SterlingRats0408
Senior Member
Poor Lana lost her battle last night. She had PT and was pretty lonely as of late...she had free run most of the time I was home because she wouldn't go far she slept upstairs in a small cage next to me and during the day she had run of the couch (which is a futon). Her age was unknown but they had to be close to a year and a half+.
Lana's backstory....
Lana and her 7 friends came to me back in April. There were 4 older girls and 4 little girls. Of the 4 oldest Lana was the shy one and yet for a rat that hadn't had much handling grew to trust quickly. Helped she loved frozen peas! The girls had feces, dead skin and goodness knows what else caked on their tails, the cage they were in had never been properly wiped down and the bedding that was "just changed" wasn't less then a week old. Isabella (her sister) had overgrown teeth that had been horribly ignored.
One sister of hers 'Skimmy' (most outgoing checking me out) passed away within a few days of their arrival. ..now that her family was safe she could give herself a long needed rest.
Lana, Isabella and Almond lived in a nice, clean, quieter 2 storey homemade cage...they were inseparable. Isabella fell ill a few months ago...having had so many hardships on her little life she passed away one Wednesday evening back in June. Almond had suddenly passed a few days before that making Isabella's passing more difficult.
This left poor Lana alone
I set her up in a little retirement cage that was easily moved room to room with me. I then set her up on the couch and in my room with a second home so she was never far.
Last night while we sat snuggling I noticed I felt little tickles on my neck and in my hair to look down and find mites on both of us! Ewwww
So I needed to bath us both quickly. I showered off using a medicated shampoo to help kill the mites. Then shampooed Lana in an gentle flea/tick/mite shampoo a friend of mine found for me that was safe for even the tiniest of critters.
This would prove too stressful for Lana and I did debate but I wanted to get those mites taken care of ASAP and had no revo on me.
*I'm now going to pick some up to dose everyone else*
She started gasping for air. I got out my little air pump which worked with Isabella when she would get gasping. Just a gentle push of air to get them breathing easier. She fought like mad but eventually gave in to her situation.
I know her sisters were waiting for her at the bridge and are all together again giving each other thorough ear cleanings and such
[emoji72]
Some photos of the sweet girl...first pic is the first one I ever got of her trying to find the peas without coming to me. And the last is from the other day and the last photo I took of her.
Miss you sweet girl! Give your sisters kisses for me!
Lana's backstory....
Lana and her 7 friends came to me back in April. There were 4 older girls and 4 little girls. Of the 4 oldest Lana was the shy one and yet for a rat that hadn't had much handling grew to trust quickly. Helped she loved frozen peas! The girls had feces, dead skin and goodness knows what else caked on their tails, the cage they were in had never been properly wiped down and the bedding that was "just changed" wasn't less then a week old. Isabella (her sister) had overgrown teeth that had been horribly ignored.
One sister of hers 'Skimmy' (most outgoing checking me out) passed away within a few days of their arrival. ..now that her family was safe she could give herself a long needed rest.
Lana, Isabella and Almond lived in a nice, clean, quieter 2 storey homemade cage...they were inseparable. Isabella fell ill a few months ago...having had so many hardships on her little life she passed away one Wednesday evening back in June. Almond had suddenly passed a few days before that making Isabella's passing more difficult.
This left poor Lana alone
I set her up in a little retirement cage that was easily moved room to room with me. I then set her up on the couch and in my room with a second home so she was never far.
Last night while we sat snuggling I noticed I felt little tickles on my neck and in my hair to look down and find mites on both of us! Ewwww
So I needed to bath us both quickly. I showered off using a medicated shampoo to help kill the mites. Then shampooed Lana in an gentle flea/tick/mite shampoo a friend of mine found for me that was safe for even the tiniest of critters.
This would prove too stressful for Lana and I did debate but I wanted to get those mites taken care of ASAP and had no revo on me.
*I'm now going to pick some up to dose everyone else*
She started gasping for air. I got out my little air pump which worked with Isabella when she would get gasping. Just a gentle push of air to get them breathing easier. She fought like mad but eventually gave in to her situation.
I know her sisters were waiting for her at the bridge and are all together again giving each other thorough ear cleanings and such
[emoji72]
Some photos of the sweet girl...first pic is the first one I ever got of her trying to find the peas without coming to me. And the last is from the other day and the last photo I took of her.
Miss you sweet girl! Give your sisters kisses for me!
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