lilspaz68
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Mine just became drugged out zombies that chewed on anything their teeth got onto...
Peanut's eye thread - Possibly NOT the end!
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Sheldon
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Exactly this. It's all they can do because they cannot vomit but the reason they do it is nausea. That drug causes really bad nausea and that's why they do it. Poor babies...that has to be miserable.
hopefloats
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I think it is more than that. I had them act like they have literally lost thier mind. Buprenophine was used in children from what I understand and they stopped using it because it cause hallucations in them. It does far more to these rats than just make them sick to their stomach. I had PICA hit us and I swear it looked like they were on Bath salt.
temblabamomo
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While there is absolutely nothing funny about this topic, the idea of ratties on bath salts made me choke on my coffee. What a comparison!
But we are threadjacking just a tad now.
How is Peanut looking this morning?
Sheldon
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Lol yeah thread jacking. I wonder if mint would help rats too?
dspch911
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Peanut is just laying around... he removed two stitches. Well, one he just untied so I pulled it out. There is no bleeding or anything and its still holding together. He now has stitch, no stitch, stitch, no stitch, stitch - at least he's consistent. Mentioned his pica to the vet and she said that is from being in pain and not from the medication. He has never seemed to be in pain to me.
temblabamomo
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Poor boy. Hope he starts feeling more comfortable soon. Stop picking your stitches Peanut!
dspch911
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Not to my knowledge. She put some kind of foam (cannot remember what she called it) in the eye because it was bleeding a bit so she thinks that has stuck to the skin and is holding it together. Hubby will take him in tomorrow with Axe for her to look at it and see if she wants to replace the stitches, but I don't see a reason to.
Sheldon
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The following link is just one of the many studies on pica and nausea in rats: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8415820
Maybe your vet could read through it?
dspch911
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Had my boy out for some cuddle time and he released his bladder on me. A Peanut size bladder sure does hold a lot.. :lol:
temblabamomo
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dspch911
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It seems to be his thing now, he peed on me again when I gave him his nightly meds - and his pee stinks - not UTI stink, but bad stink, I hope its just from the antibiotics. Went to check on him this morning and he pulled all the fleece, not just the fleeces pieces, the entire fleece bottom (small pan cover) into the plastic hut to block the door. Oh my silly Peanut!! :nahnah: Try and get me now mom .... :nahnah:
Sheldon
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Poor guy he just wants to be left alone and you keep pestering him!!! Lol
dspch911
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I know, how dare I try and keep the infection from coming back and keep him pain free in the process... I'm such a mean mommy....
dspch911
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Peanut is down to 950 grams, but the eye or where the eye used to be, looks good according to the vet. His appetite is probably down do to the pain meds.
lilspaz68
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Soft foods don't forget, but these enuc rats heal really fast once the swelling goes down. He's going to be a very happy boy soon
And at that weight I would think a little lost grammage can only be a good thing
dspch911
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Soft foods don't forget, but these enuc rats heal really fast once the swelling goes down. He's going to be a very happy boy soon
And at that weight I would think a little lost grammage can only be a good thing
He asked for a little lipo or tummy tuck, but they didn't give him one. He has oxbow and baby food. I was just told he's eating corn.
