paralyzed and swollen feet

Question
My daughter's 2.5 year old female is not doing well.  Background - she has a mamory tumor about the size of a quails egg that has not really been bothering her (her sister had one too and we knew when it was time to put her down) but over the weekend (of course, while I was out of town)my daughter found her in the late morning in her cage (one story) unable to move her back legs.  She did not eat or drink all day.  She did have a BM but it was green?  My husband actually thought she would not make it through the night and they just kept her near them or on them for comfort until bedtime.  Today, my husband said she seems "better" although she is lethargic and still paralyzed.  One of her feet is "culing" and both are quite swollen.  I was able to feed her some cottage cheese and then she wanted some popcorn I was eating so I let her have a few pieces.  I offered her some water and she drank for about three minutes straight.   I have been holding her for a coule of hours and no BM or urine.  Oh, and my daughter said she had blood coming from her nose and eyes yesterday.  I asked if she was sure it was sure it was blood and she said yes.  We are aware of the mucous from the resp. thing and she said she feels sure it was blood?  I am thinking a stroke?  But the swollen feet are kind of strange.  It's Sunday, so I can't get herto the vet until tomorrow but wondered if you have any thoughts.  Thanks, Krysti

Answer
Please let me know what the situation is now.  I am so sorry I just now got to this. I have been sick myself with food poisoning and other issues and have been trying to get to these questions as much as I can....  I am hoping things are not worse.

The swelling tells me she has some type of inflammation but the fact she is unable to move PLUS has swelling indicates some type of circulation problem. She may have thrown a clot.

I will wait to hear from you today.

The "blood" your daughter was was NOT blood, it is called porphyrin.  Please refer to my website, sandyscrittercity.com and refer to the page "bloody eyes and nose" to learn more about it, but it is not related to the respiratory tract. It is produced during times of stress from illness or pain and fear.

Stroke is a good possibility, but again, the swelling tells me a blockage of some sort.

Also, next time your rats have a mammary tumor, there is no need to put them down. They can be easily removed by a qualified vet.  If you need one, please let me know.  Many vets claim they treat rats but half of them guess their way through and lets just say that 7 out of 10 vets are totally clueless when they treat rats and cause more harm than good.  Thats some scary stats to be honest, but very  accurate and sadly true. I have had more vets than I can count admit this and also admit that an avid rat keeper knows more about rat care than 80% of the vets out there. Some claim to have "special interests" in exotic companion mammals and there are only 130 Vets in the world that are certified avian/exotic vets, which means the chance of our rats having a certified exotic vet seeing our rats are, well, low.  I have a database that I can use to locate vets that know what they are doing with rats so again, if you want me to give you names, I will be happy to help.