Urgent!!!!! Any rat owners about???

[chickensaresafehere]

I had 2 rescue rats,had them for a year so not sure of age.
One rat deteriorated rapidly last week & was pts on Sunday ☹️ up until then his cagemate was fine (has always been a sneezy rat,but had loxicom for bad episodes of sneezing,which always helped),but on Monday he started sneezing & wheezing a lot. Took him to the vets yesterday & was given septrin,struggled to get him to take his first dose. Still wheezing & it seems like an effort to breathe.
I've come down this morning & he's stopped eating & looks really miserable. Had to hold him & syringe septrin in to him (which was horrible).
It's upsetting to see him struggling so much & I don't know what to do ☹️ is it time to pts too?

[lljkk]

How old is he?
I learnt the hard way not to do heroic measures with ratties. Not fair on anybody.

[chickensaresafehere]

Not sure,when I rescued them they were fully grown & I've had them a year,so could be 2 plus.

[lljkk]

gotcha, sorry, didn't read your OP properly.
There's no real winner here, but whatever knocked the first one out is probably at work. I think I would hold out if I were you, but there's no great choice here.

[chickensaresafehere]

He's currently snuggled up with me on the sofa. He's definitely missing his mate. Just hoping the septrin kicks in soon. It's horrible hearing him struggling ☹️

[lljkk]

any better? xx

[chickensaresafehere]

Hey lljkk . Not as much of an improvement as I would have hoped for this morning. He's still very wheezy & just wants to sit with me snuggled up.I put a warm wheat bag in his cage last night & he was happy to snuggle up on that.But the bit that's worrying me is that he didn't eat yesterday (even treat food) & doesn't seem interested this morning either.He's definitely pining for his mate.
I have rang the vets & asked to speak to the small animal vet (that I have seen before with my boys) to ask her advice.
But I'm not feeling optimistic

[lljkk]

We had one I force fed oil to... sort of, syringed it in, anyway. She perked up a huge amount for a few days. She cuddled with DS her last few nights, was a good way to see her off.

Hope yours recovers. x

[chickensaresafehere]

He had to be pts yesterday 😢
I'm so sad,he was a wonderful rattie,such a gorgeous personality & so affectionate,

[fortifiedwithtea]

Sorry for your loss.

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

It is a tough decision, even when it's the right one , it still difficult.

Bye Bye little rattie with your little rat feet (I love their paws) and long rat tail.

[boolala12]

Oh I'm so sorry 

[chickensaresafehere]

Thank you x

[PhannyMcNee]

Oh I'm so sorry, we had of our girl ratty babies pts today. It's horrid