Well Ellie is gone <\3
We took her and Lucy in to the vet and the vet said that from watching her, it’s obvious that Ellie can’t eat at all. She can break up the food but she isn’t able to swallow it so even if we tried to put her on some medication to reduce the tumor size, she would probably be starving slowly which is not what I want for her. I could have force fed her with a syringe and probably kept her alive for a couple more weeks but I think that would have been selfish and cruel of me. She just looked so miserable and out of it- I think it was the right decision to put her to sleep. She went peacefully and doesn’t have to suffer anymore.
Lucy also got some eye drops because she has had a lot of discharge in one of her eyes these last few days so it wasn’t all bad news. She charmed all the vet techs with her hilarious personality as usual :P
I really want to thank everyone for your support- it’s meant so much to me to have people here that care about her and are here for me.
As sad as it is to see her go when everything happened so suddenly, I’m relieved that she isn’t in pain or confused anymore. She was just circling around the igloo last night and it broke my heart.
Their short lives is definitely the worst part about owning rats but they give so much in their short time here. Ellie was a cuddly charming chubby girl and I’m so glad I got to love and spoil her. Rest in peace Ellie belly