I need vibes myself, but not for my cats...

I just got a rat, named Amy. I've fallen hopelessly in love with her. About a week after I took her home, she started to sneeze. A few days later, she was trembling, and coughing. I took her to a rat specialist, and she gave me a few antibotics. She said if Amy doesn't stop sneezing, she will most likely have Myco.

Its a respitory(sp?) desease. It never goes away. I'll have to give her antibotics, on and off, for the rest of her life. I really need vibes, guys. I don't want her to have it. It could affect our other rattie, Belle. Please, I'm really scared. Please don't think its silly, I really love Amy.










Please, her sister needs her.

She's praying...

Sorry to hear about Amy. Sending over tons of healing vibes.
I hope the sneezing stops and it's just a phase of adjusting to a new home.

I'm also sending you some healing vibes that Amy gets well soon and that it's nothing serious. Hopefully, it's just allergies or some passing virus or infection.

Get well soon Amy!

I vote for allergies too. I have one bird who started sneezing, and having "snot" drip out his nose. We took him to a specialist - as the sympomts he was having could mean certain death for him and anyone he hangs out with. The one bad thing is that there is not a test for this disease... So we could only rule out what it couldn't be. The last test was for a lung biopsy - that would be expensive (we'd already spent 1300 figuring this out) and it would hurt, and even if the found anything - not sure what they could do. The only other thing that any of us could find (me, because of my internet search was "simple" allergies. My husband and I did alot of reading on the net, and in leading books on the subject (we have a few GREAT avian vet books!) My normal vet was even calling teaching schools all over the country. It came down to two things - wait, and if he gets worse - do the biopsy (still nothing they could do though - but at least we would know) or what and see what happens. The little stinker got better! Then game fall.... allergy season.... my snotty nose Harley was back! So now our feathered child is the only one in the house who can sneeze and slobber and we don't get upset.

Long story for a short meaning: hang in there - it is not necessarily what it seems.

Aww, Sending good vibes to Amy I hope your baby comes through OK. She's a cutie, what a sweet face! We have a rat named Owen but he's a scardy-rat and doesn't much like to come out of his cage! But he's a sweetie just the same.

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Sorry to hear about Amy. Sending over tons of healing vibes.

I hope the sneezing stops and it's just a phase of adjusting to a new home.

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Thanks a bunch, Yayi. I hope so too.