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Hello everyone...
With the death of three pets this semester, a bunch of other stressful things, and now another one of my girls has been diagnosed with cancer, and two new additions, I need help in making a good decision for all my babies... My head is fuzzy...
Snow (~1.5 yrs old PEW) was diagnosed yesterday with cancer (the vet saw a mass) she has some light bleeding as well. She is acting normally, but I realize that she will need to be put down...
The question is when. It's only her and one other girl, paisley. After snow is put to rest, my other girl paisley will have lost Three of her pack mates, and at 2 years old i fear she will become depressed being alone...
So..... I got two baby rats (6 weeks old). They are sweet and playful, and I love them. BUT I need to do introductions still....
If I keep Snow with Paisley, and put her on iron for her blood loss (and probably feed her some liver!), and anti-inflammatories/pain killers for her pain, and possibly turkey tail.... Am I being cruel to snow...? Should I put her down now while she is acting normally? The mass is very tiny, and the vet couldn't palpate it ( feel it when rubbing her belly) but when she looked into her vagina she saw it... I'm not even sure why it was bleeding when it's that small! Also, this vet is not really a rat expert... Sigh...
Anyways, my question is this.... If snow is acting normally, is on iron, painkillers, turkey tail (antibiotics if she needs, I will keep an eye), as long as she is acting normally, is it cruel to keep her around for a week or two while paisley gets used to the new babies...? She really is acting normally...
Help!!!
With the death of three pets this semester, a bunch of other stressful things, and now another one of my girls has been diagnosed with cancer, and two new additions, I need help in making a good decision for all my babies... My head is fuzzy...
Snow (~1.5 yrs old PEW) was diagnosed yesterday with cancer (the vet saw a mass) she has some light bleeding as well. She is acting normally, but I realize that she will need to be put down...
The question is when. It's only her and one other girl, paisley. After snow is put to rest, my other girl paisley will have lost Three of her pack mates, and at 2 years old i fear she will become depressed being alone...
So..... I got two baby rats (6 weeks old). They are sweet and playful, and I love them. BUT I need to do introductions still....
If I keep Snow with Paisley, and put her on iron for her blood loss (and probably feed her some liver!), and anti-inflammatories/pain killers for her pain, and possibly turkey tail.... Am I being cruel to snow...? Should I put her down now while she is acting normally? The mass is very tiny, and the vet couldn't palpate it ( feel it when rubbing her belly) but when she looked into her vagina she saw it... I'm not even sure why it was bleeding when it's that small! Also, this vet is not really a rat expert... Sigh...
Anyways, my question is this.... If snow is acting normally, is on iron, painkillers, turkey tail (antibiotics if she needs, I will keep an eye), as long as she is acting normally, is it cruel to keep her around for a week or two while paisley gets used to the new babies...? She really is acting normally...
Help!!!