bunnymadhouse
Wise Old Thumper
my niece has a pet rat milly who is very ill with a terminal tumor. she has had the lump removed twice but both times this was extremely traumatic for milly who pulled out her stitches both times and had to have the wound stapled . after talking to the vet and many tears it was decided that if the lump came back a 3rd time it would not be in millys best interest to have it removed again . the lump is back with a vengence and it is only a matter of time before it takes millys life.
what i would like to know is would it be kinder to have milly pts or should we leave her. she has lost use in her back legs and has to drag herself about. she is still eating but has to lay on her side to eat. she loves to be cuddled and lays wrapped in a towel for hours on my neices knee licking her and snoozing. She is made comfy on towels in her cage and can easily get to water and food and she is cleaned twice a day.
are we cruel to leave her? what do you all think.
we dont want her last memories to be stressfull and filled with fear and pain . the last injection she had caused her to squeal horribly.
surely if she was in pain she wouldnt eat .
Angie
(know lots about rabbits but not much about rats)
what i would like to know is would it be kinder to have milly pts or should we leave her. she has lost use in her back legs and has to drag herself about. she is still eating but has to lay on her side to eat. she loves to be cuddled and lays wrapped in a towel for hours on my neices knee licking her and snoozing. She is made comfy on towels in her cage and can easily get to water and food and she is cleaned twice a day.
are we cruel to leave her? what do you all think.
we dont want her last memories to be stressfull and filled with fear and pain . the last injection she had caused her to squeal horribly.
surely if she was in pain she wouldnt eat .
Angie
(know lots about rabbits but not much about rats)