Rat tumour?

Question

i have a pet rat, her name is myrtle. shes about 2 years old.

we recently found out she has a tumour under her upper left arm. we took her to a normal vet and they conformed it had a tumour, but he wouldent do the surgery becuase he wasent very educated on rats.

he gave us another vets number and wants us to go there. but my mom doesent really want to becuase she only has about another year left and that surgery could kill her.

what should i do?

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Answer 1

I am so sorry. (I have four pet rats) I think you should see how much pain she is in. sometimes they develope so slowly that the rat dies of age before the tummer and have no trouble at all with the it. But if she is in pain get the surgery. She is a living creature and people and animals are no different. Would you like to put down or have a surgery. All living creatures are the same you just have to look past the skin.