Moggy
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Hello everyone, my name is Maikel and I have been a rat owner for the past few years.
I am not sure if this is the right spot for this thread, and neither would I write anything like this normally but right now I just need to vent a little..
A few years ago I went through some bad places and needed something to help me cope. A friend advised me to get rats, because he used to have them in the past. And according to him they were the greatest.
Not being sure of that I still went and got myself two crazy little balls of fluffiness. I named them Buddy and Stimpy. And truth be told I was convinced; never thought I could get so much joy and attachment from two little ratties.
At some point Stimpy got a bad case of respiratory issues and I had to separate them, because Buddy was continuously bothering her during recovery. At this point I felt sorry for Buddy being alone because she needed the most attention out of the two. And since they lived in the double Critter Nation I figured I could help her by adding two more crazy balls of fur; Speedy and Hoppy.
Unfortunately both Buddy and Stimpy developed tumors last year. After both having undergone successful surgical procedures, the tumors came back nevertheless. Buddy was euthanized a few months ago and I was really devastated in a way I would not initially expect. Stimpy is currently still alive, but will be euthanized tomorow, because it starts to hinder her really hard.
Hoppy recently developed respiratory issues right when measures against the Corona virus were initiated, making it hard for me to see a vet right away.
It was probably advanced to far already, but she still received meds(Synulox) in April. And although initially it looked like she would recover she took a nosedive soon after. She was given Doxycycline, which also seemed to help initially; last week it got even worse.
At the same time Speedy had a small tumor that was growing rapidly. It grew next to her anus and I was advised to either operate asap because in a week it would have been to hard to remove properly, and she would probably not last the month with the speed it was growing anyway. During this visit Hoppy was given an injection of Prednison as a last gamble. This only seemed to help for a day.
Speedy was operated last Thursday but did not wake up anymore in the hours after and died. And now, tomorow, I will have to put down my remaining two rats.....
Basically I lose/lost my remaining three rats in nearly the same amount of days, and saying I feel sad is an understatement right now.
I am in my thirties, been with the Marines and stuff but still can't stop the tears from flowing. Did not expect to lose all of them so suddenly..
Sorry if this was to hard to read/understand. Just needed to vent a little and figured other rat owners have more understanding than my surroundings.
Thank you if you did manage to read all of it.
I am not sure if this is the right spot for this thread, and neither would I write anything like this normally but right now I just need to vent a little..
A few years ago I went through some bad places and needed something to help me cope. A friend advised me to get rats, because he used to have them in the past. And according to him they were the greatest.
Not being sure of that I still went and got myself two crazy little balls of fluffiness. I named them Buddy and Stimpy. And truth be told I was convinced; never thought I could get so much joy and attachment from two little ratties.
At some point Stimpy got a bad case of respiratory issues and I had to separate them, because Buddy was continuously bothering her during recovery. At this point I felt sorry for Buddy being alone because she needed the most attention out of the two. And since they lived in the double Critter Nation I figured I could help her by adding two more crazy balls of fur; Speedy and Hoppy.
Unfortunately both Buddy and Stimpy developed tumors last year. After both having undergone successful surgical procedures, the tumors came back nevertheless. Buddy was euthanized a few months ago and I was really devastated in a way I would not initially expect. Stimpy is currently still alive, but will be euthanized tomorow, because it starts to hinder her really hard.
Hoppy recently developed respiratory issues right when measures against the Corona virus were initiated, making it hard for me to see a vet right away.
It was probably advanced to far already, but she still received meds(Synulox) in April. And although initially it looked like she would recover she took a nosedive soon after. She was given Doxycycline, which also seemed to help initially; last week it got even worse.
At the same time Speedy had a small tumor that was growing rapidly. It grew next to her anus and I was advised to either operate asap because in a week it would have been to hard to remove properly, and she would probably not last the month with the speed it was growing anyway. During this visit Hoppy was given an injection of Prednison as a last gamble. This only seemed to help for a day.
Speedy was operated last Thursday but did not wake up anymore in the hours after and died. And now, tomorow, I will have to put down my remaining two rats.....
Basically I lose/lost my remaining three rats in nearly the same amount of days, and saying I feel sad is an understatement right now.
I am in my thirties, been with the Marines and stuff but still can't stop the tears from flowing. Did not expect to lose all of them so suddenly..
Sorry if this was to hard to read/understand. Just needed to vent a little and figured other rat owners have more understanding than my surroundings.
Thank you if you did manage to read all of it.
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