tumors before and had these surgically removed (two surgeries, having 3 tumors altogether removed). After the last surgery she recovered very slowly and became at one point so frustrated, that she did not only chewed her stitches open, but also chewed on her own little feet :sad3: . She hated the e-collar, but eventually, after weeks, turned back to her old self. She now has a rapidly growing tumor, that is inoperable and I did my research and found the human cancer drug "Lupron" is effective in rats with tumors (in ferrets and birds,too) and stops the growing of the tumor, sometimes even shrinking it. My vet was very open about it and ordered the drug :joy: , however, the package got lost (this is common typically luck for me :doh: ) and in the meantime the tumor kept on growing, while we are were/are trying to find the package. Yesterday, I found another vet, who had it already in stock (my main vet knows about it, and understands, that I need the drug really bad), and Chloe had her first injection of 100 micrograms.
The vets opinion about the drug however seems to differ on a few things: The Internet and my main vet says the drug is effective doing one injection every month. The other vet I went to yesterday said, she needs much more, like at least once a week or even daily, so now my question: Does anybody has any experience with Lupron ?
I hope the package arrives at my main vets office soon, the other vet is rather far away.
Chloe is also on Metacam, because the tumors, presses against her leg and this makes her uncomfortable.
