Last Weigh in (June 2013)	Today's Weigh In (December 2013)
Sero	8.6 oz	12.2 oz
Atticus	11.4 oz	14.4 oz
Vaux	12.1 oz	15.2 oz
Pip	1 lb 9.3 oz	1 lb 6.2 oz
Beret	13.8 oz	14.2 oz
Molly	9.5 oz	9.6 oz
Nymeria	9.9oz	11.3 oz
Aniston	10.7 oz	14.9 oz
Paisley	11.1 oz	11.3 oz
Scarlett	11.0 oz	12.4 oz
Chelsea	13.8 oz	14.8 oz

Sero- given olive oil bath; minor scratches on body

Atticus- given olive oil bath; minor scratches on body; dry patch/scab on tail appears to be mostly healed

Vaux- given olive oil bath;  minor scratches on body

Pip- exfoliated tail gently (build up under scales); scab on side (appear to be bite wound); no other issues

Beret- some scabs along neck and sides of body other than that, looks good. Wheel tail is still present but does not affect her mobility or balance at all.

Molly- looks good, no issues!

Nymeria- scabs along neck, shoulders, and sides of body- this is typical of Nymeria- they appear more like bite marks

Aniston- lumps have become quite large and are just now starting to hinder her mobility but only slightly as she still walks in the wheel. Increase in weight due to tumor size

Paisley- looks good- cataract in eye still present but doesn't appear to have increased in size by too much, no other issues

Scarlett- left eye has hard lump directly below it, squinting. Flushed it out as best as I could with natural tears eye drops and wiped it gently with a cloth- will continue to monitor and wipe it daily

Chelsea-  marble sized lump on right side (mammary tumor); strange mass on groin area- appears to be like thick, raw skin- has  been there for weeks with no change in appearance or size. Doesn't seem to affect her even when I touch it gently

Chelsea's odd growth. No hole, just an indent in the center.

Treated all the lady rats with ivermectin as they all seem to have scabs- I suspect a mites outbreak.

Scarlett is back in with her cage mates. They seemed pretty happy to see her!

Scarlett managed to open her incision site. It took several attempts with superglue to get it closed up. It barely bled either and didn't appear to be causing her any discomfort- it was just jarring to look at!

Scarlett's mammary tumor was removed today. She did great! Dr Don is truly a wonderful rat vet! I did not have a chance to speak with him prior to the operation so I was not able to request to have her spayed (I was hoping that since the tumor was on her abdomen that he would be able to spay her while she was under and since he was already operating in that area). Her tumor was smaller than Aniston's however I think the lack of hair made it appear larger than it really was. Her post-op instructions are like that of Aniston's- no exercise for a week so she will be staying in a single cage by herself for a bit to ensure that she takes it easy while she heals.

My S.A.V.ed boys (get it? Sero, Atticus, and Vaux...SAVed?) all received olive oil baths to cleanse and to moisturize their skin (less traumatic and just as effective as a water bath). They are so sweet! They were bruxing and boggling away at the attention! The scratches appear to be minor, although some look worse than others. I believe they will heal up very nicely.

Sero had a lot of buck grease and multiple scratches. He also has quite a bit of porphyrin coming from his left eye. He is the smallest of the group.

Atticus's right eye appears odd to me for some reason. At first I suspected he might be odd eyed- as that eye looked more ruby and the other looked more black. It appears after further examination that he is just ruby eyed but the abundance of porphryin in that one eye made it look more reddish than the other. His skin is the least scratched up.

Vaux came in with the most scratches. He is the largest of the group.

They were estimated to be about 3-4 months of age.

Weigh Ins:
Vaux     12.1 oz
Sero     8.6 oz
Atticus 11.4oz


Drained some sebum out of Cicero's cyst. It was last drained June 4th. Didn't have too much sebum in it and I was able to extract it easily, which is good- we are keeping on top of it to prevent it from becoming too painfully impacted.

Scarlett's tumor has grown very little in this amount of time, although we are still going to have it surgically removed.

Emerson, Cicero, Aniston, Molly, and Scarlett look and sound much better this morning. I have not noticed any sneezing. I am certain their porphyrin staining and sneezing yesterday was due to my cleaning of the ceiling fan.

Noticed some porphyrin around Emerson, Cicero, Aniston, and Molly's nose. Scarlett did not have any porphyrin but I did hear her "snoring"- sounded somewhere in between a whistle and a wheeze. I had dusted the ceiling fan that is in the rat room today so I am certain its just a nasal irritation (it even got me sneezing for a bit). Going to continue to monitor everyone. 

Emerson has a small scratch on his right lip, just below the nose. Most likely from getting into a typical squabble with Pip.

Weigh Ins!

	Last weigh in 3/19	Today’s weigh in 6/1	Difference +/-
Emerson	13.2 oz	13.7 oz	+ 0.5 oz
Pip	1 lb 9.1 oz	1 lb. 9.3 oz	+ 0.2 oz
Cicero	1 lb 1 oz	1 lb. 1.3 oz	+ 0.3 oz
Beret	13.8 oz	13.8 oz	no change
Molly	9.0 oz	9.5 oz	+ 0.5 oz
Nymeria	9.4 oz	9.9 oz	+ 0.5 oz
Aniston	10.1 oz	10.7 oz	+ 0.6 oz
Paisley	11.1 oz	11.1 oz	no change
Scarlett	10.9 oz	11.0 oz	+ 0.1 oz
Chelsea	14.0 oz	13.8 oz	- 0.2 oz

 
Weights look good, little to no change in 14 days. Diet has remained about the same.

Weigh ins!
Emerson: 13.2 oz
Pip: 1 lb 9.1 oz
Cicero: 1 lb 1 oz
Beret: 13.8 oz
Molly: 9.0 oz
Nymeria: 9.4 oz
Aniston: 10.1 oz
Paisley: 11.1 oz
Scarlett: 10.9 oz
Chelsea: 14.0 oz

Discovered a lump on Scarlett's belly, just above her right hind leg. Classic location for a mammary tumor. Making plans to have it removed and see if Dr Don can perform a spay while he is in removing the lump. For now, we are going to keep an eye on it.

Treated all rats, with the exception of Nymeria, with their last dose of ivermectin, even if a few days late. No noisy breathing detected from Cicero lately!