A special has left...my silly, goofy boy Bean of the many nicknames throughout his life. His life was a hard one. He originally was bought as a feeder rat, but the owner's brother decided to keep him as a pet and their new stud buck so they could breed their own
Something must've happened during that short time. Some type of traumatic event that ended up affecting the rest of his life.
His eye was always porphy but it was only until I got a really good hands-on exam with him that I discovered he had some very funky top incisors...they angled towards each other, and they had a bit of black on them.
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During this time I found him a formerly aggressive and now one-eyed nakie friend...who put up with Bean's antics (he humped everything and everyone, but all in play, NO dominance) and seemed to laugh when Bean tried. Freddy and Bean became besties
Before Freddy's surgery
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I watched those teeth for months for growth and change and nothing happened...then suddenly I noticed that my formerly chubby boy had lost weight, and I checked his mouth again and realized he didn't have his top incisors anymore but the socket where they were was infected...first of many vet visits for my poor Beaner Weiner.
After 2 different rounds of antibiotics, they gassed him down, and discovered a fistula that led into his sinuses and a big chunk of tooth in there!!! No wonder we couldn't get him better!
He was then put on chlorpalm, which didn't work. The infection just wouldn't clear and he was becoming a little congested and snuffly. I took him back to the vet again, asking if we could gas him down to see if there was any more tooth chunks in his sinuses, but unfortunately after the initial exam, my poor Bean totally freaked out...the new vet assistant screamed for my vet and they thought he was having a seizure, but slowly realized he was having a panic attack, so bad he was going blue, so they put him in oxygen and kept him there until I could pick him up. This is when we decided there really wasn't anything more we could do for him. They told me to keep him comfortable until it was time. The vet admin asked me if he still ate and drank...I laughed and said this goofy boy plays and rolls around like an excited puppy and he is a real pig about his lab block mush LOL
This was Bean after his Very Bad Day...happy to be home
Poor Bean just got worse and worse, the antibiotics kept the infection at bay but he became more snuffly. It never affected his spirit and boundless joy in life until the very end. I was sure this boy would never make it to 2 years old, but he did and then some!!
He was chubby and happy, and had the best tuck in the world! He loved to roll on his back and have his tummy tickled...towards the end he just loved to lie on me and get lovin's...he'd sprawl on his side for me to get his belly, give me casual licks of thanks. My beautiful sickly, mucky-eyed Bean. He was like a big stuffed toy or a lovely little dog.
I told him I was going to "crush his head"and he thought that was so funny he bounced
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and rolling on his back to get his tummy tickled...
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Freddy didn't like other rats so once he passed, Bean became friends with everyone
Sadly this month most of them have left us and finally Bean did today. He is back with Freddy, Tess, new friend Laury, and grumpy ol' Miniel.Comforting a sick Galen
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At the bottom of the ratpile with Laury and Tess on top
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Taking care of Tess
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Up at my mom's this weekend with new friends
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Thank you for waiting a week after Tess left us, for giving my heart time to heal a bit before you had to leave as well.
Bean Love.
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