My Beautiful Blue...

Today I took my beautiful Blue in for surgery. He had developed a fast growing tumor inside his left cheek. I had taken him in for debulking on two occasions, but it was growing so fast, that it would need debulking every 7-10 days. Since this wasn't a viable option, I decided to have the vet remove the entire tumor from both the inside and outside of his mouth. He did well through the surgery and woke up fine. Unfortunately, about an hour later he stopped breathing and the vet couldn't resuscitate him...

He was an extremely special rat, and his death was terribly hard on not only me, but also on Benny who was completely bonded to him...

And so, in tribute to my beautiful boy, Blue - RIP - you will be greatly missed...