Sheldon's furbabies

[dspch911]

Yeah it is soft. I was actually referring to her abdomen being soft when I said that as a panicked (and possibly irrational) part of me feared megacolon. The incision is soft too though. I have been feeling them all up to make sure they don't get abscesses or cysts.

The tissue that was encasing the sutures in Clark felt hard and looked like he still had balls.

 

[Sheldon]

Poor guy.

 

[Sheldon]

Ok. So I took Raj to the vet last week and she was put on antibiotics and had an xray taken because of the bloating. Today I notice that there is a firm, but pliable, very symmetrical mass to her left side under her diaphragm. Honestly it could well be her liver, but it could also be a tumour or just a cyst. I called my vet tonight and she instructed me to give 1mg subq dex tonight, reassess tomorrow, and bring her in Thursday if there is no improvement.

 

[Sheldon]

I should remind everyone that Raj came from the hoarder rat situation a few months back and has very likely come from lines of inbreeding. About 60% of the babies died with either megacolon or failure to thrive. Her little life was never set up to be easy.

 

[Joanne]

Perhaps it was some internal bleeding and now there is a haematoma? I dunno, grasping at straws...
I hope you can figure out what is going on with her.

 

[Sheldon]

So it turned out Raj had splenomegaly. It is gradually going down and apparently not life threatening.

Psycho Penny and Leonard had their 1st birthday today. They are they only ones whom I have an actual birthday for. This time we celebrated with vanilla ice cream. The cold did not even phase them.

zoom...they're off!

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[SterlingRats0408]

HOW ON EARTH HAVE I MISSED THIS THREAD!?
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAYS TO ALL YOUR RECENTLY CELEBRATED BUBS!
Sheldon is so cuuute and my Wally reminds me of her.
That ice cream looks like the really good stuff mmm
Glad everyone is doing better!

 

[Vladina]

Awww, Happy Birthday, Penny and Leonard! It looks like all the bubs had a fun party!! :b-day4:

 

[Joanne]

So did you figure out the cause of the splenomegaly?

 

[Sheldon]

No. I have no clue. It showed up a whole 9 days after the spay and no one in the colony was sick to my knowledge.
?????

 

[Joanne]

Maybe it was a result of the anaesthetic drug or something like that.

 

[Sheldon]

I suppose that is possible. Kind of like an immune response...

 

[Sheldon]

Ugh. [emoji35]. Found Penny puffed up and making crackly noises when breathing. Lungs are clear. Here we go with more abx...

 

[jorats]

It seems to be never ending. Hang in there sweet Penny.

 

[Sheldon]

On a lighter note, and comical one...I am officially a foster failure (eyeroll). They had me at hello. Actually, I think it was over a few weeks ago when they obliged themselves to move into the main dcn. It SO was not my idea but they are very convincing...

 

[Sheldon]

I think I will rename them to match my bbt them. Stewie and Priya.

 

[SterlingRats0408]

Hah love when fosters invite themselves to stay. Thats what happened to me I recently decided I'm keeping Wally and Yoshi. I can't part with Wally so Yoshi stays too

 

[Sheldon]

Oh Wally is so cute too...I'm in love with him over the internet. [emoji7]

 

[SterlingRats0408]

He's a snuggle bug! Looove mu nekkie snuggles

 

[Sheldon]

Spending some quality time with Harmony (who refuses her new name "Stewie" that would match my theme. Oh well, lol!)