My daughter's rat Chihiro had surgery on Wednesday to have a tumor removed from her tummy and back foot. Unfortunately and sadly the news regarding the tumor wasn't good. This evening we returned home and found Chihiro had chewed through her stitches. I called the vet and was referred to the emergency vet clinic. I took her in and found it would cost 700.00 to have her put to sleep to get stitch back up. As much as I would like to give the go ahead and have the vet do the surgery to stitch her back up I can't afford that kind of money. She recommended I make a make shift thing to go around her neck to prevent her from chewing that area. One of the suggestions was use a sock. We tried cutting holes in a sock and putting it around her but she quickly figured out how to get out. So we are on a watch all night to prevent her from chewing until we can get her to the vet in the morning.
Does anyone have any suggestions as how to prevent her from removing the new stitches. Chihiro's time is short with us as the cancer will spread and I want to ensure the time she has left with us is as painless as possible.
Thanks!!!
Deb
Does anyone have any suggestions as how to prevent her from removing the new stitches. Chihiro's time is short with us as the cancer will spread and I want to ensure the time she has left with us is as painless as possible.
Thanks!!!
Deb