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ratcreature) wrote2013-04-21 10:54 pm
ratcreature) wrote2013-04-21 10:54 pm
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eww
Poor Kieran now has developed diarrhea in reaction to the antibiotic. At least I hope it's Kieran, and not Rusty getting sick for mysterious reasons -- I have not actually watched either rat expel the liquid and semi-liquid poo that was smeared all over the cage. I looked whether either rat's behind was grossly soiled to be sure, but *they* were both clean. So I spent a good while this evening cleaning up the mess.
I think tomorrow I'll switch to mixing the antibiotic in mashed potatoes, both in case it's the significant amount of pudding exacerbating the digestive problems (it's not anything I have given before and too much fruit and also wet food is sometimes a problem, but the stuff has to get inside the rat somehow) and because he's even less thrilled with the pudding now than at the beginning. Maybe he's getting suspicious as to the causes for his digestive problems -- I mean, you don't think that rats would connect dots like that, after all it took a while to set in, but who knows. At least he wasn't lethargic or anything like that (I once had a rat really deteriorate on an antibiotic) and I have seen him drink a good amount, so I'm not that worried about him. Though if the mess continues to be this bad overnight I'll probably give my vet a call whether I should continue it, even if he doesn't seem worse in a way that I'd bring him in to the vet.
I think tomorrow I'll switch to mixing the antibiotic in mashed potatoes, both in case it's the significant amount of pudding exacerbating the digestive problems (it's not anything I have given before and too much fruit and also wet food is sometimes a problem, but the stuff has to get inside the rat somehow) and because he's even less thrilled with the pudding now than at the beginning. Maybe he's getting suspicious as to the causes for his digestive problems -- I mean, you don't think that rats would connect dots like that, after all it took a while to set in, but who knows. At least he wasn't lethargic or anything like that (I once had a rat really deteriorate on an antibiotic) and I have seen him drink a good amount, so I'm not that worried about him. Though if the mess continues to be this bad overnight I'll probably give my vet a call whether I should continue it, even if he doesn't seem worse in a way that I'd bring him in to the vet.