More Tumors!! :,(

Well I've been suspecting for a few weeks now that my old lady Dee has a tumor. I found the lump a while ago and I've been monitoring it. We'll I went to check on her today and she now has 2 lumps next too each other :(. She's got a chronic URI that I don't think would make her a candidate for surgery. She was Sandy's sister so that gives you an estimate on age (around 2.5 now). Also she has HED, so I don't think it would be good for her to have surgery and be dragging around the incision site on the ground :/. Breaks my heart that I've seen so many tumors lately. I went through several rats (both boys and girls) and NEVER had a single tumor, now I'm getting hit with them left and right! *sigh*

To me, this is the hardest part about owning rats, their lifespan is just too short. You spend 2ish amazing years with them and they start to age. Once they start showing signs of aging, I notice it happens fast- almost overnight it seems. After that it just becomes almost like hospice care, just keeping them comfortable and as happy as possible until its their time. Sometimes they will decide, and sometimes you have to make the choice for them--both options suck.

They've also been upping my hours at work (hell on the body, good on the bank account!) and I have to be up at 6 am so I should probably head to bed. Just wanted to give you all a quick update!

Same old..and Prayers to Boston and Texas folks!

As always, I seem to get caught up with life and forget about this blog. I also haven't made any videos for a while- mostly because I've been caught up with everything going on in Boston! I've never been so glued to my t.v. as I have been lately. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved in this horrible tragedy, as well as with everyone down in Texas! So much sadness and pointless deaths happening in our country lately :( .

As for the rats- everyone is doing ok. I think Dee has a tumor starting though- go figure! I have had several rats in the past...but this particular group seems to be FULL of tumors :( Makes me sad. Dee's hind end weakness is getting worse- her back feet have started to club a bit- especially when she's just laying around or resting. Breaks my heart to see a rat like that. They're generally such lively creatures (especially girlies) that when you see them struggling to walk--it really saddens my heart.

Tomorrow I'm filming some videos so I have them done-that way I'm not so behind the times! I also was having a lot of issues with my internet- our cable company was out here 3 times in a week- all seems to be better there though- thank god! I was getting so frustrated with how crappy our internet was. It took HOURS and HOURS to upload a video!

But anyway, thats all for now folks- its late and I need to get to bed.

Daily Boggles:

• This crap in Boston makes me so sad- even though I'm not from there and have never been there just seeing everything on t.v. makes my heart ache for those people. Same with the people in Texas--just makes me so sad. My prayers are with those involved.
• I've decided to start reading more again. I miss reading..takes you somewhere new when you need to mentally take a vacation.
• I may be joining a paranormal investigation team in my area- will be really cool to have that kind of experience- especially since it's something that has interested me for a long time!

Im a terrible blogger

Man I'm such a horrible blogger. I never think to update this blog at all, but I'm going to continue to try and remember to work on it though! Life just gets in the way sometimes! Been working, spending time with loved ones, and also been having a lot of issues with my internet. The people came and worked on our internet though and it seems to be working a bit better now- so hopefully that'll continue. On with the rest of the blog though
 
I still miss my girl Sandy a lot, I had such a bond with her while I was taking care of her..that's the thing with sick rats- you form a stronger bond with them because you're constantly caring for them. Dee seems to still be ok..her hind end degeneration seems to be progressing some though. I hate hind end weakness/degeneration it makes them so weak. It isn't painful for her but it just makes them look so old and feeble-more then they actually are I'm sure.

My newest video on youtube is about rats hoarding food and I got some cute video of Pixie stuff food in her face and hiding it..lol...the video will go live tomorrow and I'll post it here then.

I'm gonna head off here for now, but I'm gonna do my best to keep updating!! Thanks for my few readers that I have and please leave me some comments, or even video requests here too! :)