Parker

[SQ]

Parker was rescued along with the rest of his litter, his daddy and 2 brothers from a younger litter.
He will be 2 years old in a few months, is neutered, and is developing hed.

Parker has a large abdomen ….. he looks somewhat like a pregnant girl
I am not sure if this is fat? tumours?
Parker is happy, active , passing small but normal looking stool etc so don't think it is megacolon ….. I have been unable to get a vet appointment until Sept 4 as vet is going away so I thought I would see if anyone had some ideas

 

[jorats]

That is strange with that swollen stomach. Is he peeing ok? I wonder if his bladder doesn't get fully emptied.

 

[SQ]

He lives with 4 of his brothers so will have to separate him to tell.
He has a vet appointment on Fri (vet's office rescheduled it) so I will ask the vet to check that
any other ideas appreciated

Parker is pear shaped

 

[jorats]

I'd be interested in what the vet thinks.

 

[SQ]

Parker had a vet appointment today.
I had suspected that the lump was a tumour and that worst case would be that Parker - who was still eating drinking active curious etc - would be given only a few weeks to live ........

I was wrong .......

The huge lump was Parker's bladder. Parker had a couple of small tumours on his bladder and his urethra - preventing him from peeing ..... the urine and pus in his bladder was so thick it could not be removed with a needle and a cathrader could not be inserted into his bladder as the tumour blocked his urethra.

Parker was pts this afternoon

Parker is greatly missed by his 4 surviving brothers, his 4 surviving sisters, his daddy, and me

 

[jorats]

Oh no... I'm so very sorry.

 

[Rattieluvr]

I’m so sorry for your loss! What an adorable little boy! RIP Parker

 

[dspch911]

I'm so sorry - I second I looked at that picture I knew exactly what that was. Our boy Torres had the same thing, turned out to be prostate cancer and we had to put him down too. Sorry again for your loss he was such a good looking boy.

 

[DanielZielwolf]

So sorry. RIP Parker. I just had to put one to sleep after he started bleeding out of his bum. Turned out he had advanced malignant colorectal cancer. Pretty rare for a rat according to the vet. I was shocked because I'm around my rats 24/7 working from home but he showed no symptoms except his poop was a bit smelly and fur thinning on the back which I stupidly put down to old age (2.75 yrs). The lesson I've learned now is not to put anything down to age and to see the vet if there is even a hint of anything unusual.

 

[Petunia]

I am so very sorry for your loss of Parker

that photo of him in the hammock is just adorable. was he as sweet as he looks?

 

[SQ]

Parker was a sweet boy to me and to his cagemates ..... however he was too active, curious, and busy to be a cudler yet .... Parker was very defensive of the siblings he lived with but was becoming more friendly to other ratties.

That was Parkers favorite hammock and his favorite place to be

 

[Georgie]

Parker had a vet appointment today.
I had suspected that the lump was a tumour and that worst case would be that Parker - who was still eating drinking active curious etc - would be given only a few weeks to live ........


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I was wrong .......

The huge lump was Parker's bladder. Parker had a couple of small tumours on his bladder and his urethra - preventing him from peeing ..... the urine and pus in his bladder was so thick it could not be removed with a needle and a cathrader could not be inserted into his bladder as the tumour blocked his urethra.

Parker was pts this afternoon

Parker is greatly missed by his 4 surviving brothers, his 4 surviving sisters, his daddy, and me

So sorry to hear about so very sad xx Hugs