I can't take it anymore. My rats are all dying on me.
I can't take it anymore. I want it all to end now. I am so sick and tired of all this. Why do my kids have to go thorough this!? What did they ever do to get sick and suffer like this!? Oscar, Chloe, Daisy, and Fred are seriously sick. Daisy has to be put to sleep ASAP to end the extreme suffering she is currently going thorough. Oscar has been moderately ill for about a month now. Chloe has a large mammary tumor which has to be removed, and now it's Fred. I think a deadly virus is sweeping thorough my mischief (name for group of rats) and there is nothing I can do about it. THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT! Those are the most terrible words to ever come out of my mouth- my rats are sick and dying and there is nothing I can do about it. Yes, medicine will help a little bit, but it won't cure them.
Here's the specifics:
Oscar is extremely skinny and rather weak, yet he has been hanging in their pretty strong. His breathing is labored and he heaves a lot.
Daisy is in the worst condition. You can read about it here: http://www.petoftheday.com/talk/show...threadid=48990 She is even worse now today, she is in the cage completely upside down squirming around like a fish on land. She can't eat or drink.
Chloe has a mammary tumor about the size of a golf ball in her arm pit which is growing like a weed. We were planning to take her in to get it removed, until all of this popped up. Besides the tumor, she appears to be healthy.
Now Fred is getting sick. He is extremely lethargic, has no interest in me or his cage mates, lays in the same spot all day with squinted eyes. I don't think he's eating and drinking much either. Fred will become sick like Oscar and Daisy.
Violette also has health problems, nothing TOO serious, she keeps getting facial abscesses now and then.
Phoebe & Suzie are the only 100% healthy rats I have right now- they have NEVER been sick! *knocks on wood* I am terrified of loosing Phoebe and Suzie, and I definitely don't want to see them sick. They are so wild, young, and spunky, they don't deserve to go through this. Of course the others don't, but Sue and Feebee especially. Phoebe is less than a year old for God's sake.
I am so raging pi$$ed and sad at the same time. I can't put up with it anymore. When mom gets home in an hour or so, we have to call the vet for Daisy- and I am going to bring Fred, Chloe, and Oscar with us too.
My only question is WHY!?!?!
I really need for people to pray for my kids, please, they are all I have right now. They mean so much to me. Seeing my kids in this condition is breathing my heart into 1 trillion pieces. I wish I could suffer for them.
