Well, we just got back from the vet appointment, and Peanut may have a little more time left. They wanted to do some $92.00 x-rays to tell for certain whether it's pneumonia or heart failure, but I didn't think that would be cost efficient. If it IS pneumonia, the antibiotics will work, and if not, then it's her time to go. We'll find out in a week what the x-rays would have showed. If she starts showing signs of really suffering, we will certainly do what we can to relieve her. No harm done by giving her the antibiotics in the meantime. Actually what we were giving her before this was Tribrissen; the vet has now prescribed the Baytril at .1 ml every 12 hours. So we'll see how it goes; that's all we can do until they invent a medication to reverse aging in ratties .

(Darn little rodents - so adorable but they don't last long!)