sick munschy

[J-fresh]

HEEEELLPPPP

so we just moved in our first house and the girls where doing great they love running around out of the cage and all that. but since sunday munschy was just laying around not really eating or drinkin so i looked at her closer and found a lump right after her forarm, i totally freaked out and we went to the vet yesterday n he said its a mammary tumor so really comman in female rats, i kno a lil about them but is it normal if rats have those that they just lay around dont do anything and i can tell on her look that she is not feeling well and i dont know what could i do to make her feel better?? the doctor can do the surgery but not until 2 weeks from this one.

 

[mamarat]

How old is your girl? Did your vet check her out for myco and other infections too? They usually act pretty normal with a mammary tumor.

 

[J-fresh]

How old is your girl? Did your vet check her out for myco and other infections too? They usually act pretty normal with a mammary tumor.

She is almost 2. No he didnt check her for anything else. Maybe she's acting weird because we moved n all that n its warm in the room but I have the fan on n door.open so they have fresh air. But I kno something is up cuz she's not acting normal..

 

[lilspaz68]

It could be the heat...is her breathing okay or is she just lethargic? Offer her cold water in a bowl or even nice soft tempting foods to see if she really has stopped eating.

 

[J-fresh]

It could be the heat...is her breathing okay or is she just lethargic? Offer her cold water in a bowl or even nice soft tempting foods to see if she really has stopped eating.

Her breathing is fine, I have a lil dish with water n ice cubes for them n grapes in there. She was eating them. But it looks like she has no energy to do something

 

[lilspaz68]

It could be the heat...is her breathing okay or is she just lethargic? Offer her cold water in a bowl or even nice soft tempting foods to see if she really has stopped eating.

Her breathing is fine, I have a lil dish with water n ice cubes for them n grapes in there. She was eating them. But it looks like she has no energy to do something

she sounds hot to me. Take a plastic bottle of water or a ceramic dish full of water, and freeze them and put them in the cage near her.

 

[J-fresh]

J :hugs:

It could be the heat...is her breathing okay or is she just lethargic? Offer her cold water in a bowl or even nice soft tempting foods to see if she really has stopped eating.

Her breathing is fine, I have a lil dish with water n ice cubes for them n grapes in there. She was eating them. But it looks like she has no energy to do something

she sounds hot to me. Take a plastic bottle of water or a ceramic dish full of water, and freeze them and put them in the cage near her.

Ok I will do that. She has a lot of the red stuff coming out around her nose. Is it cuz all the stress n the heat right?

 

[lilspaz68]

J :hugs:

[quote="J-fresh":1ml5opkc]

It could be the heat...is her breathing okay or is she just lethargic? Offer her cold water in a bowl or even nice soft tempting foods to see if she really has stopped eating.

Her breathing is fine, I have a lil dish with water n ice cubes for them n grapes in there. She was eating them. But it looks like she has no energy to do something

she sounds hot to me. Take a plastic bottle of water or a ceramic dish full of water, and freeze them and put them in the cage near her.

Ok I will do that. She has a lot of the red stuff coming out around her nose. Is it cuz all the stress n the heat right?[/quote:1ml5opkc]

A lot? No that is not a good sign. Can you rat phone her and listen to her lungs? See if she's just lazy and doesn't want to move because of the heat, or if she's limp?

Have you offered her a favorite treat to see if she wakes up to snatch it?

 

[J-fresh]

J :hugs:

[quote="J-fresh":uv7mq7y0]

It could be the heat...is her breathing okay or is she just lethargic? Offer her cold water in a bowl or even nice soft tempting foods to see if she really has stopped eating.

Her breathing is fine, I have a lil dish with water n ice cubes for them n grapes in there. She was eating them. But it looks like she has no energy to do something

she sounds hot to me. Take a plastic bottle of water or a ceramic dish full of water, and freeze them and put them in the cage near her.

Ok I will do that. She has a lot of the red stuff coming out around her nose. Is it cuz all the stress n the heat right?

A lot? No that is not a good sign. Can you rat phone her and listen to her lungs? See if she's just lazy and doesn't want to move because of the heat, or if she's limp?

Have you offered her a favorite treat to see if she wakes up to snatch it?[/quote:uv7mq7y0]

Not like a lot lot but yea it was never that bad. It looks like she is limp. Shes not picking anything up with her hands. What is it?

 

[lilspaz68]

offer her soft food from your finger and see if she's capable of eating it then?

 

[J-fresh]

She ate a lil of the grape inside so I'm pretty sure its just the heat messing with her. I really hope so...

 

[lilspaz68]

has she lost weight recently, is she bruxxing more than usual? Does she push her forelegs out in front of her stiffly?

 

[J-fresh]

No shes still the same. She just stretches her forelegs out when she yawns thats the only time I see her doing it.

 

[lilspaz68]

It could be the heat then...just watch, and see if you can take a pic of her for us?

 

[J-fresh]

here she is shes laying like that now not really moving just laying there.

 

[J-fresh]

yea when i hold her she is bruxing a lil more than usual

 

[lilspaz68]

that is not heat...her fur is puffed up

 

[J-fresh]

oh nooo..what could it be then?

 

[lilspaz68]

Offer her a cheerio and see if she reacts like this

viewtopic.php?f=21&t=8652&hilit=Calla+PT

 

[J-fresh]

Yea she does that too. What is pt?