Cait
Well-Known Member
I can't friggin' believe this crap. Before I went to bed last night they were all fine and I was like "woo no abscesses, yay I win!" and then this morning, not just Izzie, but Izzie, Denny, Tip, AND Andi have abscesses! All over night! And Tip and Andi didn't even get bitten!
I am so frustrated because this is the worst possible timing. I'm leaving Saturday for a month and I planned on leaving the babies here with my dad because next Wednesday I'm also driving to Indiana. And it's just too much to ask of them and my sister.
Now, Izzie, Denny, and Andi have like... they feel like bites, no fur is missing, there are scabs, but not mite scabs, I'm positive they are abscess scabs and how I MISSED them I have NO idea put flippin A. Point being, they look like abscesses on the mend. So those three I am not as worried about because I just need to keep an eye on them.
Tip, on the other hand, has a HUGE lump on his shoulder blades and it hasn't popped or anything and if it doesn't do it before Saturday my dad is going to have to deal with it and he just isn't a person who deals with abscesses. Izzie also has a medium sized lump on his shoulder that hasn't done anything yet either, but it's not near as large as Tip's. I don't want to risk infection by having him drain it when it DOES decide to pop, I don't want him to flush it wrong or do something wrong and then he has to take them to the vet because he literally knows nothing.
Mostly this is venting but crapola if it all doesn't just all happen at once, you know? And on rats that I didn't even know got bitten. I feel like an idiot and I am at my wits end because knowing karma like I know it, they won't pop until next Monday when I'm not here!
I am so frustrated because this is the worst possible timing. I'm leaving Saturday for a month and I planned on leaving the babies here with my dad because next Wednesday I'm also driving to Indiana. And it's just too much to ask of them and my sister.
Now, Izzie, Denny, and Andi have like... they feel like bites, no fur is missing, there are scabs, but not mite scabs, I'm positive they are abscess scabs and how I MISSED them I have NO idea put flippin A. Point being, they look like abscesses on the mend. So those three I am not as worried about because I just need to keep an eye on them.
Tip, on the other hand, has a HUGE lump on his shoulder blades and it hasn't popped or anything and if it doesn't do it before Saturday my dad is going to have to deal with it and he just isn't a person who deals with abscesses. Izzie also has a medium sized lump on his shoulder that hasn't done anything yet either, but it's not near as large as Tip's. I don't want to risk infection by having him drain it when it DOES decide to pop, I don't want him to flush it wrong or do something wrong and then he has to take them to the vet because he literally knows nothing.
Mostly this is venting but crapola if it all doesn't just all happen at once, you know? And on rats that I didn't even know got bitten. I feel like an idiot and I am at my wits end because knowing karma like I know it, they won't pop until next Monday when I'm not here!