Velma is a sweet pet rat who lives with Dr. Kathleen. She is friendly, curious and affectionate. But in August, a lump started to grow in her neck. This is never good news. It kept growing and started to interfere with her ability to live her normal happy rat life. So Dr. Kathleen realized that she had to do something. Surgery was an option but anesthesia on rats is always difficult because of their tiny size. And Velma was no longer a young rat which increased the chances of problems. However the lump kept growing and there was no choice but to try to operate and remove it. Our nurses took extra special care to keep Velma warm and dry while she was under anesthesia and Dr. Kathleen performed the surgery. It is always more difficult to do surgery on our own pet, but she performed the delicate tricky surgery very well and Velma woke up fine. A few weeks later, you cannot even tell where the huge lump had been. Velma is back living her happy rat life at home with her rat best friend Daphne.
