My rat is sick

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My rat looks awful. shes uncoordinated and just mopes about. she has a lot of porphin or whatever its called around her eyes. and shes super lethargic. shes previously had a benign mammory tumor removed and did great through all of it. and all of a sudden out of no where one mornin bam shes totally weak. i took her to the vet and they said its either a respiratory infection or maybbe a more serious tumor inside of her. they gave her an injection of baytril which after i learned is not the best method. she takes little tiny nibbles hardly any food. and ive only gotten her to take a couple ccs of gatorade and her antibiotics. but im really worried about her coordination. is it normal for rats with a respiratory infection to fall over or be really out of it? i just want to make her comfortable and do what i can to save her. and those who know about rats know we take our pet rats very seriously so please any help to my disposition would be greatly appreciated.

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  • capcrunch6
    11 years ago

    I have wild rats in my basement.

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  • CountryRoads
    13 years ago

    I had no idea rats were so popular. Sad story =(

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    Yeah it's totally normal I used to have a rat that hat a cancerous tumor and we got it removed but soon it came back and came back again and she was very ill looking and didn't really enjoy life so we had to put her to sleep but anyways yes she did the exact same thing but just make sure that she is always clean and has lots of fresh food and water

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  • roggerrogger6
    13 years ago

    Yes, rats are so she's social creatures! Just gotta love them! I only wonder whether the rats have testicles?

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  • jasonapple
    13 years ago

    I bought a mouse once but it wriggled and the feeling of touching it was so gross.

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  • worriedbro
    13 years ago

    I am sorry to hear such a sad story. I love animals, but I never had a rat. I think you should go back to the vet. It's like when people are sick, if you're worried or unsure about a treatment, you take them back to a doctor.

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  • tori
    13 years ago

    Oh no! How sad. I used to have pet rats. One of them got mammory tumors also. It's just awful. The vet I went to didn't do anything except to say I should have gotten her fixed and now there's nothing we can do. I kept her comfortable as possible. When it came time I took her to tbe vet to be put to sleep. I cried for months.
    I'm glad your vet is trying to save her.
    Good luck. They are such wonderful pets.

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  • jermath35
    13 years ago

    I love my rats they are very affectionate! I heard broccoli gets rid of tumors... Make sure u buy organic broccoli...

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  • onlymeagain
    13 years ago

    How old is she? I have had 3 rats, one with a tumor also and two died of old age. They were 3 years old and they got really lethargic like that.

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