First off let me tell you I am very sorry about what is happening to your little dear! I wishher the best of luck. Now a few questions.


When she first took her to the vet dow did they determine whether it was cancerous or not? How old is your rat? Is your rat a doe (female rat)? Did they say it was a mammary tumor?

If she or he is fairly young still I suggest posting to some rat groups and seeing if there is anyone there who can donate money to help save your friend. You can desidn a website with info on your little friend and contact info for you and you can probably raise enough money to have the operation done. The tumor is not as big as I have seen them so she should have a nice recovery. I wouldn't think three weeks at all. Unless they had to go in internally to fix some things as sometimes they have to. You can find out more about tumors by visiting TheRatFanCLub. Just do a search and you will find it. They are the greatest people there and know everything there is to know about rats. Us breeders seem to know more than the vets! Actually it's true, we do.....for the most part.


ANyways, a site is just something to think about if you want to have the surgery. I can even help you build it. I am great with HTML and Java and all that other cool stuff. Web building is my passion! But, some rats are just prone to tumors and some owners spend thousands of dollars having to remove these. There are products out there that slow the growth and prevent tumors that can be given every day or so. Just ask the rat fan club, they know what it is called......for some reason my brain is not working now.