My little pink white girl my husband named buttercup died today.
I am sooo upset. She escaped her cage when she was only 2 weeks old, unharmed. Then I noticed about 2 weeks later she had a ring going around the base of her tail like someone put a tight rubberband around it. It was only red but not crusty. I took her to the vet and the doc wanted to clean it out to see if there was any foreign material that maybe was in there. The vet tech came in and took her temp and put the thermometer a little to far in her little rectum. Doc cleaned up her tail and couldn't find anything. Two days later I noticed she pooped her insides out. I rushed her back to the vet and the emergency doc on duty was able to put her back together. Poor girl had to be knocked out twice for two surgerys, and she was doing great. She was taking her meds 2x a day along with the steriods in her little butt. She had been off her meds for about 2 weeks (doc only told me 10 days on meds) and she dies. I am soo upset I don't know what when wrong. She was still nursing with mom and eating her pellets and drinking fine. I did have to help her with her poops for three days making sure her stitches didn't come loose. Doc removed stitches after 4th day and plumbing was working great. I know she was a strong little girl and she made it through 2 horrible incidents, but why did she have to go when her body was almost healed? I was so bonded with her, and she let go.
