Oskar's still hanging in there

The good news is that there is still no wound infection as far as I can see and no further pulled staples, so it looks like there won't be any emergency weekend visits needed after all. The bad news is that he still seems to feel really crappy. Basically the whole day yesterday he just huddled in his sleeping space and he didn't eat his regular food, and I haven't seen him drinking either, however he did eat the quarter of a boiled egg I offered him, a fairly big piece of rice waffle, and ate the cucumber I offered for something watery when I didn't see him drink. He peed a fair amount too judging by all the wet bedding I removed yesterday and this morning (and going by the stains it's the normal light colored pee too -- I bet you are just thrilled be updated on my rat pee monitoring, heh), so I'm not that worried about dehydration yet. Still, he could be better. Sigh.

kind of heartbreaking

Oskar seems to be getting desperate to get back to his brothers. He's taken to running onto me when I open his module's door, and then tries to get somehow down, presumably to find a way into the module below, where the others are, who I blocked from him. You have to keep in mind that Oskar does not like climbing onto me. Usually he won't even come onto my arm when I bribe him with food. I feel really sorry for him. It doesn't help that he still looks rough, and that his appetite hasn't really come back either, and yet he musters this spurt of activity to try to find a way through. And then I have to put him back, while he wants to escape. It makes me feel like an extra cruel jailer. :(