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  1. Rat Health
    hello!! i have two girls, Patroclus (1 year, 10 months) and Thetis (1 year, 6 months). today i took them out of the cage to play with them a little bit and noticed Patroclus's fur on her back (more near her hind quarters) seemed to be less thick. i'm not sure if her fur is thinning or falling...
  2. Rat Health
    Hey! I currently have 6 boys, all the sweetest little things. I lost my oldest last month due to a bad URI flair-up, I was able to get my other boy who had a flair-up through the healing process. I’m currently doing heard treatment with doxycycline and trimethoprim, and had them on baytil in the...
  3. Rat Health
    I just got back from the vet, my girl has a lump in her armpit and the vet did a test and said “it’s either a granuloma or a weird mammary tumor” and we’re treating it as the former just in case as surgery is a last resort, and a pathologist would cost a few hundred with the potential of no...
  4. Rat Health
    I have a rat that is 3 years old, she has always been the one to be active, even as of 2 months ago. Out of no where, she developed an abscess on her side. I’ve had 11 rats and tumours are quite common in senior rats. Pro tip: See if the tumour is able to move, as in they are not stuck in one...
  5. Rat Health
    It's been a hot second since I've posted here. I've done my research on things myself but I'm having trouble finding anything useful. Hopefully, someone can help. I currently have 3 rats ( Velma 2 years, 5 months. Bonnibel 1 year, 4 months. Dannie 1 year, 1 month) My sick rat's name is Dannie...
  6. Rat Health
    hear me out I am fully aware rats don't get their periods... but there is red secretion from my rats private area. not like the normal red secretion when stressed or sick that comes from their nose or eyes. but a bright red more like this emoji ❤️ I fed her strawberries 2 days ago this has never...
  7. Rat Behavior
    I'm a first time rat owner and have only had my rats for about a week. I bought three baby girls from a trusted local breeder, Angelica, Eliza and Peggy. I had them all picked out and named before I got them, and unfortunately, the original Peggy died before I got her, but the breeder allowed me...
  8. Rat Health
    Hi, my rat stole a small bite of hamburger that had a blue cheese sauce on it (probably about the size of a pistachio with the shell still on), is he gonna be ok? I've been nonstop watching him for the past hour terrified he's gonna get really sick. Thank you!
  9. Rat Health
    This is my brothers rat, he woke up this morning and the rat on the right (Rizzo) has lost significant amount of fur on her head and being her ears. Is this aggression?? His rats do seem to be fighting more aggressively today. Or could it be a skin condition of some kind? Or possibly stress? My...
  10. Rat Health
    Hey Guys, I just joined this rat forum I found and I am a first time rat owner. My rat is about 2 years old and his bottom teeth have separated and are short, is this normal for his age? He doesn’t seem to be able to eat hard foods like his dry food, any advice on foods I can leave out for...
  11. Rat Health
    Me and my brother each have a pair of rats, mine just smell like rat pee, however very recently my brother's rats (or at least their pee) have started smelling really sweet (they smell kinda like maple syrup). My first thought was diabetes, I did a bit of research and maple syrup urine disorder...
  12. Rat Health
    My rat, Fergus, he’s around a year and a half, came from a not so great breeding situation. As time has gone on all of my rats have had breathing issues, they’re all on medicine and regularly see a specialised exotic vet. One of my rats passed away as the breathing issues became to much and he...
  13. Rat Health
    Hi my 1.6yrs old Nini just had white discharge and vet told she has pyometra after doing an ultrasound. He gave Bayrocin tablet for her, but she isn't eating just drinking water and not walking properly or grooming herself nor is she active. Pls advice what I should do 😔
  14. Rat Health
    Hi! I recently got 2 seven week old girl rats, and for the first couple days they were fine, but they have started to sneeze a lot. however, when left alone for a long enough amount of time, the sneezing will lessen by a lot. Is it possible they are sneezing because they are streesed? If they...
  15. Rat Health
    My rats, mainly Gerard, have been sneezing and they have been breathing a bit funny. Should I get them checked out or are they fine? I'm quite worried.
  16. Rat Health
    Noticed a palpable mass on her left side, descending down to her stomach. Sort of sticks out. Doesn’t feel squishy like mammary tumor. She was spayed 9 months ago and always felt like she had scar tissue in abd after. She is approximately 18-19months old, nearing 2 years. Still eating and...
  17. Rat Health
    The lump is movable, but solid. I'm a first time rat owner, so I don't know what it is. Google said it could be a tumor, so if it is I just wanna know what to do. My rat is about 18 months old, and I don't have enough money to afford anything to get it fixed. The lump is relatively small, so she...
  18. Rat Health
    My boy Moon has been slowly losing hair for a bit, he’s getting older so I thought maybe it had to do with that so I didn’t look too far into it. Earlier tonight though, I took a closer look and noticed many mites/lice/little parasites in his fur. They’re very small, cylindrical and...
  19. Rat Health
    Hello everyone, I'm new here, I just found this site while trying to find an answer regarding my rat on Google, so I'm sorry if I don't format this properly or anything like that but I am freaking out a little 😓 One of my rats, she's a dumbo hairless and 14 months old, has had this little bump...
  20. New Member Introductions
    I’ve recently noticed that one of my rats eyes has been a little bigger, but didnt think much of it, and decided to keep a close watch on it. Just now, I saw it bulge really big, and then go back down a second later. This has never happened before, and im really scared. Any tips or ideas? (Im...
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