yet another rat post...
Dustin got the last dose of his antibiotic yesterday afternoon and the wheezing as well as the soft clicking sounds he made while breathing are mostly gone again. It seems his breathing is now back to like it has been for the last few months, i.e. there are still some odd noises, especially after he runs or scuffles, but you don't hear all sorts of awful noises constantly anymore even while he sits and rests.
His appetite has been stronger as well, that is yesterday he ate a bunch of their regular dry rat food, not just slightly chilled watermelon (which both of them love in this hot weather) and various delicacies I've taken to offering Dustin in despair over him being such a dainty eater for a while there. So I will now hold back a bit with pushing food at him and see how that goes.
On a totally unrelated topic, so far I managed to keep up with my resolution of jogging three times a week, though getting up early enough for the temperatures in this current weather to be still suitable for physical activity sucks. I still can't run a whole twenty minutes without switching to a walk several times, but the running stretches are getting marginally longer at least. It's still kind of pathetic though.
His appetite has been stronger as well, that is yesterday he ate a bunch of their regular dry rat food, not just slightly chilled watermelon (which both of them love in this hot weather) and various delicacies I've taken to offering Dustin in despair over him being such a dainty eater for a while there. So I will now hold back a bit with pushing food at him and see how that goes.
On a totally unrelated topic, so far I managed to keep up with my resolution of jogging three times a week, though getting up early enough for the temperatures in this current weather to be still suitable for physical activity sucks. I still can't run a whole twenty minutes without switching to a walk several times, but the running stretches are getting marginally longer at least. It's still kind of pathetic though.