Padme's Foot Infection

Hello again,

We wanted to inform you about Padme's foot infection. It occurred in April, but it is pretty significant.

We were about to get the girl rats out for their free roam, but when Andy picked Padme up he felt something unsual. He checked her over and saw her foot was really swollen and really dry. We completely panicked as we had never seen anything quite like it.

Padme was struggling to walk, so the first thing we did was prepare an emergency cage for her. Padme is a manx (tailless) rat, so she already struggled with her balancing - so with a sore foot as well, we felt she was at a real risk of falling. We knew the girls wouldn't like not being able to climb however it was necessary in this situation. 

Padme went to the vets and we were told she had a foot infection. She was given antibiotics, an injection and some savlon to help with the irritated skin.
She was very brave at the vets. Surprisingly, she didn't even flinch when having the injection.

When she was back home and resting, Leia was comforting her. Padme did very well taking her medication, within a matter of days her foot was more or less back to normal. By a week her foot had fully healed, so we were able to put them back into their usual cage.
The girls were really happy to go back into their normal cage. In fact, the first thing they did was start climbing again.

Padme has been in great health ever since and has had no further problems with her foot.

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