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Thank you to all who helped out with my ratto questions during my time here. I took little Lola in today to be put to sleep. She had a delicious dinner last night of pre-mashed and diced veggie and fruit salad with bits of nuts, strawberry frosting and apple jelly on top. (She can't really chew)...

Yeah, I am pretty sure it's time. I intend to bring her in tomorrow. Today I called the vet just to enquire about their methods of euthanization. I want to make sure I can be there with her, and I do NOT want her in a gas chamber because that is where she would've ended up as a lab rat if she...

She is very very very ill. Definitely has respiratory issues. Can barely move without falling over. She's practically skin and bones now. Even though I gave her mushy food I think she wandered up to the top floor of her cage despite my attempts to keep everything she needed on the bottom and...

I have her on prednisone now, fingers crossed she gets some good last days. On top of the pituitary tumor they found she has a lymphadenoma. She also may possibly have a respiratory infection from her weakened immune system.

I'm bringing her in again tomorrow to ask the vet about it, they said I could drop her off today and the vet could look at her if she had a spare moment but I didn't want to leave her alone in her state, didn't want to put her through the stress. I guess with my dog it was definitely worth the...

Two days later....she is astronomically worse....terrible balance....literally just falls over....having trouble holding things now too, drops them or has to like hold it propped up against the floor or my hand. She was walking around in circles. Seems totally out of it. Is it worth doing the...

Oh ok I will call the vet about it! I'll see if I can get a better vid first the last one wasn't that good (she kept seeing herself in the camera and running away LOL)

The vet said metacam was an anti-inflammatory and could help too? Or is that not a good choice?

Update: brought her to vet, they said most likely there is another tumor growing not visible yet which could be pressing down on her nerves & reducing her ability to walk properly. They noted her dragging her feet and hanging them limply when she was held. They gave me metacam and it's pretty...

Yes I have been checking her ears they are normal. No head tilt. Haven't noticed any of the rest of that either and I just have her her own Easter egg yesterday (put a mini veggie salad in it w her fav veggies lol) and she did not have trouble eating them, watched her closely. (I'm having...

The growth slowed down a ton. I think it's because I had started cheating with her diet and giving her Cheerios again. When I cut them out (again) the tumor stopped growing. It's been weeks and hasn't increased in size from that initial growth spurt, or if it has has barely.

I was hoping I was just being paranoid at the beginning of this week when I thought I saw her stumble a few times and seem clumsier than usual, not sure how else to describe it. But now it's gotten a lot worse. She's "wobbly", sways before taking steps, she trips, etc. I researched a bit and...

Lola is now 2 years 1 month old! 2 days ago while holding her I noticed another tumor. It was very small & basically in her armpit and felt the same as the first 2. It's been 2 days and unfortunately it feels like it's practically 3 times the size, so I may have just gotten lucky with that...

Oh my gosh that's so awful I'm so sorry for you and your rats I'm very relieved everything went well, it is so hard to find experienced small animal vets and I was granted the extreme luck of having one 5 mins away from our new house.

Good to know! Probably the extra veggies and fruits I've been giving her whoops. She celebrated her 2nd birthday recently! Still goin strong. I'd definitely recommend that implant I think it really helped!!

Lola has been doing well!! Her chest tumor still really has not had any noticeable growth. However I noticed she's gotten kind of chunky so I worry about there being tumors inside....though her behavior is still normal.

Thanks that is very helpful, I didn't know they should be having veggies so often! I will add more to her diet.

It has been a week now and I haven't really noticed any growth, maybe very slightly. (Compared to the first one that grew very fast and was the size of her hip within a week) I have cut all sugary treats out of her diet (mainly that means no more Cheerios-her favorite :(), should I cut out fruit...

It feels exactly like the mammary tumor she had already but it's in such a weird spot literally right in the center of her chest. The implant is also supposed to slow the growth of any other tumors that may pop up or were already there, so maybe it will grow very slowly and she will still have a...

It feels exactly like the mammary tumor she had already but it's in such a weird spot literally right in the center of her chest. The implant is also supposed to slow the growth of any other tumors that may pop up or were already there, so maybe it will grow very slowly and she will still have a...