Having cute rat= Vet bills
Sugar made her first trip to the vet yesterday. She is suffering from the same symptoms Half Rat had here. The vet gave us the same treatment as Halfs had here.
I personally think she needs to be spayed, but the vet wants to do this route first, which is fine. I don't like watching her bleed, even though it doesn't seem to bothering her at all. She just cleans herself a lot more.
She's still eating normally, pooing normally, drinking normally and giving it all up for a treat. Her attitude is fine. It's just the blooding bedding and fabric pieces I have to clean out each day bother me.
The doc put her on Clavamox for 7 days. He flavored the liquid like banana, and I guess Sugar actually likes it. She is an absolute dream to give meds to. She doesn't struggle or fuss. She doesn't like being held, so she struggles against that, but when I put the syringe in the side of her mouth she lets me give it to her and she swallows it instead of spitting it out like... I don't know... every other rat I had did. So, really, she's very good and I can't complain. Of course, she gets a yogie after every dose.
As most of you know, I had to leave my amazing- wonderful- incredible vet behind in Albuquerque when we moved up here. I took her a to a new vet here, and while he said he specialized in exotics, gave me some concern. I explained things about the situation to him, and he nearly ignored me. I guess I assumed he'd be like my old vet and want to know every detail. Anyway, as we're leaving he asks me, "So, you have other rats at home?" "Nope", I said. "This is our only one. But we've had rats before her, and she's the sixth one we've owned." He replied with, "Oh. Well, then you probably know more about them than I do."
I was a little stunned, and didn't know what to say, so I just said, "No. We've just been through it all before. All our rats had health problems." And left the office.
Weird? I don't know if I should look for another vet. There is one other one that specializes in exotics, so I've been playing with the idea of taking her to him. I certainly hope he was joking, because I don't want to know more than him. That's why I pay to go see him! LOL
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