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I just wanted to update that my little girl was put to sleep on Sunday. Her symptoms came back suddenly about a week ago and rapidly got worse, despite all her medications, and she was clearly suffering. A necropsy was done and proved that she did have a fairly large pituitary tumour, so at...

I was wondering, how long into treatment should I consider trying to wean off of the prednisone in case cabergoline alone is enough for her? And how slow is the weaning process? I know it has to be done carefully because withdrawal from steroids can be very dangerous. I would, of course, stop...

I just wanted to post a video of her eating a corn flake yesterday. She isn't 100% by any means, but in the last few days she has started being able to hold things again, with it getting progressively better. It also seems like she is able to chew things better as well. Her ability to groom...

I finally got the prednisone, a day later than I expected, but at least I have it now. I was more so hoping for dexamethasone because it is stronger and apparently rats with PT may need a higher dose of steroids. But I take what I can get... I am just happy I was able to get her this. I'm not...

Okay, that makes sense about the steroid. It seems that steroids are usually recommended for short-term use so I wondered. It would be best if she could eventually be weaned off of it, but we'll see. So, it's best for her to be off the metacam for 48 hours starting today, until the steroid...

Thanks very much for the suggestion! I think this is where I will be going in the future, plus it's pretty close to me. It was one of the places I called, but they were booked up for too long at the time and I felt I needed to get her in to see someone right away. I wish that hadn't been the...

Yeah, I confirmed with the lab that it is cabergoline, I forgot to update on that. I knew it was expensive but I guess getting it compounded, and not just buying the 0.5mg pills, it is even more. But, I do think it's worth it if she responds well to it. Although that isn't guaranteed. I'm in...

I am relieved because I was able to get a prescription for prednisone from a different vet, even if I will have to wait at least a couple days to get it. I have her eating a mixture of soy infant formula, baby rice cereal, and ground up oxbow pellets with added pedialyte because she really is...

Thank you for your response... Yes, I thought that's what it looked like. :( It is so sad because she's so young. She's still holding out and I do think the meloxicam has given her some relief, although she is mostly the same. I do wonder if she hurt herself falling several days ago, but I think...

It's Meloxicam, which is the same thing as Metacam apparently, that is a brand name whereas Meloxicam is the name of the drug. It's 1.5mg/mL and she was prescribed 0.05mL every 24 hours, I think she is only about 250 grams but she has lost a fair amount of weight. She is fairly small. She, along...

Hi there, just in the past few days I noticed one of my girls not acting like herself. At first I thought she just seemed a bit tired and weak, wasn't coming out as much, kind of keeping to herself and sleeping more. But she didn't seem to have any other obvious symptoms, and didn't seem to have...

Hello all, I have five female rats who live in a double critter nation. (Their names are Clove, Sage, Nutmeg, Saffron, and Juniper.) I love them to pieces, and I'm always trying to make sure I give them the best life that I can. When I first got them, and up until quite recently, I had them on...

That's interesting about hospital grade disinfectant and maybe I'll look into that. I have a veterinary disinfectant, it's called F10, and I used it when my parrot was sick to disinfect his environment. I know that it's used by veterinarians and animal breeders--would that be a similar product...

Thank you for the info and suggestions. I definitely thought the smell might be an issue. I will be trying everything I can but if necessary, I can replace the pans. I was thinking about getting metal replacement pans anyway. I was wondering if enzymatic cleaners might be useful, considering...

Hello everyone! I'm looking into adopting some rats in the near future, and I picked up a secondhand double Critter Nation cage the other day. It's in great shape, but the previous occupants were ferrets. The cage smelled pretty strongly of them when I got it, so I took it outside and sprayed it...