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So my Rattie boy Crackers has had a rough couple of weeks, his best friend/brother Dave crossed the rainbow bridge unexpectedly just over a week ago...I know depression can set in VERY hard for rats when they lose their companion. So we've been giving him extra love and attention and treats and...

One of my new boys got scared by the vacuum, darted around and must have bumped his face. No open wound but it's swollen and a bit red in one spot :( I read I can possibly give him acetaminophen?

To preface, a little information on our mischief: We have four boys who we acquired in two pairs. Merry and Pippin and Moose and Goose. Merry and Pippin have no official estimated birth date as they were just unwanted babies that someone dropped off at my local pet store in early February. The...

Hi everyone! I woke up this morning and went to check on my rats, and I noticed that my rat Thistle has what looks like a hurt toe. It doesn't seem to be bothering him because he’s walking and grabbing on to things fine. Even when I touch it he doesn’t seem to be in pain. I can’t tell if it’s...

Hi there! Sorry for the blurry photo, my girlies never slow down enough for a proper photo shoot. This is my rat Buffy whom I bought about a month and a half ago. When I first came home with her, I realized she had no toes on her back right foot/paw/claw!! She does have a vet appointment in...

Hello, So I have 2x 14-weeks old boy and 1x 8-week old boy and done introduction between them using the carrier method. All seemed to be going well, they slept, ate together and groomed one another so I opted to put them into the cleaned big cage (it has 2 storey's but I limited them to the...

I think my little Bean has injured either he paw or leg. I noticed when I gave them this fruit kebab and she wasn’t using this paw at all. It kind of looks like she’s keeping her elbow in close to her body too which make me wonder if it’s actually her leg. She’s moving around the cage fine on 3...

Two of my girls got into a fight and my older girl got a bad injury on the side of her body. She looks like she’s in pain idk what to do. Should I call the vet for stitches? Should I bandage her injury ? I’m going to separate her from the others but I really don’t know what else to do Here’s a...

My daughters rat has a cut/scratch of some sort on her tail and seems to be a little less active than usual. No other marks or issues other than not being as active.

Hi! This is sushi, she is about 8 weeks old she has been doing well and recently I discovered she isn't using her back right leg I will put a video link in, please tell me what you all think it is, as well as what I can do to help I believe it's sprained but I wanted more opinions on it...

Hi I'm just a funky lil guy and my rat is my best friend. I'm boring but I love to talk about my girls- but forewarning for my info dump, I talk about rat injury and death a bit (and uh malpractice, too) but I try not to be too graphic or sad. I got both of my lovely girls for $3 each as feeder...

Our rat big Bertha gave berth about 3 weeks ago to 11 babies and they are all healthy. Recently however, one rat got singled out by about 5 or 6 other babies and they ate her ear and left a pretty big injury on the head by the ear. I have wrapped it up and attempted to sterilize but I have no...

Hey rat lovers! About 20 minutes ago, my rat, Bosworth, jumped from someplace inside the cage and hit his tail on something. He was squeaking and chasing his tail for a few seconds but now he is fine. It looks like he scratched the tip of his tail and is bleeding but there is not active flow of...

My pet rat opal has a deep laceration where his leg and groin meets, the muscle bid visible and he will not stop picking at it despite us putting a cone on him and trying a good ol' fashioned sock, he somehow shimmies out of it. Vet just cleaned it and sent him home with no stitches. I asked why...

Hello! I could really use some advice on this, because it’s honestly stumping me. My rat (male, approximately a year old) has been having problems with his legs. In October, his front left paw was swollen and he wouldn’t put weight on it. We scheduled a vet appt. It started looking a bit better...