My girl Oni will probably lose at least one of her eyes today. One of them is huge and dry and needs to be surgically removed. I know rats don't see well, but I can't help but worry about her not finding her water or food bowl. Will she still be able to climb? Is there a higher risk of her...

Today I realised that one of my rat's eyes was slightly more closed that the other, I've had her for a short period of time so I'm kinda new at this, I don't know if I should worry or not. It has been like this for the whole afternoon.

Hi! My hairless rat suddenly got this hard lump under his eye a few days ago. I separated him from my other rats because he likes to start fights & it gets him hurt too easily. My initial thought is that this is an abscess but it hasn't popped yet. I haven’t seen pics online of an abscess in the...

My poor little 13-week old rattie Rosemary recently got diagnosed with some nasty vestibular disease, the first sign of which was a bulging and glazed eye, which has now seemed to die over time. Her other vestibular disease symptoms seem to be improving with treatment, but I am concerned if it...

Hello just joined this site. I have been taking care of my two rats Squeaks and Echo for a little over a year now. Recently my rat Echo has developed something in her eye that resembles cataracts. But I have no idea what exactly it is can any one tell me from this pic? Her other eye is fine looking.