Godmother
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Very good news! I hope that Pepper will continue to have quality time with you.
PITUITARY TUMOR:trying Dexamethasone+Cabergoline, need help!
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I hope too ;-)
Today she weights 249g, she gained 9g within 2 days (2g + 7g). I'm so proud of her, she's fighting like a champion.
Right now she's in the secured cage with her mates, she's having a rattie life again, that's what I wanted for her.
I let her spend one hour here and then, then she's back in her cage, so I can monitor what she's eating, and she can rest, cause she's still weak from the weight loss.
Today she weights 249g, she gained 9g within 2 days (2g + 7g). I'm so proud of her, she's fighting like a champion.
Right now she's in the secured cage with her mates, she's having a rattie life again, that's what I wanted for her.
I let her spend one hour here and then, then she's back in her cage, so I can monitor what she's eating, and she can rest, cause she's still weak from the weight loss.
victoria
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I'm glad to hear the Cabergoline is helping, it really is a miracle drug when it helps 
I see Cabergoline as a miracle drug too
Here are some videos of Pepper's improvements I'd call that ;-)
Beware, the first videos are not easy to watch, Pepper wasn't feeling very good.
Day 9 at 8PM
[BBvideo 450,375:t9wgyhm4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-BsIM8Z850&list=PL7cBSO-gug-MKA2nXC18Q2T736RhITUYz&index=5[/BBvideo:t9wgyhm4]
Day 9 at 11PM
[BBvideo 450,375:t9wgyhm4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8c1FsKdGhU&list=PL7cBSO-gug-MKA2nXC18Q2T736RhITUYz&index=6[/BBvideo:t9wgyhm4]
Day 10 at 7PM
[BBvideo 450,375:t9wgyhm4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEa232Kcv6c&list=PL7cBSO-gug-MKA2nXC18Q2T736RhITUYz[/BBvideo:t9wgyhm4]
Day 11 at 6PM
[BBvideo 450,375:t9wgyhm4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QV8ycMGGRw&list=PL7cBSO-gug-MKA2nXC18Q2T736RhITUYz[/BBvideo:t9wgyhm4]
Day 11 at 6.30PM
[BBvideo 450,375:t9wgyhm4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqsaw5qFyNk&list=PL7cBSO-gug-MKA2nXC18Q2T736RhITUYz[/BBvideo:t9wgyhm4]
Day 12 at 4PM
[BBvideo 450,375:t9wgyhm4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXG2PV3q1dc&feature=youtu.be[/BBvideo:t9wgyhm4]
I didn't filmed on February, 12th nor 13th.
Will try to record something today
Here are some videos of Pepper's improvements I'd call that ;-)
Beware, the first videos are not easy to watch, Pepper wasn't feeling very good.
Day 9 at 8PM
[BBvideo 450,375:t9wgyhm4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-BsIM8Z850&list=PL7cBSO-gug-MKA2nXC18Q2T736RhITUYz&index=5[/BBvideo:t9wgyhm4]
Day 9 at 11PM
[BBvideo 450,375:t9wgyhm4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8c1FsKdGhU&list=PL7cBSO-gug-MKA2nXC18Q2T736RhITUYz&index=6[/BBvideo:t9wgyhm4]
Day 10 at 7PM
[BBvideo 450,375:t9wgyhm4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEa232Kcv6c&list=PL7cBSO-gug-MKA2nXC18Q2T736RhITUYz[/BBvideo:t9wgyhm4]
Day 11 at 6PM
[BBvideo 450,375:t9wgyhm4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QV8ycMGGRw&list=PL7cBSO-gug-MKA2nXC18Q2T736RhITUYz[/BBvideo:t9wgyhm4]
Day 11 at 6.30PM
[BBvideo 450,375:t9wgyhm4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqsaw5qFyNk&list=PL7cBSO-gug-MKA2nXC18Q2T736RhITUYz[/BBvideo:t9wgyhm4]
Day 12 at 4PM
[BBvideo 450,375:t9wgyhm4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXG2PV3q1dc&feature=youtu.be[/BBvideo:t9wgyhm4]
I didn't filmed on February, 12th nor 13th.
Will try to record something today
Day 15 at 7PM (February, 14th)
[BBvideo 450,375:2ay4a4zb]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lns8gIq2Bg&feature=youtu.be[/BBvideo:2ay4a4zb]
Now that Pepper is feeling better, I think it's time for a bath with special shampoo. I bathed her 3 times since the beginning, but only with water, I didn't want to stress her out like crazy.
On this video she doesn't show how good she walks now, cause she just woke up.
Like my avatar shows, you can see Pepper got her beautifull big eyes back along with hungriness and weight gaining, and she can balanced easier now.
Just weighted her, she's now 262g (+4g since yesterday). I think she'd have gained more if she didn't sleep in the cage with her mates last nightnight(they probably ate a lot of her food)
Got to let her spend the night in her cage alone, for her to gain weight faster even if it's hard for me and for her to be alone at night. What do you think?
edit: If you wonder what's on her back, we're not sure yet, it's easier infectious (but I don't think it is) still I'm applying the prescribed cream on it twice a day. It's shrinking everyday. I think it's due to some burning, because the week she spent at the vet, the vet told me she spent a lot of time on her back, almost impossible for her to get back on her legs, so she dragged herself over.
She did that here too prior she's been to the vet clinic for 6 days and afterwards, once back at home.
