Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / June 2007

I had posted a couple of weeks ago about Java having an ear infection
and ab abcess on her side.

After a visit to the vet and some antibiotics, she was looking great.
For about two days. Then she came down with a nasty respiratory
infection which I swore was going to kill her. She was gasping for
breath. And with the infections she had lost a lot of weight.

After another trip to the vet and even more antibiotics, she has pulled
through and is now looking great again. Well, almost.

With all the time that she has been sick and being force-fed or given
soft food, it seems she has let one of her incisors grow too long. I
noticed this when despite having gotten her energy back, she seemed to
not be eating much hard food. Fortunately, we have a regular follow-up
appointment with the vet this Saturday, and there’s plenty of soft food
around the house to keep her well fed and keep her energy levels up.

It’s actually kind of funny how much I’ve had to take care of her
lately, considering she was the one who accidentally got left behind
when the rest of the litter was adopted. :)

She’s an oddball, but I guess that’s why I love her.