Rat with tumor or infection kinda graphic pics

Interesting stuff. If a women chooses not to breastfeed doesnt the milk just dry up? Or would this not affect humans...?

Definitely effects humans. I was nursing my daughter and my nephew and then he stopped nursing and whammo, mastitis. VERY painful. When a baby is first born and NEVER nurses, it helps to slow down the production of milk, in fact in the beginning it is not milk at all, but colostrum in all mammals. It gives them needed antibodies. Most likely the baby rats, unless pulled as delivered, did nurse some, got the colostrum, then it kick started the mom into making milk. I always pull my litters down to 12, then if I need more only take five more, then another five, then the rest, with a few days in between. Vigorous nursers can also increase the milk production in a female.
*Fila*

Ouch! I don't have kids but imagine that to be extreamly painful! I was removing whole litters after they got to a certain size. I guess now that I know this can happen I'll be removing just a few at a time from a couple of different litters. Even though there's a little extra work involved I'm glad I gave her the chance to stay around. It's a good learning experience though. Learn something new every day.


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Yes, a pretty nasty abscess probably looked alot like the one your rat had but bigger and without the hair :) I tried not to look at it and had hubby keep it cleaned and irrigated. UGH!
*Fila*

Glad to hear it went well, no matter how yucky. :P

Just make sure to clean out all the gook you can on a daily basis. And pick off any scabs that form. If a scab forms, it just seals in the infection, and it starts all over again. You have to keep the wound open for it to heal properly. :)

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Originally Posted by Fila

Definitely effects humans. I was nursing my daughter and my nephew and then he stopped nursing and whammo, mastitis. VERY painful. When a baby is first born and NEVER nurses, it helps to slow down the production of milk, in fact in the beginning it is not milk at all, but colostrum in all mammals. It gives them needed antibodies. Most likely the baby rats, unless pulled as delivered, did nurse some, got the colostrum, then it kick started the mom into making milk. I always pull my litters down to 12, then if I need more only take five more, then another five, then the rest, with a few days in between. Vigorous nursers can also increase the milk production in a female.
*Fila*

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Wow can you say ouch! Sorry you had to go through that.

Hopefully your rat makes a full recovery. I dont really like rodents or vermin but as an animal i still respect them. I guess im gunna have to learn to like them if i wanna breed them someday for my snakes lol!

I know cattle can get it to. Every once in a while we would get a dairy cow get mastitis and have to go through the process of getting her back into rotation.