What can I do to get rid of my rats tumor

My rat has a tumor on her armpit. At first is was really small, hardly noticable, but now it's getting bigger. It doesn't seem to bother her, she doesn't chew on it or dig at it or anything, she doesn't seem to even notice it. I heard that if I take her to the vet and get it removed that the stuff they use to put her to sleep would kill her because rats are so small. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You need to take her to the vet and get it checked out. It sounds like a mamary tumor which can be removed.

I have had two mamary tumors removed off of my rats. Each surgery was a success. The rat pulled through with no problems.

The most important thing is to get her to the vet right away, the larger it gets the harder it is to remove and the more dangerous. It will eventually get to a point where it will no longer be operable. Rats tumors grow fast and in a matter of a week or so it could be too late.

If you choose not to treat(which I did once, the tumor was internal and the rat was over 2.5.) you will need to put her to sleep when she starts to get lethargic and not enjoying life anymore. My rat with the inoperable tumor lasted a few more weeks before she was pts. In the end putting her to sleep would be your only option, dying naturally of a mamary tumor is very painful. The tumor pulls the nutrients from the body and the rat will lose weight, stop eating etc.

The great thing is that tumor removal on rats has a good success rate. Find a vet that has done small animal surgery before, and is knowlegable. Call right away before it is too large and you then have no choice.