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Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / September 2005ugh...
It's been a rough week. First my persian, Puddy, has been ill. He was diagnosed with kidney failure on Tuesday. It's rough because he's a rescue cat and he's been with me for a year and half, but he's an old man at 14 y/o. He's at the vet's and has been on IV fluids since Tuesday. We're hoping to get the creatinine and phosphorus levels down and the potassium level up. If it works we'll be able to bring him home and put him on a low protein diet and give subQ fluids every other day. If it doesn't work, then we'll have to put him to sleep. With all this going on, I've found a lump on my rat Dakota (she's almost a year and half old, so not exactly a young rat). I don't know what to do. I really can't afford to put her through a surgery that may or may not lengthen her life. And if I were to chose euthanasia, what will become of her sister, Chloe? I'm really not at the point in my life where I can take on another rat. What do I do? I guess maybe I'm stressed out...gee...can't imagine why. I'm sorry for all those that have lost babies. We've had to put one of our ferrets to sleep in August, my Grandpa died at the beginning of this month, and now all this is happening with Puddy and Dakota. I just wanna hide under my blankie and sleep the rest of the year away. Holly > It's been a rough week. First my persian, Puddy, has been ill. He was > diagnosed with kidney failure on Tuesday. It's rough because he's a rescue [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Holly Oh my god, Holly, you poor thing... talk about having stress in your life. Your poor animals, I sure do hope Puddy gets better, it's so common in older cats. As for Dakota, 18 months is usually the age for tumors to show up. If you get it removed, you really should spay her at the same time, this could give her quite a bit more to her life. But if you choose not to, she can still live for another 6 to 8 months before needing to be pts. Without a spay, she could develop more and more tumors. So I really don't recommend a tumor removal without spay. Sending you lots of cyber hugs!!!! Joanne Owned by 14 rats Thank you so much, Joanne. It kind of helps to know what to expect. My vet is very expensive for tumor removal on rats. :( I think she quoted at least $180 for one, so I'm not sure how much a spay would be on top of that. :( I don't know what I'm going to do because I know Puddy is already at at least $300, probably closer to $400. Plus if I get to bring him home there will be the added cost of special food, and the stuff for subQ fluids. :( If not, then there's the cost of euthanasia and cremation. Ugh. And now Chloe every now and then makes these whooping sounds while she sleeps. I don't know if it's a respiratory problem or not. It doesn't really sound like it, but yet it sort of does. Any ideas? Yeah, ok, I know that sentence probably didn't make a whole lotta sense now that I look back on it. But still! Holly >> It's been a rough week. First my persian, Puddy, has been ill. He was >> diagnosed with kidney failure on Tuesday. It's rough because he's a [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > Joanne > Owned by 14 rats Sending you lots of rattie bruxes, boggles, kisses and hugs. -Lisa > It's been a rough week. First my persian, Puddy, has been ill. He was > diagnosed with kidney failure on Tuesday. It's rough because he's a [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Holly Thanks so much, Lisa. I sure could use them right about now. I'm sure you could too. I'm sorry for the loss of your Charlie. What a sucky year. *hugs* Holly > Sending you lots of rattie bruxes, boggles, kisses and hugs. > -Lisa [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> >> Holly > It's been a rough week. First my persian, Puddy, has been ill. He was > diagnosed with kidney failure on Tuesday. It's rough because he's a [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Holly I'm so sorry you've been going through all this heartache. I know how you feel about wanting to hide and sleep the rest of the year away, I've had one hell of a stinking year for bad news too. My thoughts are with you. I hope Puddy and Dakota live on a good while yet, healing vibes being sent their way. Tracey Thanks so much, Tracey. It means a lot. :) Holly >> It's been a rough week. First my persian, Puddy, has been ill. He was >> diagnosed with kidney failure on Tuesday. It's rough because he's a [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Tracey >It's been a rough week. First my persian, Puddy, has been ill. He was >diagnosed with kidney failure on Tuesday. It's rough because he's a rescue [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >happening with Puddy and Dakota. I just wanna hide under my blankie and >sleep the rest of the year away. thinking of you holly. when it rains it pours, eh? :( hang in there with puddy. cats with kidney failure can pull through a crisis and do very well on subq fluids at home for quite some time. we had one at work about four months ago who was very very very sick and on fluids for a week but went home and has been doing fantastically. -- read banned books. http://shattering.org x-no-archive: yes in headers Thanks for that encouraging thought. Right now I feel just about hopeless. I haven't been able to get ahold of the vet and she was supposed to call me today with the results. So I'm hoping that maybe they didn't come in. But regardless I would've appreciated a phone call. :( Now I have to sit here and wait until Monday to see how Puddy is doing. Holly >>It's been a rough week. First my persian, Puddy, has been ill. He was >>diagnosed with kidney failure on Tuesday. It's rough because he's a [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > http://shattering.org > x-no-archive: yes in headers waiting is horrible. i'm terrible at waiting. i will keep my fingers crossed for your boy. >Thanks for that encouraging thought. Right now I feel just about hopeless. >I haven't been able to get ahold of the vet and she was supposed to call me [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] >> http://shattering.org >> x-no-archive: yes in headers -- read banned books. http://shattering.org x-no-archive: yes in headers |
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