Good News
The ratties are doing great... I think the worst of all this is over. I suspect Radar had some sort of underlying problem unrelated to the URI. Over the past few months he was slowly losing weight, while Mandu was still normal. I also have been noticing that their cage would get SOAKED with pee within a matter of days, and their water bottle was emptying exceptionally quickly. I suspected it was Radar who was pu/pd and now I know for sure because now that he is gone, so is the excess pee. It was probably some sort of renal disease... not much you can do for a rat with renal disease. Even so I would have though he wouldn't go so suddenly.
Darwin's foot is much better. The swelling is almost entirely gone, though he's a wee bit sore and stiff and I won't be letting him have free time for another few days. He resents me for that, but hey. ;)
And the best news of all... I'm getting more rats! My friend works at Petsmart and she told me they have in a bunch of new baby boys. How can I resist? Mandu is getting lonely, he was very close to his brother Radar. He does not get along with Darwin and Fievel very well, but I think he would be fine with one or two baby boys. I'm still debating whether or not to get one or two... I'll be keeping any new rats in quarantine for a a few weeks (gotta be safe, I don't need any more rat drama...) so I wouldn't want a newbie to get too lonely during that time. Although I'm sure that if Mandu doesn't end up liking him/them, the other guys will accept him just fine. They are very easy going fatty ratties.
Now I have to manage to get through the weekend without exploding. I'm so excited! I'm picking up my new boys on Monday afternoon!!
Darwin's foot is much better. The swelling is almost entirely gone, though he's a wee bit sore and stiff and I won't be letting him have free time for another few days. He resents me for that, but hey. ;)
And the best news of all... I'm getting more rats! My friend works at Petsmart and she told me they have in a bunch of new baby boys. How can I resist? Mandu is getting lonely, he was very close to his brother Radar. He does not get along with Darwin and Fievel very well, but I think he would be fine with one or two baby boys. I'm still debating whether or not to get one or two... I'll be keeping any new rats in quarantine for a a few weeks (gotta be safe, I don't need any more rat drama...) so I wouldn't want a newbie to get too lonely during that time. Although I'm sure that if Mandu doesn't end up liking him/them, the other guys will accept him just fine. They are very easy going fatty ratties.
Now I have to manage to get through the weekend without exploding. I'm so excited! I'm picking up my new boys on Monday afternoon!!