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I have a pet rat named Petri. He is about 2-3 months old and he is very wobbly. He was fine when he was younger except for a slight, slow head wobble which, after some research we thought was him navigating his way around. Recently we’ve noticed his slow head wobble turn into an extreme full...

Hi everyone, Someone in my household just tested positive for covid, I’m negative but I’m worried that if I do end up getting it I will spread it to my rats. I’ve heard that it can be transmitted from humans to rodents and vise versa, but I couldn’t find anything concrete. Their cage is in my...

So John, my oldest gal, has a lymphatic malformation (basically her lymph nodes firing off excessively, so it's a big pocket of fluid under her arm) and I'm wondering if anyone has dealt with this before and knows anything to help keep it down while we're waiting for the vet appointment on...

I adopted two rats from the shelter 6 months ago, unfortunately one of them had underlying chronic respiratory issues that he did not show symptoms for right away, ultimately he ended up passing leaving his cage mate by himself and he is a rat that prefers other rats over people. I was able to...