sick rat
Have you ever heard the research finding that the more often you are anxious, the easier it is to trigger anxious feelings?
I often feel like something triggers me and i can't get un-anxious for at least a week.
Stupid thesis proposal.
Then yesterday it was being stood up by Matt and Laura and making the kids cry at the Boys and Girls Club.
Today it is my very sick rat, Miles.
Miles has been losing weight and energy for a while now, but i sorta figured it was the natural progression of him getting old. Until I noticed a tumor the other day. Then I got real worried. Martin the other rat is the same age and is relatively unchanged. Miles used to be a hyper little monster but now he just lies around.
I took him to the vet today and the vet said that i shouldn't worry about the tumor. Miles' real problem is that he's had a respiratory infection for months, that's what the cute little squeaky noise he makes is, wheezing! (i thought he would like, cough, if he was sick). Anyway, his feet are blue cause he can't get enough oxygen. It's so sad. The vet gave me antibiotics and steroids and hopefully they will help. But maybe not. The vet did mention the possibility of the youth in asia coming for a visit. :(
I crushed up miles' pills for him (one is actually an eighth of a pill, cause the pill is supposed to be for doggies) and bought him coconut milk and pineapple juice and made him a little non-alcoholic pina colada that i dissolved the pills in. Spoiled brat, he wouldn't eat it from the dish but he would happily lap it from my finger.
But I'm leaving for 10 days on Friday! My friend is going to housesit, but i don't want to leave him with a sick rat! I don't think he'll be around everyday to give miles his meds. Maybe Tommy will take the ratties?
sheesh, anyway, it's been a sad and stressful day and it's all been over a rodent which is frustrating cause they're such good little pets but their lives are just too short. i can't handle sick or dying pets, it's too much.
I often feel like something triggers me and i can't get un-anxious for at least a week.
Stupid thesis proposal.
Then yesterday it was being stood up by Matt and Laura and making the kids cry at the Boys and Girls Club.
Today it is my very sick rat, Miles.
Miles has been losing weight and energy for a while now, but i sorta figured it was the natural progression of him getting old. Until I noticed a tumor the other day. Then I got real worried. Martin the other rat is the same age and is relatively unchanged. Miles used to be a hyper little monster but now he just lies around.
I took him to the vet today and the vet said that i shouldn't worry about the tumor. Miles' real problem is that he's had a respiratory infection for months, that's what the cute little squeaky noise he makes is, wheezing! (i thought he would like, cough, if he was sick). Anyway, his feet are blue cause he can't get enough oxygen. It's so sad. The vet gave me antibiotics and steroids and hopefully they will help. But maybe not. The vet did mention the possibility of the youth in asia coming for a visit. :(
I crushed up miles' pills for him (one is actually an eighth of a pill, cause the pill is supposed to be for doggies) and bought him coconut milk and pineapple juice and made him a little non-alcoholic pina colada that i dissolved the pills in. Spoiled brat, he wouldn't eat it from the dish but he would happily lap it from my finger.
But I'm leaving for 10 days on Friday! My friend is going to housesit, but i don't want to leave him with a sick rat! I don't think he'll be around everyday to give miles his meds. Maybe Tommy will take the ratties?
sheesh, anyway, it's been a sad and stressful day and it's all been over a rodent which is frustrating cause they're such good little pets but their lives are just too short. i can't handle sick or dying pets, it's too much.