Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / June 2008

We are in shock. There were no warnings. He was fine this morning, then
after a quick trip to the store, where I just got them a bag of nut goodies
for a treat. I went to  the cage and he was in the igloo with just his back
legs splayed out. He appeared to be asleep. I gave Pichu a treat and called
Diego, Diego, he did not wake. I reached in and he was cold. I grabbed him
out and thought he was dead. He was like a rag. Then he coughed and roused a
bit, but he was cold and limp. I called Andrea and We laid on the bed with
him. He warmed a bit, but his breathing was labored and he was paralyzed
from his upper arms down. His eyes dilated and then blood started to come
out of his ear. He labored for about a half hour. Then he vibrated in the
way he does when he is happy, then he got so warm and then he just stopped.

It looks like he had a stroke. HE has never been sick. I thought he would be
the oldest. He was only about a year and a quarter.

Thankyou for listening.

Lynn "kitty"