We have two pet rats, a week ago they were climbing the cage as usual, and Tess fell a short distance. However, she fell on the corner of a box in their cage. She got up, and scrabbled off, seemingly unaffected.
A bit later on, we opened the cage to play with them, and noticed a huge lump on her left hand side, just above her hind leg. We took her to the vet as soon as we could, who was baffled, she squeezed the lump, told us it was soft, the rat doesn't seem bothered by it, but prescribed us some antibiotics.
We've been giving the rat anitbiotics twice daily, and the lump hasn't changed. We have an appointment again soon, but I want to be prepared for the worse. If it is a hernia, can the rat go on to live a normal life? Will it have to be surgically corrected? Or will the rat have to be put down? :(
Thanks,
2006-10-30
21:37:53
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