The Roly Poly Babies-The babies are 2 years old now :)

[mamarat]

Such little dolls! I think it's a good idea having them all live together.

 

[mia9_28]

Omg, Turtle is to die for! :thud:
Any improvement with the penis affair? lol
I was just reading through this thread for the first time

 

[hopefloats]

Nope still just hanging out, I do see them go in on occasion but I lube them up twice a day! the smaller guy now has the same issue so that is prompting to nueter him and to spay the special needs girls I am worried about what is wrong with the parts we cant see.

 

[Joanne]

I just love that little Turtle! I hope they make out OK with their surgery!

 

[hopefloats]

I am hopeful. That was my concern with doing them all on one day but I need them done at once so I dont want to make a million trips to the vet which is a 45 minute drive @ 5:30am. I will be a nervous wreck for them all I usually am.

 

[jorats]

Love the pictures, they adapt so well with their handicaps.

 

[EDK]

And just absolute little dolls indeedy! How could anyone resist those faces?

 

[hopefloats]

HEre is the only normal rat xray I have of my Flea (rip)

The remaining special needs rats were neutered/spayed today. I had the final boy hopper xrayed since he is the worst looking shape.


IT is so unreal to see the bends like that

 

[Moon]

Wow Peggy, that is amazing! Thank you for sharing. A spine should not have those sorts of angles though.

 

[rhapsody]

Is there such a thing as a rattie form of scoliosis?

And yay for successful spays/neuters!

 

[lilspaz68]

Awesome x-rays! Did the vet mention any possibility of future issues as the babies grow? compressed lungs or organs because of the curvatures?

 

[hopefloats]

I didnt get to speak to him he was gone by the time I got there.

 

[Godmother]

So glad that the babies came through their surgeries OK.

Wow, that is a huge spinal curvature.

 

[lilspaz68]

I didnt get to speak to him he was gone by the time I got there.

Ohhh I hope you get to talk to him, I am curious on his opinion of the pelvis, being fused or ?

 

[hopefloats]

Wow Peggy, that is amazing! Thank you for sharing. A spine should not have those sorts of angles though.

I know it shouldnt which is why I wanted xrays since we have like 6 handicap babies with this same disorder.

 

[mamarat]

Wow those poor babies.

 

[Dahlas]

wow...that is incredible. It will be interesting to see what they vet has to say about this...

 

[hopefloats]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article ... 1-0049.pdf

http://75.126.16.128/data/Journals/JBJS/317/59.pdf

Here are few "studies" except they made these rats have scoliosis.

 

[hopefloats]

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Video of the babies today. Hopper is popcorning in his special way.

 

[eagle]

I so can't wait to come see the babies.