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Skin Tumour .. Gone!

Ippo456 — Sun, 16 May 2010 04:56:22 +0000

Earlier this year, I noticed that Joy had something that looked like an abscess on her tummy. After conservatively treating the area with antibiotic & Hydrogen Peroxide, the lump wouldn’t go away. So on the 19th of April morning, Joy went in for a surgery to have it removed. The procedure wasn’t too life threatening because it was the surface of Joy’s skin that was being operated on. The surgery was a success; Joy bounced back fast & managed not to chew on the stitches. The vet explained that operating on such a small creature requires some improvisation. For the Oxygen mask, he had to cut the tip of a small syringe; the cut syringe tip was placed over Joy’s face, secured with a small piece of latex cut from a latex glove. I think it would’ve been neat if I could have watched the operation

Joy went home later that afternoon & acted as if she didn’t have the surgery at all. 2 weeks later, she returned to the clinic to have her stitches removed. Today, she is herself and is tumour free!!!!

I know Joy has no fur on her chest & on her belly, I think that’s because she constantly pees on the wheel & her chest & tummy rub against the wheel. At least she looks much better now than she did a month ago.

Sharing

Ippo456 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:07:16 +0000

Not!

Seems like there’s 1 girly who is always hogging the food bowl. I don’t want to get them a bigger food bowl because they’ll just end up pooping inside the food bowl 0_o

Still Too Small?

Ippo456 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:09:06 +0000

The Robo girlies sure do loooovveee their wheel! This is them even with a larger wheel ..

And I’m glad they can share without having to fight

Too Small!

Ippo456 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:40:09 +0000

This is what happens when you put a small wheel in the robos’ cage:

“Heeeyy! You’re stepping on my face!”

Good thing it was only temporary