Debbie
Well-Known Member
One of my dear WSU lab boys could really use all the good thoughts he can get right now. :sad3:
Nick and Ben came from Washington State University. They were part of experiments where they were injected with drugs that was suppose to make them "smarter". :sad3: Several of the ratties from this group have either died, or developed heart issues. My boys were no exception. From the time we first got them in 9/08, they were diagnosed with heart issues. We of course, put them on heart meds, lasix and antibiotics.
Both have crashed and rallied several times now. We've had them on and off of nebulizer treatments too. I've almost lost Nick 3 times now, over the last 9 months. But this time is the worst. These boys are probably around 1 1/2....so still rather young. :sad3:
Nick started to decline last week. We upped his meds and started up the neb treatments, but he continued to decline. He's barely eating (babyfood/ensure mostly) and his beautiful PEW face is covered in porophyrn :sad3: he sounds like a washing machine and is not looking well AT ALL.
We took Nick to our vet yesterday and she confirmed he's in a really bad state. But she also agreed that we aren't quite ready to give up on him yet. He has rallied before...so we decided to give him another chance to rally again. We added Cefa to help with infection and upped his neb treatments to twice a day.
Nick has only perked up slightly. Enough to fight me when I clean his face, and to eat a bit more babyfood.
We are going to give him a few more days to rally. But if he doesn't improve, we'll have to set him free. :cry3: Please send him good thoughts, ok? We are hitting him with everything we got now. :sad3: :sad3:
Ben and Nick (on right)
Nick and Ben came from Washington State University. They were part of experiments where they were injected with drugs that was suppose to make them "smarter". :sad3: Several of the ratties from this group have either died, or developed heart issues. My boys were no exception. From the time we first got them in 9/08, they were diagnosed with heart issues. We of course, put them on heart meds, lasix and antibiotics.
Both have crashed and rallied several times now. We've had them on and off of nebulizer treatments too. I've almost lost Nick 3 times now, over the last 9 months. But this time is the worst. These boys are probably around 1 1/2....so still rather young. :sad3:
Nick started to decline last week. We upped his meds and started up the neb treatments, but he continued to decline. He's barely eating (babyfood/ensure mostly) and his beautiful PEW face is covered in porophyrn :sad3: he sounds like a washing machine and is not looking well AT ALL.
We took Nick to our vet yesterday and she confirmed he's in a really bad state. But she also agreed that we aren't quite ready to give up on him yet. He has rallied before...so we decided to give him another chance to rally again. We added Cefa to help with infection and upped his neb treatments to twice a day.
Nick has only perked up slightly. Enough to fight me when I clean his face, and to eat a bit more babyfood.
We are going to give him a few more days to rally. But if he doesn't improve, we'll have to set him free. :cry3: Please send him good thoughts, ok? We are hitting him with everything we got now. :sad3: :sad3:
Ben and Nick (on right)