She stopped within 48 hours or so I think. Hopefully this too will get better in time
[BBvideo 450,375:2ay4a4zb]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lns8gIq2Bg&feature=youtu.be[/BBvideo:2ay4a4zb]
Now that Pepper is feeling better, I think it's time for a bath with special shampoo. I bathed her 3 times since the beginning, but only with water, I didn't want to stress her out like crazy.
On this video she doesn't show how good she walks now, cause she just woke up.
Like my avatar shows, you can see Pepper got her beautifull big eyes back along with hungriness and weight gaining, and she can balanced easier now.
Just weighted her, she's now 262g (+4g since yesterday). I think she'd have gained more if she didn't sleep in the cage with her mates last nightnight(they probably ate a lot of her food)
Got to let her spend the night in her cage alone, for her to gain weight faster even if it's hard for me and for her to be alone at night. What do you think?
edit: If you wonder what's on her back, we're not sure yet, it's easier infectious (but I don't think it is) still I'm applying the prescribed cream on it twice a day. It's shrinking everyday. I think it's due to some burning, because the week she spent at the vet, the vet told me she spent a lot of time on her back, almost impossible for her to get back on her legs, so she dragged herself over.
She did that here too prior she's been to the vet clinic for 6 days and afterwards, once back at home.
She stopped within 48 hours or so I think. Hopefully this too will get better in time
Hey,
Here's a lil video of Pepper. See for yourself how she was doing on Feb, 20th
[BBvideo 450,375:1riy1zko]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ges93juYMdo[/BBvideo:1riy1zko]
I even saw her yesterday drinking at the drinking bottle ;-) I didn't see her do that for at least 4/5 weeks. Even if I handled the bottle and try to make her drink she wouldn't, same with a coffee cup. She only had fluids from the mashed blocks I made her and those needed a great amount of water in order to be mashed ;-)
Forgot to say she's back with her mates in the cages for a few fays now ;-)
She doesn't fell off any level at all now, but I secured the cage anyway and even sew special giant hammock for her (but everyone loves it yaaaay!)
I'm so very happy I found the solution to her problem here and then that I found the right vet to provide it!
Vive la Cabergoline ;-) That drug is freaking amazing ;-)
Here's a lil video of Pepper. See for yourself how she was doing on Feb, 20th
[BBvideo 450,375:1riy1zko]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ges93juYMdo[/BBvideo:1riy1zko]
I even saw her yesterday drinking at the drinking bottle ;-) I didn't see her do that for at least 4/5 weeks. Even if I handled the bottle and try to make her drink she wouldn't, same with a coffee cup. She only had fluids from the mashed blocks I made her and those needed a great amount of water in order to be mashed ;-)
Forgot to say she's back with her mates in the cages for a few fays now ;-)
She doesn't fell off any level at all now, but I secured the cage anyway and even sew special giant hammock for her (but everyone loves it yaaaay!)
I'm so very happy I found the solution to her problem here and then that I found the right vet to provide it!
Vive la Cabergoline ;-) That drug is freaking amazing ;-)
mamarat
Well-Known Member
:joy: that's great!
jorats
Loving rats since 2002.
Yes, similar symptoms but I think with a stroke, they actually can fully recover.
jorats said:
That what I indeed read too. Not a symptom though, more of a yahoo-woohoo thing LOL
I guess the only thing that would tell for sure whether it's PT or a stroke is an MRI :-(
I thought maybe there was one little thing, like the head tilting, but no can appear in both cases :-/
jorats
Loving rats since 2002.
Yes, an MRI would be very useful. I was just talking to my vet about that. She was telling me how there are many vets now getting their own MRI machine. She thought about it but it would take a whole exam room. I told her I'd definitely pay for an MRI if one of mine needed it.
Hey,
I'm very sad to let you know that my lil Pepper passed away this Saturday (27th) from a brain hemorrhage.
She went down from the sputnik to poop, and passed in a lightning while doing so.
I'm so very sad she's now gone, I miss her so much (and I lost another girl from cardiac arrest a few hours later that same night).
Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the knowledge shared here. Without it Pepper wouldn't have had extra quality time with her cage mates and with me.
She was such a pretty little girl who loved to lick me.
I have always been very closed to her, but with her condition back in January, and me nursing her like crazy, we bonded like crazy.
A few weeks before she passed, she had her head that started to tilt, and she would come running to me when she heard my voice because she wanted me to cuddle her, she would asked for attention everytime, she was just so damn cute and so good to me.
I lost 3 girls within 5 days last week. I'm such a mess. I don't cry easily usually, but since last week I'm drowning in the river I cry :-/
I'm very sad to let you know that my lil Pepper passed away this Saturday (27th) from a brain hemorrhage.
She went down from the sputnik to poop, and passed in a lightning while doing so.
I'm so very sad she's now gone, I miss her so much (and I lost another girl from cardiac arrest a few hours later that same night).
Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the knowledge shared here. Without it Pepper wouldn't have had extra quality time with her cage mates and with me.
She was such a pretty little girl who loved to lick me.
I have always been very closed to her, but with her condition back in January, and me nursing her like crazy, we bonded like crazy.
A few weeks before she passed, she had her head that started to tilt, and she would come running to me when she heard my voice because she wanted me to cuddle her, she would asked for attention everytime, she was just so damn cute and so good to me.
I lost 3 girls within 5 days last week. I'm such a mess. I don't cry easily usually, but since last week I'm drowning in the river I cry :-/
jorats
Loving rats since 2002.
I'm so very sorry for your losses. I think we'd all be a mess losing so many in such a short amount of time.
