Godmother
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Hadley has been clumsy lately, but still lively and eating well. She's thin. This morning and afternoon she seemed her usual self.
I went up to see the rats when I got home this evening, and Hadley was puffy and sitting by herself not moving much. I picked her up to check her, and she was cooler than the others. I did "rat phone" and discovered that I could hear her individual heart beats; my guess is that her heart rate is half what it should be. No lung sounds.
Right now I have her in a hammock in my lap so that she will be warm. Every so often she jerks-- seizure?
Poor title girl. I don't think there is anything I can do.
I'm thinking of trying Pred, just in case she has PT. If she has any response I could start her on Bromo tomorrow.
I have no idea how old she is. I got her from the SPCA last June. She had been one of a group dumped in a box at their door.
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I went up to see the rats when I got home this evening, and Hadley was puffy and sitting by herself not moving much. I picked her up to check her, and she was cooler than the others. I did "rat phone" and discovered that I could hear her individual heart beats; my guess is that her heart rate is half what it should be. No lung sounds.
Right now I have her in a hammock in my lap so that she will be warm. Every so often she jerks-- seizure?
Poor title girl. I don't think there is anything I can do.
I'm thinking of trying Pred, just in case she has PT. If she has any response I could start her on Bromo tomorrow.
I have no idea how old she is. I got her from the SPCA last June. She had been one of a group dumped in a box at their door.
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