twitch
Well-Known Member
last night i went to give the boys their supper and found romar dead in a hut. his entire underside was wet, there was a lot of either dried blood or porphrin from his nose and around his mouth and chin. romar was a neutered male, was approximately 23 months and just starting to develop old man skin. he was strong and a big built boy but only recently starting to replace the muscle for pudge. he was aging gracefully. he has not shown any signs of illness (no sneezing, no loss of appetite or energy or change of mood) and this was completely unexpected.
i had a necropsy done this morning. there were spots of inflammation in his intestines, he had a fatty benign tumor beginning to grow just under his rib cage. his heart, liver and kidneys were fine. his lungs on the other hand we're in bad shape, he had pneumonia and this is what the vet considers his cause of death. he had not shown symptoms of any resp illness previous to his death.
the speed of this has me concerned. i know pneumonia, i've done pneumonia, i don't think i would miss symptoms. the unexplained inflammation in the intestines also has me concerned. the vet said it may have been bad enough to give him a bit of a belly ache and possibly a symptom of a virus. now, it could simply be that i missed the signs or that romar was excessively good at hiding them, but my worry is of SDA or something similar.
i've been reading up on the possible symptoms and signs and understand that not all rats will show symptoms. but it makes no mention that i have been able to find about inflammation in the intestines or any mention of results of necropsys. so i ask help for my research in this. if anyone knows of sites or articles that discuss SDA, necropsies related to SDA, or know of a name or site for another virus that would fit please pass them my way.
i have already gone through ratguide and rcma
i had a necropsy done this morning. there were spots of inflammation in his intestines, he had a fatty benign tumor beginning to grow just under his rib cage. his heart, liver and kidneys were fine. his lungs on the other hand we're in bad shape, he had pneumonia and this is what the vet considers his cause of death. he had not shown symptoms of any resp illness previous to his death.
the speed of this has me concerned. i know pneumonia, i've done pneumonia, i don't think i would miss symptoms. the unexplained inflammation in the intestines also has me concerned. the vet said it may have been bad enough to give him a bit of a belly ache and possibly a symptom of a virus. now, it could simply be that i missed the signs or that romar was excessively good at hiding them, but my worry is of SDA or something similar.
i've been reading up on the possible symptoms and signs and understand that not all rats will show symptoms. but it makes no mention that i have been able to find about inflammation in the intestines or any mention of results of necropsys. so i ask help for my research in this. if anyone knows of sites or articles that discuss SDA, necropsies related to SDA, or know of a name or site for another virus that would fit please pass them my way.
i have already gone through ratguide and rcma
