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So my favorite rat of all time is dying right now. On Baytril and Dox twice a day. After 2 days it looked like he was improving, started eating more and had a little energy, but now after 6 days hes going downhill. I can barely get him to eat anything or lick water off my fingers. I've been putting him near a humidifier but it doesn't seem to help. Taking him in the shower terrifies him and I thought he was going to have a heart attack. I'm basically wondering right now if there is still a point in force feeding him the antibiotics (he hates it) if he hasn't gotten better by now am I just extending his pain by giving them to him? I had another rat die of this like a month ago which was heartbreaking to watch and now its happening again. I don't want to see another gasping for breath rat death spasm. Can anyone tell me how much putting them down costs? I am out of money for treatment and have stolen some from my parents basically to get the drugs I did get.
/sniff
/sniff