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  1. Rat Health
    Okay so here is the rundown… Intro: Peaches is a hairless rat. She is about 8 months to 1 year old and she has recently started showing a few abnormal symptoms that she’s never shown before. Be aware, Peaches was never a very social rat, she enjoyed my company but preferred to be alone and not...
  2. Rat Health
    Hi all I’m a first time rat owner and in dire need of advice on this issue! My 1 year old male rat has suddenly started acting lethargic and is barely moving. I don’t really know what to look for or what could be other indications of his underlying issue. There’s been no changes in his...
  3. General Rat Topics
    Need emergency advice on how to locate a pet rat that's gotten loose. I have the cats locked up but I don't know where she [rat] is to begin with and she can also fit under doors. Please spare me judgement until Kitschy is located. Rat has been located.
  4. Rat Homes
    Rattie (-4 months old) escaped and it might be because the bar spacing is close to an inch. Is there something I can do aside from purchasing a different cage?
  5. Rat Health
    Hey I have 2 male rats currently and my 1 year old has broke his top incisor twice now the same one both times and my younger one broke his top incisor for the first time I have no idea how it happened and I was wondering what I can do to keep it from happening again and what could possibly make...
  6. Rat Health
    Help! I was in the shower and came out to my bf saying her eye was red. I took a closer look and it looks like her eye is popping out. I just got this baby girl and I am completely freaking out. I’ve never had an issue like this and I kinda feel like he’s been hurting my animals as I’ve never...
  7. Rat Health
    My rat Violet suddenly had a cloudy eye and it looked slightly bigger than the other but not noticeable. I gave her some children’s motrin hoping the swelling would go down but now it looks worse and very bloody. What can i do?? How long can i give her childrens motrin? Can i use eye drops to...
  8. Rat Health
    My girl Nana is limping right now. She's a little over a year old. She isn't using her back right foot, I noticed it yesterday evening, she was doing fine before It was a little swollen yesterday but when I looked at it today the swelling had gone down a lot I thought it might be a sprain and...
  9. Rat Health
    So my rat Cinnabon got a tumor a couple months ago. I noticed it around November. I took her to the vet and I was told that she can live with it for a few months until it bothers her a lot. I’m pretty sure it’s benign. The surgery is expensive and risky. It’s been around two months since her vet...
  10. Rat Health
    I have had Tater for 1.4 years now, and he is 1 and a half. He and his brothers are the light of my life. He was being treated for an URI and I decided to also use Ivermectin as he had been itching a lot. He has taken this medicine at least 6 other times. I noticed he wasn't moving from his bed...
  11. Rat Health
    I just need advice on what to do panic or not really my littlest of the bunch was in her pen sneezing alot so I peeked in to look and her nose was covered in blood i freaked and quickly gathered her up went to the bathroom and was shocked to see her tooth pointing side ways after carefully...
  12. Rat Health
    New video by Emileee Dp Please view the above link! My baby her name is Nibbles, she is having fast and labored breathing and isn't as active This is a link to a video of Nibbles breathing can someone please help me identify what this is I know its a respiratory issue she keeps sneezing I am...
  13. Rat Health
    Her gross, necrotic abscess opened last night. I cleaned it with a warm washcloth and used a syringe with saline to clean it out. I posted this same picture on reddit, and someone made me feel really awful, telling me to take her straight to the emergency vet or she was going to die. She's on...
  14. Rat Health
    My 2 year old pet rat, Mori, had surgery on a very large mammary tumor by her genital area removed four days ago. On day two of healing, I noticed one of her stitches (incisions?) Was turning black. I took her into the vet urgent care and he said we had caught the infection early and gave us...
  15. Rat Health
    long story short. My daughter...who does not live with me had 2 boy rats. I have rats at home myself but healthy fat girls one even being a litter mate. I came for a visit today and this morning one of them was dead. The other one is skin and bones. Where as the one that died was not. It is...
  16. Rat Health
    My precious boy Odin ate some gum that I had left out on my shelf is he going to die or get sick ?
  17. Rat Health
    Hi all! My two and a half year old rat, Jadzia, just recently fell ill with what I think is likely a respiratory infection. Although she has had it for a little while, and I started her on some supplements, which seemed to help for a while, all of a sudden she got worse. I woke up two days ago...
  18. Rat Health
    Hi everyone. I took my rat to the vet last night after an incident but the vet did not have a clear idea of what had happened. Please read this, and if your rat has had similar symptoms and you have any other information that you think could help me or that I could pass along to my vet, please...
  19. Rat Health
    So my baby is almost three years old now, and we booked an appointment for tomorrow at the vet for a possible malocclusion. She’s on a soft / wet foods diet right now. I personally don’t like this vet but it’s one out of two options and the other vet gave previous (otherwise mostly fine) pets...
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