Oh wow thankyou SO much everyone, it makes me so happy to know that Cherimoya and I are in all your thoughts. Not quite as happy, however, as it makes me to be able to say she is doing well today!     

I was getting up throughout the night to feed her and also give her pain medication and it is SO stressful geting up, creeping to the cage, hoping that she's still breathing...  then the HUGE sigh of relief when she is! She will have one heck of a scar on her belly but I'm hoping that apart from that she will eventually get back to at least how she was before, if not even better.

Thankyou again everyone, it really means a lot to me! 

Hi Freedom,

The boys and I will keep our fingers crossed for Cherimoya ... I hope she's back to her normal self again soon.  She's lucky to have you!


xoxo
Michaela

Oh Miss G I love it - rat reiki!  How adorable! Is there anywhere specific I should target, in order to work on the reproductive organs (and obviously the skin and muscle, since there was a big hole sliced in that!)? I'm a total reiki novice but really anything that might help ease her pain is fine by me! It can't be pleasant having an enormous gash up your belly, especially when no one can fully explain to you why. To answer your question, her mobility has picked up today but I think she's still getting over the anaesthesia from yesterday.

She's making little sniffy noises, which I'm going to take as a thankyou to you and everyone else for your kindness!

Hi Michaela, I can just picture Natty and Pippin with their little tiny ratty fingers crossed. Give them both a tickle from me, and thankyou for your concern!

Jen-M, I love what you said about trust, love and bonding - I think with animals, especially those who are confined to a cage for any amount of time, this comes about naturally because they are essentially completely dependent on you for survival. Now Cherimoya just needs me even more! I think it's a good thing everyone here isn't a rat, because I don't think my Mum would want you all in my bedroom, lol!

man, you are going to make the best vet.  Sometimes when I see a loved one in pain I put myself in their position (to the best of my abilities), and I do what I feel like would bring me the most comfort if I were in their shoes (or paws).  I also do that when I have a crush on someone, and I want their attention  ^ _ ^  Not everyone is the same, but how else to grow with stability then to build upon what you already know?  That's what I think anyway.  =)

Okay, here's today's update (especially for Trace - sorry to hear about the mice! :-(

Cherimoya is still not eating solid foods, or even GS, by herself - I'm feeding it to her through the syringe still. But she is really starting to perk up. Her eyes and ears are still very lacking in colour, due to the blood loss, but they are slowly getting pinker - I keep comparing them to my little boy Willow, who is also white with pink eyes, to see how she's going. She pretty much just spends all her time sound asleep inside her little plastic castle, or curled up in my lap. I guess it is pretty exhausting trying to regenerate that much blood - pity she couldn't have a transfusion, lol!  They do them for dogs and cats but not rats. She always gives a little squeak now when I open the cage door and yesterday afternoon she actually got up and came out of the castle by herself 
The scar on her belly seems to be healing, I detected a bit of a smell on Monday so I put some antiseptic on it - the last thing she needs is an infection in there! She isn't picking at it or anything though, which is good. All in all, everything seems to be going really well!

Thanks again everyone!
Freedom 

P.S I'll get a piccie of her later on for you all!

Thanks Freedom great to hear Cherimoya is doing much better now. How can she not with such a loving 'mummy' to look after her.

Miss G I love that 'rat reiki'. The power of touch and loving healing thoughts would definately help.

I truly hope she shows some real improvement soon.

Love & Hugs
Tracey

Yay!  Way to go Cherimoya ... what a little trouper!   


xoxo
Michaela

Very cute!

Thanks for sharing, Freedom!