Update on Min

This is an update on Min and what the vet told me yesterday.

The tumors are, in fact, tumors and they are most likely benign. I could have an "easy surgery" to have them removed, but the surgery, boarding, feeding, medicine, etc will cost 350$; 275$ more than I expected to be paying (I was unaware that I would be paying for boarding/a hospital stay).

The tumors are painless and won't actually harm Min - except for making it difficult for her to move around (because of their position, this could become a problem very quickly). They'll continue to grow unless removed, eventually leading to Min being unable to move around without difficulty - which would then lead to euthanasia.

I did some more research (I'm getting good at this!) and apparently rats rarely live passed 3 years - and that's if they're actually bred well. Since Min came from PetSmart, I highly doubt that she'd live very long even with surgery anyway.

This is a hard decision, and I'm going to be figuring things out over the next week. Cost-benefit analysis doesn't work so well when it's your pet's life on the line, though :/