Oh no, I am not feeling that lol at all! anic:Rats hate stitches, and they will all be out by Day 5 is my guess lol. This is why my vet uses glue for almost everything and we have little issues with pulling on the incision.
Oh no, I am not feeling that lol at all! anic:Rats hate stitches, and they will all be out by Day 5 is my guess lol. This is why my vet uses glue for almost everything and we have little issues with pulling on the incision.
Ha! That truly is what it's like, clearly the rats are in charge here!Poor little thing. Stay strong Oreo and Aida!! This will be over before long and you can go back to living a normal rattie life with your human pet
Maybe it was just a bit, but I did see her eating it, not just chewing and spitting it out.I doubt she's got pica, but she's probably bored and frustrated so she's chewing the cardboard..as long as she doesn't try to eat it she can have her cardboard back.
Gah, this dang cone.It is so frustrating and scary, my poor oreo.
Has anyone tried that body cast or something similar before? What do you all do to try and stop rats from chewing at incisions?
Thanks lilspaz. It gets a bit better everyday. She can eat and drink on her own now from a raised dish and the water bottle, and I've seen her lay down a few times in what looked like a comfortable position. It just sucks that she has to be in this thing 24/7, but you saying that it is better than some wraps is very comforting. I was under the impression that these cones of shame are a satanic invention only the worst of people would force upon their babies.the e-collar is best for her at this point. She'll learn how to eat and drink and lie down with it on...the body wrap is much harder on them and its tricky to know if its too tight or too loose until they squirm out or lose circulation. If you wrap a cat around the torso, they seem to lose the ability to walk. I have seen this with rats as well, so the e-collar would be best at this point.
Yeah, she has three more doses of it. Tonight, tomorrow morning, and tomorrow at noon.are you still giving her buprenex?
Yeah, she has three more doses of it. Tonight, tomorrow morning, and tomorrow at noon.
Wow, you really think so?I honestly would advise stopping the buprenex (keep it for another emergency) and just use nice big doses of metacam. She might stop picking and going for her incision...then the cone can come off sooner.
Wow, you really think so?
She has only been on it since Wednesday night. How do I know that she still isn't in bad pain?
How come the metacam would make her stop, does it work differently? :!:
All right, I will try it.Buprenex is similar to buprenorphine, so it can cause pica in rats although buprenex is not as likely to. Metacam will not cause pica. Metacam alone has been what I used for whole limb amputations, enucleations, other crazy surgeries.
All right, I will try it.
Could you tell me how much to dose her? The concentration is 1.5mg/ml, and the dose I have been giving her once a day, along with buprenex 3 times a day, is 0.04ml. I imagine she will need a bigger dose, or more frequently?
Oh, that's right, I'm sorry I forgot to mention that.How much does she weigh?
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