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Hi guys, me again (sorry)
For those of you who have been following my exploits with my darling old hairless girl, Katie, I need to pick your brains once again.
She's got a fluid build up (now the size of the original lumps in her armpits) behind her stitches. I've shown the vet on Monday, and he said it was fine, but they've grown since then. They don't appear to have grown much more today, but I don't think I'm an accurate judge as I'm constantly looking at them.
I called the vets today, who say she might need to come in for an anti-inflammatory. I can't get to the vets until friday, (I hope) so I was thinking of perhaps using some Ibuprofen in the meanwhile? Is that ok?
She's also on Baytril and Doxy
How long should they stay/how big should I expect these seromas to get? I've never had a rat that's had one before, so am not 100% sure on when I should start to worry or not.
Oh and as a side note; she's feeling much better. No further wheezing, she's eating (she's drinking quite a lot though) and is running around like she usually does (albiet a little loose on the legs - but I'm starting to think that's here to stay). Tonight, actually, she felt well enough to climb up the inside of the leg of my PJs after my bath (I wear huge sweatpants as PJ bottoms) while my arms were full of towels, and LouLou and my book and decided that crotch-riding was much more fun than her regular mode of transport.
So getting out of the bathroom and back downstairs took a lot of effort on my part - and a lot of fun on hers
For those of you who have been following my exploits with my darling old hairless girl, Katie, I need to pick your brains once again.
She's got a fluid build up (now the size of the original lumps in her armpits) behind her stitches. I've shown the vet on Monday, and he said it was fine, but they've grown since then. They don't appear to have grown much more today, but I don't think I'm an accurate judge as I'm constantly looking at them.
I called the vets today, who say she might need to come in for an anti-inflammatory. I can't get to the vets until friday, (I hope) so I was thinking of perhaps using some Ibuprofen in the meanwhile? Is that ok?
She's also on Baytril and Doxy
How long should they stay/how big should I expect these seromas to get? I've never had a rat that's had one before, so am not 100% sure on when I should start to worry or not.
Oh and as a side note; she's feeling much better. No further wheezing, she's eating (she's drinking quite a lot though) and is running around like she usually does (albiet a little loose on the legs - but I'm starting to think that's here to stay). Tonight, actually, she felt well enough to climb up the inside of the leg of my PJs after my bath (I wear huge sweatpants as PJ bottoms) while my arms were full of towels, and LouLou and my book and decided that crotch-riding was much more fun than her regular mode of transport.
So getting out of the bathroom and back downstairs took a lot of effort on my part - and a lot of fun on hers