Growth Removal - Aftercare

[elricsgirl]

Hello! My sweet girl had surgery to remove a couple of mammary growths on Tuesday. She's doing pretty well, but hates her hospital cage. I've been moving it into my bedroom at night so that I can keep an eye on her.

How soon can I move her back into her multi-level cage? I'm worried that she'll pull something when she's climbing her ramps, but I do tend to over-worry. She also has no cage mates to bother her wound.

Thanks in advance!


Disclaimer: I've discussed getting her a cage mate at length with her vet - who is a loving rat owner herself - and we've decided that with my rattie's health issues and personality (she is a rescued lab rat who has never liked being around other rats), she's okay right now. She's rarely alone since I work from home and her cage lives in my office.

 

[lilspaz68]

You can put your sweet girl back now. I rarely keep rats in a hospital cage unless its a very serious surgery and they aren't dealing well initially, or if their cagemates bother them when they are trying to rest and recover. Or if they have staples which a cagemate might try to help the patient remove. I usually request surgical glue as my skin closure and internal dissolvable stitches for internal.

 

[elricsgirl]

You can put your sweet girl back now. I rarely keep rats in a hospital cage unless its a very serious surgery and they aren't dealing well initially, or if their cagemates bother them when they are trying to rest and recover. Or if they have staples which a cagemate might try to help the patient remove. I usually request surgical glue as my skin closure and internal dissolvable stitches for internal.

Thank you! She has incisions in two different places, so I've been a little paranoid. Our vet used internal stitches and glue to close.