both chris and the vet were surprised when i told them that two dramamine pills didn't put a dent in zoey's car-riding ability. so now we get to try something stronger.
yesterday, i read that ridilin given to juvenile rats causes them to be depressed when they get older. how can you tell a rat is depressed? and! isn't is possible that as it gets older it realizes it's a rat and that's why it's depressed? and! who's to say a young rat has trouble paying attention and needs ridilin in the first place? i'm not any kind of expert in rats (unless you take my dating history into account ... then i guess i have some rodent experience), but do they really have so much going on that they have trouble prioritizing? it's a good thing i'm not a scientist.
you're probably saying: if you had a rat'>http://rats.atlantispetsupply.com/shop_rat.php3">rat as a pet, you might understand. good point. however, i've had zoey for three years and i still don't understand her. (granted, she's not a rat.) my diagnosis? she's off her head. the vet's diagnosis? she has a lot of anxiety.
i decided to go with the vet on this one and picked up a prescription for alprazohlam [al-PRAZ-oh-lam] (a.k.a, xanax or valium) this afternoon. if the size of a pill has any relation to its strength, zoey will need to take all five pills for just the trip up ... each one is equal in diameter to the non-writing end of a standard BIC pen. fortunately, it will be easy to hide in egg salad ... unless it smells funny.
possible side effects? [aaron, don't read this part.] aggression and hyperactivity.
i'm hoping it just does what it's supposed to do and makes her clumsy so she doesn't stand up for all eight hours.
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