Well, first Off
I had no idea about Honey and am glad that she is getting better, she sounds very sweet.
and
Welcome Homer!!! ;)
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Well, first Off
I had no idea about Honey and am glad that she is getting better, she sounds very sweet.
and
Welcome Homer!!! ;)
Thanks everyone. :)
Here are some pics of Honey that I took the night of her injury. This is how bad it was........actually this was the morning after. The stuff leaking from her vaginal area is her urine. It was so dark because she was dehydrated. Now it's fine, and I've been emptying her bladder a few times a day, so it's clear now. She doesn't always look this pathetic. She was really dehydrated in these pics so she looks very thin. In fact, she lost a few grams in weight in just a little while. She has gained some back. I just had her out right now so you all can see her progress with pics, and she is actually pushing with her feet. She just needs to work up those muscles again and put weight on them, which she doesn't want to do just yet.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...7/f9e99c28.jpg
This one is sad. :( She was trying to turn herself to get up but she couldn't. :(
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...5/f9e99c2f.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...7/f9e99c29.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...f/f9e99c2b.jpg
And some cute pics to make up for the sad ones. :D
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...b/f9e99c31.jpg
Look at this face. How on earth could I have killed her?
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...b/f9e99c26.jpg
Cass those first ones are just heartbreakers, but the others are just so cute, she has the sweetest little face.
I can see why you couldn't have her put down, I am so glad you listened to your heart and kept her close to you.
This picture looks like she has her little hands together praying, how sweet!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...b/f9e99c26.jpg
Plus look at that sweet little tongue! God she so cute!! and sweet looking..
Cass, I read this thread from beginning to end. I was sure happy that the news kept getting better and better.
And I hope by Sunday that Honey is able to walk again. Bless you for your devotion to her.
You know, I never liked rats - or so I thought - and one day I met my first rat - her name was Dusty (R/B) and she was absolutely the dearest little thing with the sweetest face. When I would visit my friend - she would come right out to me.
What is the average life span of a rat? My friend lost hers at about three years.
Also, welcome Homer........you look like a nice Papa.
It averages between two and a half to about four, sometimes shorter and sometimes longer. I hope Honey will live at least three years. She is around 6 1/2 months old right now. :)Quote:
Originally posted by gini
What is the average life span of a rat? My friend lost hers at about three years.
That rat sounds like she was awfully sweet. They are such nice animals. I love my ratties. :D
Willie, thank you for the kind words. I love Honey's tongue. In fact, out of all the animals I own I think rat tongues are the best. They aren't slobbery like dogs, aren't rough like a cats.......they are just perfect.
[B]Well, ladies, you have to realize that rats are survivors! Those little animals are cute, furry, and fun but they know how to stay alive. Honey is a perfect example. She was scooting around like nobody's business when I was over to visit yesterday, and if you could only have seen her front parts, you would never have thought there was anything wrong with her. I have been joking with Cass about getting a little cart put together so she could REALLY haul buns, but it looks like nature and rat resiliency are working their magic on Honey and she won't need it.
But I did tell Dan that is he ever gets really sick (God forbid!) Cassandra has the tools and ability to nurse him back to health. Even if he IS "Just a man"...
Hugs to all, Homer
I would do whatever I could to keep Dan happy if he were sick.
Yes Honey does get around pretty well. I took her out last night after you left and she was really getting around well. I am so excited about this. At first I never thought she would recover, but now I am confident that she will. :)
I was just thinking about what homer said, the little cart. Wouldn't that be just so cute?? I can just see this cute little energetic Honey running with the cart behind her and all the little ratties jumping on and taking a free ride! ;)
I am soooooo happy Honey is doing so well. I think the love you gave her is what got her through this ordeal. Now really Cass, don't you believe that too? She really had a lot to fight for to be able to stay with you.
Willie:)
Actually a friend of mine is in the process of making one for Honey, just in case. We thought of this a few days ago and she belongs to a Corgi list and one of the ladies who also belonged designs these for dogs, so she thought we could have one made for Honey as well. WOW, RUN ON SENTENCE! :eek: LOL
That okay, I do that all the time, even in person! I was talking to that son-in-law to be last night and my hubby was laughing at me, as I was explaing how to hook up their digital camera. I am just rambling on, and my hubby is making fun, I stopped long enough to tell him to be quite, I still had 30,000 more words to say today and it was getting late and I need to get them said fast. LOL. Of course Sam is looking pretty confused because I am really talking verrrrrry fast and not ending a sentence where it should be ended. Hows that?
I have a job to do, I must get my daily account of words in or I will explode!
Willie
Oh, I forgot to say, be sure and put a passenger cart on too.;)
Willie
Hey Cass. I am so glad to hear Honey is doing better. I'm counting on a full recovery!
I'm new here, wife of Homer, and Mom to 4 of Cass' ratty babies. I finally made it to the site. :cool:
DOH! Marge is here. No more being weird.:eek:
Homer, I am pretty sure Marge already knows your weird!! Don't you Marge??;)
Welcome to Pet Talk Marge!!
Willie
Hey! Finally he gave you the link!! Sorry I didn't mail it to you but I have been really busy lately. Hey since I am typing ratty stuff the links for the cages I suggested are these:Quote:
Originally posted by Marge
Hey Cass. I am so glad to hear Honey is doing better. I'm counting on a full recovery!
I'm new here, wife of Homer, and Mom to 4 of Cass' ratty babies. I finally made it to the site. :cool:
www.Martinscages.com or www.Qualitycage.com
For Martins cages I would suggest getting an R690. I had an R695 and I hated it! But a lot of people love these cages. Quality cages are what I think you should get, and like I said you can find them at Bobcat pets. Oh hey, we are going to look at a house and the owner is the manager of Bobcat pets lol. :p We went house searching a bit today, and hopefully soon we will get one. I have my eye set on a few already that I really like.
Fern cages are another good cage company. I will search around for some more links, but in the meantime I am going to link you to the Rat Fan Club, or well, now's it Rats Rule forum. The link is to their post on rat cages. Everyone has posted pictures on their cage setups so you can see how the cages are when things are in them, and also look at designs and companies etc. :) Hope this helps. But if you want, you can come over, pick me up and I can help you with your search.
http://www.goosemoose.com/rfc/index....threadid=17327