Malcolm has PT...Doing Great :D

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lilspaz68

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My brother has 2 boys that were from a rescue litter I took in. The surviving members are his brothers Jeremy(left behind), Remy (Jenny), and me with one-legged Sparrow and lumpy Linnet.

When I arrived at my mom/s/brothers on Saturday at noon, I saw Mal looked tired, fat and old. The boys in this family all became very err...round, but sweet. The girls were leaner and spastic LOL. I had heard that Malcolm kept ending up on the floor. The boys live in a large cage that is on a table next to a bigger table that they live on. Then I saw him not eating quite right by mid-afternoon Saturday. By early evening I could see the PT progress fast, so I knew I was taking him home to try to save him. Sunday I was syringe-feeding him, and the most he took in one sitting was 4 cc's :( He was completely limp and it was so sad to see this happy rat like this. Last night I got us home and by 7:15 pm he had 10 ml's of ringers sub-q with dexamethasone. I put him in the corner on towels from home and waited.

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AT 9:15 I let out my oldies, and Malcolm seemed to wake up a bit, and when they cuddled up next to him, he was actually boggling :)

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They were so happy I was home that they would come over to me for pats and kisses, and he started to attempt to follow them. He would lug himself a few steps then collapse on his chest...rest and then try again. :D

Mal and Oscar

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and sweet Keiran went into nursemaid mode. Licking Mal's head and back, then cuddling up beside him.

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We all went to sleep, I with Mal cuddled into my side. I woke up about 1 am, and he was gone. I found him under the pillow sleeping on his side between Oscar and Keiran :heart:

At 2:30 I woke up and saw him toddling around looking for something. So I made up some baby cereal and he tucked in slowly, but he was able to eat all on his own!
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This morning he was actually walking around, joined everyone for breakfast and seems a lot more like Himself. I will drop him off at Dr Munn's and they can do a quick PT diagnosis and we will get bromocriptine for him...then we have to pray his PT responds to it. *fingers crossed*

We want Mally-man back to something like his old self...chock full of personality. :heart:

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Here it is about $24 for ten pills. Worth their weight in gold. I like the idea of a thread in which rats did or did not respond, and for how long. I've been very lucky with this drug.
 
Godmother said:
Here it is about $24 for ten pills. Worth their weight in gold. I like the idea of a thread in which rats did or did not respond, and for how long. I've been very lucky with this drug.


I'll start that up soon. Good idea!!
 
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