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The vet said he has to have a syringe full of baytrill (cherry flavored! C
every day. He doesn't have to have it all at once I just have to make sure that by the end of every day he has had a syringe full. The carnivore care stuff is powder that is supposed to help him put on weight since he's lost so much. It's says on the packet to mix with water but since he wouldn't drink water before I imagine I'm going to have a hard time with that approach. I asked if I could mix it up with the kibble mush he's been eating and he said I could do that or put the water/carnivore mix in a syringe and give it to him that way but my mom and I both tried to force feed him water through a syringe this morning and he didn't seem like he was swallowing what little we actually managed to get into his mouth so I'm worried that will become a problem too. The vet gave him 2 weeks and he's due back in on the 8th of november to see how he's doing and I guess we'll discuss his options from there so keep us in your thoughts and prayers please we'll need them! Like I said before it's all up to Loki now whether he lives or dies; whether he begins to drink water and eat on his own or not. I don't want to make him suffer on in a life he doesn't want to live anymore but I also don't want to give up on him and not give him a fighting chance to get better and live on. I don't want to put him down before his time but if he's ready to go then he'll let me know. If it is his time though and he's decided to go then I'm going to need a new rat because I can't leave Thor alone with no one so just in case; anyone know of any breeders in NC? No offense to my pet store rats cause I love them to death but if I'm gonna start this all over again I wanna start it right. But like I said keep Loki and I in your thoughts and prayers please we'll need it and any advice is gladly welcome!
Oh! And he said it was definitely a respiratory thing!
Oh! And he said it was definitely a respiratory thing!