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Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / February 2006What's happening to my rat???
This morning I noticed a large mass on one of my rats, its located on the ventral side a little to the left, just behind the front leg. The amazing thing is that I played with them again just yesterday and I didn't notice anything wrong, but today it's so huge, you can't miss it, it almost touches the ground when the rat walks!! This is a female, 2years and 3 months old. Could it be a tumor? Can a tumor grow so big overnight like that? The rat behave normally, eating, drinking, not suffering... Bening mammary tumor I assume. > This morning I noticed a large mass on one of my rats, its located on the > ventral side a little to the left, just behind the front leg. The amazing [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > months old. Could it be a tumor? Can a tumor grow so big overnight like > that? The rat behave normally, eating, drinking, not suffering... > Bening mammary tumor I assume. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >>months old. Could it be a tumor? Can a tumor grow so big overnight like >>that? The rat behave normally, eating, drinking, not suffering... That's exactly it and those damn things grow real fast. One minute there's nothing there and the next is marble size. You may have another 6 to 8 months before the thing is bigger than she is. Or you could opt to have have removed. Joanne Owned by 15 rats Hmmm, Tumours don't come on overnight like that, at least if they do it's VERY rare. I'd be inclined to think abscess apart from it's location, which is usually indicative of a mammary tumour. Opt to have it removed, it's usually a simple procedure and is easier when the tumour is relatively small, so the longer you leave it the harder it'll be to remove. Check out my page on tumour treatment (it's got no pics so isn't icky): http://www.freewebs.com/miscrats/howtotreatatumour.htm (the links for mycoplex coriolus might be a bit out of date, been meaning to fix that, but just search for Mycoplex Coriolus on Google, you should get something, as long as they're 500mg tablets the doseage is right) but also check out this other document (also no pics): http://www.freewebs.com/miscrats/tumouroranabscess.htm If you do think you could be dealing with an abscess, this might help (no pics either): http://www.freewebs.com/miscrats/treatingabscesses.htm And for you or your vet, i have a blow by blow account of tumour removal, it has pics so if you don't like icky stuff, don't look, but maybe forward it to your vet: http://www.freewebs.com/miscrats/tumoursurgery.htm Hope that helps you. Bev x Owner of Clubrats 2: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clubrats2/# Visit my brand new ratty website: http://www.sylviathornhill.co.uk/Bev/Index.htm Collect Ratabilia? See my collection: http://www.sylviathornhill.co.uk/Bev/Ratabilia.htm *It has recently been discovered that research causes cancer in rats* *Baytril - jack of all trades, master of none!* i had a rat, sven, and his tumor litterally "grew" in front of my eyes. i was playing with him and in twenty minutes he got a huge mass on his leg. i phoned my vet in a panic ( this was evening so i got emergency services). i brought him in and it was indeed a tumor. he was operated in the next few days, the tumor did come back three times and the third time the leg was amputated. sven lived to 33 months. i still miss him. |
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