My ratty had surgery on her feet to get those sores off.  They sent what they took off to the lab to get analyzed and they gave her stitches and put a harness thing on her to keep her from biting them.

So I got her back home and she wasn't very happy, but I put a towel in her cage for her so the bedding wouldn't stick to her feet, and she just loved that towel.  She slept under it until I took it out and replaced it with a washcloth.  She's shunning the washcloth.

Her feet were swollen for the first couple days, and then only one was.  It was still swollen on that Friday (she had her surgery monday) so I called the vet, and I took her in.  The vet looked at it and said the infection was deeper than they thought and that I should make her walk around in epsom salt every 12 hours and then clean her foot with some blue solution.  Well I can't do that every 12 hours because I'm either going to bed or rushing out the door to go to class.  I could do it before I went to bed, but I can't do it in the morning so I do it once a day at like 4 or 5.  And she freaks the hell out when I put her in water, and when I tried it the first time, I put about an inch of epsom salt water in her carrying cage and put her in there with the lid on.  She went nuts trying to get out of there and I was afraid she'd hurt herself so I took her out.  So now I soak gauze in it and put it on her foot.  So it's not working and her foot is still huge.

So I'm going to call the vet tomorrow and I have a feeling they're gonna wanna amputate her foot, because that's all that can be done if anything, which I won't be able to afford, so I'll probably have to put her down...

I gotta wake up early tomorrow (earlier than normal I mean) and take my rat to the vet.  I took her Friday because she had a huge lump on her neck.  Also, when I changed her bedding on Wed. I saw that she had sores on her back feet that looked really gross and maybe infected.  I felt really bad because they looked like they'd been there for a while and I hadn't noticed them.  So I went to my parents house for a couple nights and made a vet appointment while I was there, and left Miss Rat at my apartment.  

*warning- icky stuff below, don't read if you're gonna puke please*
When I got back to my apartment (on Friday) I saw that the lump on her neck had broken and she had a flap of skin hanging down and pus on her neck. Ugh, it looked really gross.  So then I took her to the vet and he said it's probably infected and they gave me some antibiotics that I have to give her every 12 hours.  He ALSO said that they will need to get into the things on her feet while she's under anesthesia (wow i spelled that right??) and see what they can do with them.  So THAT'S the reason I have to take her tomorrow at 7am.

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So the first vet visit cost me $50ish for the exam and the medicine.  This next one is gonna be about $360...No idea how that's gonna work out.  At least I just got paid about $200