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Thank you for replying to my post :) We went to the vets yesterday, the vet poked the lump and pus came out, she drained as much of it out as she could and had a look at the pus under a microscope, she confirmed it was just an abscess!!! I had to get some baytril which I need to administer...

Hi all, My rat Loki seems to have developed a small lump on his cheek, right next to his mouth, it seems to have appeared over the course of 3 days or so. Here are some photos: I have a vets appointment at 5pm today, but I wanted to get some further insight on what it could be before I go...

Wheatberries (39%) (contains Gluten) (Water, Wheatberries), Red Rice (19%) (Water, Red Rice), Freekeh(contains Gluten) (19%) (Water, Freekeh), Black Barley(contains Gluten) (9%) (Water, Black Barley), White Quinoa (9%) (Water, White Quinoa), Olive Oil I’m looking at this microwaveable grain mix...

Unfortunately he passed away.

RIPD

Here is a knockoff CN I have (or maybe it’s just a U.K. version...) that’s for my two boys Obi and Loki:p

Could that be why he was that extra bit sleepy then?:confused:

Thank you! Here’s Obi in his sock of shame ;)

Hiya! Yes definitely keep what you wrote up as it might help other people searching through these threads in the future. I’m very sorry about your rattie and that you and him had to go through that. Obi was given gas anaesthetic and a pre injection of Metacam to help with pain, my vets are use...

He’s much better today thank you! Definitely ate that bowl of soya yoghurt I left him along with some other food and moved into his other hut. Just offered him some watermelon and water which he gladly took and doesn’t seem nearly as lethargic today;)

I posted a thread the other day with some pre surgery questions but now I need some help with aftercare. Obi had a tumour removed from under his arm yesterday, we got home and all was fine, he was drinking and eating. That was until about 11pm when he managed to (what I thought) ripped his...

Thanks;)

Okay thank you. Sorry to be a bother but do you know how I can get him to take the meds and encourage eating? He managed to bite open a small area of the wound the other day so we went back to vet who wrapped Obi up in like a mesh sock. He’s lethargic but drinking water and eating only soya...

Hi, thanks for that. We just got home and he’s being veeeery sleepy, I gave him some soya milk and he drank that up fast! I got Metacam for pain and got told to administer 0.5mls once a day starting from tomorrow. Does that seem about right?

Yes I was told he was going to be given an injection of pain meds. Thank you, I will screenshot this and ask these questions :)

Vet did say I will be given pain meds for him, if he doesn’t take it I have a corner store that sells baby ibuprofen so can get some there. He weighs about 850g.

Great, thanks so much for your reply :) I have tonnes of soya milk at home so will definitely give him some!

Hi all, My rat Obi is going in for a tumour removal finally, it was supposed to be on the 25th but since it’s grown so rapidly he’s going in tomorrow. In about two weeks it’s gone from the size of a marble to a ping pong ball. I wanted to ask you all for some tips on what to ask the vets, I...

How long does it take everyone to clean their rattie cages? I have a double CN for my two rats and it takes me about 2 hours twice a week as I have some smelly boys!:rolleyes::rolleyes: Post your cage pictures!

Sorry for the lack of information. Here’s some more details: Obi is about one and a half, he’s 900g which sounds bad as is but he’s a very big rat in general hence why the vet said he’s only about 150g overweight. The vet is great and specialises in small animals, she did a thorough check of...