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  1. Rat Health
    I’ve adopted my boys at 5 months one (Rupert ) is always sick with his lungs and has had a few antibiotic courses now too at the minute no chirping and honking or signs of sickness they did have porphline on nose and Rupert when I’m free roam had chirping and honking once along with sneezes sk...
  2. Rat Health
    I've pretty much decided to put my rat down but I just want to be sure I'm making the right decision. Stormfly (who has just turned one) went to the vets due to laboured breathing and a swollen stomach, turns out her liver has swollen up so much it's compressing her lungs (so she can't breathe...
  3. Rat Health
    Hi!! so i'm a new rat owner and I heard that you should freeze aspen bedding which, great, no issue there! but i was wondering if you could "prefreeze it" and still be ok or if it should stay in the freezer until you're about to use it? thanks!!
  4. Rat Homes
    Looking for feedback if anyone has tried this product for their rats? Dusty? Better than paper bedding?
  5. Rat Health
    my rat bella, who is around 2 id say, has been struggling with respitory problems for a very long time. i know what youre all going to be thinking ' well just take her to the vet ' etc etc. and i have. alot. but every round of anibiotics and nebulising treatment DOESNT WORK. NOTHING WORKS. and...
  6. New Member Introductions
    Hello! My rats nails have een getting long, and I need to cut them! Usually I make an appoinment and the vet does it, but they are full for a while. How should, or when do i know them need to be cut in the future?
  7. Rat Health
    !ANYONE WHO CANT STAND BLOOD DON'T OPEN THIS ! So I have this big of a problem my ray have this big thing behind his ear he often opens it with his nails then it bleeds a lot I am trying to stop it as much as possible but there's very little different I need as many ideas as you can give me but...
  8. Rat Health
    it might be self explanatory due to ferrets being different than rats, but it specifies “upper respiratory infection” which is a common sickness in rats so i was thinking that maybe it could work but i won’t buy it if it’s not recommended. the bottle does say “for other small pets” i will leave...
  9. Rat Health
    I got covid and before I took the test I was with my rat I did cough by here but not on her, can rats get covid and if so, will it affect them or will they just carry it on them? Should I take my rattie to the vet? She's only 5 months. Please help, I need all the info I can get. :((
  10. Rat Health
    So, recently I saw something red and round on my rat's back it's been maybe 4-5 days since. It's some sort of navel but it's getting bigger each day. I manage to pop it once and some sort of red liquid came from it it wasn't blood but something I don't know. It didn't seem to bother my rat (Leo)...
  11. Rat Health
    So lately I bought him some new toys for him and he kinda destroyed them so I started fixing them with a super glue and I wonder if I can put them back to his cage? If it isn't harmful for him or anything like that
  12. Rat Health
    can please someone offer me insight, I’m not sure what to do and I want to do everything I can. For the past month my boy Arlo who is a bit over a year old has been having a tiny bit of blood around his penis area. I thought he had a UTI, so I treated him for three weeks. It seemed to be a...
  13. Rat Health
    Hi my rat who is 1.6 years old is having a white Vaginal discharge. It started happening now. I don't see any other issues on her apart from this. Please tell me what I can do about this
  14. Rat Health
    My 1.5 yr old rat Luna is having Red secretion out of her vaginal area. She seems to be normal no signs of porphyrin or pains. Consulted a Vet and he told it's nothing to worry about but am still scared pls help me. Image attached.
  15. Rat Health
    Hi. I own of two 5 months old rats. Both of them were brought from a cheap pet store for my birthday, (I do not support those businesses and they were a (not so appreciated) and unexpected gift. Now, here's what's going on... /// One of my girls has been repetitively sneezing since 3 days, it's...
  16. Rat Health
    Hi. I own of two 5 months old rats. Both of them were brought from a cheap pet store for my birthday, (I do not support those businesses and they were a (not so appreciated) and unexpected gift. Now, here's what's going on... /// One of my girls has been repetitively sneezing since 3 days, it's...
  17. Rat Health
    Hi, I am a new pet rat owner, I have two male rats and they are both adolescents and also used to be feeders but I got them when they were babies. I have had them for about a month. I noticed that one of them sneezes but the other one doesn't. I listen for respiratory problems and a red running...
  18. Rat Health
    Hello my rat had a black spot on her back skin towards the rump. She never itched it nor did it hurt but I consulted a vet and he said it's a fungal infection. So I cleaned her habitat and isolated her and started on antifungal spray and cream as per vet. But I see no improvement and after a...
  19. Rat Health
    I was looking at my rats and noticed a small blood spot at the top of one of their arms and that the hair on the tops of his front legs was missing. He was also looking a bit sicker than usual around the face. I haven’t seen this before and the other rat I have hasnt taken the fur of their arms...
  20. Rat Health
    i adopted a rat and 4 of her babies from a rescue in february. mara (the mum) was a bit sneezy at first and i thought maybe it she was just adjusting to the new environment. a few weeks later she is still making sneezing sounds (and spitting sounds?) so i take her to the vet. she was given...
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