This morning, Witter was pretty grunty, and it seemed to get worse in just the short time I had before I left for work. After some discussion, Abita decided to work at home, and I made the difficult decision to take him to the vet so he could be helped to his final nap. I wanted to get tomorrow morning; sadly, the vet would not be in until mid-morning...so I will leave work early today so that we can take him to the vet tonight.
I know it's the right decision, but it's never the easy one to make. What went into the decision is the fact that these little guys can go downhill very fast--on one of my rat discussion boards, there've been stories of relatively young rats being out for playtime, then dying a few hours later.
I'll get a picture or two before then, then both me and Abita can be there when he starts his last nap.
Posted by Publius at May 25, 2004 10:03 AM