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JesB
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« on: November 21, 2008, 12:36:48 PM »
Blah ... My dog is a brat ... but then ... so are my rats.  They tease her till she lunges at the cage, and at times, they bite her ... but I think this time the dog got the rat.

Her foot is a litttttle itttty bit blue and swollen ... but she's walking on it ..

I moved them out of the cage and into a tank again, so she doesn't have much option of running and climbing.  But she's already climbing on the water bottle.  It doesn't seem to hurt, since she didn't react when I was fiddling with it to look at it. 

Is there anything else I can do for her?  I don't think anything is broken, since she isn't favoring it when walking or anything.
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« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2008, 02:54:36 PM »
Awwww, perhaps train the dog to stay away from the cage?  A squirt with a water gun should help, or throwing a can with a few pennies trapped inside would do it too.   As for the swollen foot, I'd recommend a few days of metacam or children's ibuprophen (anywhere from 2 - 5 drops, depending on the weight of your rat).
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« Reply #2 on: Today at 02:23:26 PM »
Hmm ... I think we probably have childrens aspirin ... I dunno about Ibuprofen ... and she's small ... so I'd go with the 2 ... hehe
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« Reply #3 on: Today at 05:22:49 PM »
we do have childrens ibuprofen ... and I'll start her on that tonight    thanks for the info ... and yes ... I'm going to start working on getting the dog to stop ... I've got a couple things to try
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