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  1. Rat Health
    I am very much a smell therapy person so I love burning candles and incense and essential oils but I know i cant do that in my room where my rats are, so does anyone have any non toxic/harmful suggestions for making a room smell good but thats safe for rats? (to be clear, its not an issue of the...
  2. Rat Health
    Hello! My three month old female rat has been wheezing for about a week. How do I help her? Thank you and have a great day!
  3. General Rat Topics
    To preface, I actually regularly spray the perimeter of my apartment with diluted peppermint oil. However, last night a mouse visited me, so I've placed these repellent packets of peppermint around my baseboards. My rats do not free roam in any of these areas, but the scent is very strong and...
  4. Rat Health
    Has anyone had their rats have boogers that are literally hair and dust?? They are showing no other signs of respitory infection, one had a sneezing fit for a minute but that was the only sneeze from any of them that I heard in 2 days, no red stuff (cant spell it right Im sorry) anywhere, no...
  5. Rat Health
    Hi! My rat Sprig has been sneezing and wheezing for a couple of days. I set up a humidifier in my room and I put her in a steamy bathroom for 5-10 minute sessions once daily. Is there any other ways to help her at home? Thanks!
  6. Rat Health
    Can someone recommend a good medicine (s) for bad respiratory infections? All my boys have it (not as bad), one is very affected by it though. He runs around frantically, he feels like hes suffocating and I would hate it to shorten his life in any way. Baytril (enrofloxacin) doesn't seem to...
  7. Rat Health
    I have two hairless girls who have a respiratory infection and they just aren't getting better and it sounds so painful for them I have tried so many different antibiotics for them and spent over £230 the vets said if these antibiotics don't work we have to put them down as there is no more to...
  8. Rat Health
    Hey Everyone!!! I’m going to be using this as a little ranting post. But for those that have seen, I got Mercy a few weeks ago and she was from a pet store that was pretty crappy in all honesty. Tiny little cages, zero handling, and overall, a depressing place to be. Last night Mercy started...
  9. Rat Health
    my rat stanky has signs of a respiratory infection. sneezing the red stuff coming out his nose this unusual squeaking noise he makes im taking him to the vets soon but im worried if when i take him vets they say hes okay as last time i went they said he was okay but hes now showing more signs...
  10. Rat Health
    Luna has been making these grunting sounds for few days now, and am not sure if it's respiratory issues or just general sounds pls help me. I have been giving her 10-15mins steam for 3 days now but I don't notice any significant change. Pls see the video link attached as I can't post it here...
  11. Rat Health
    . <— video My rat has been sneezing quite a bit since last night. Yesterday I changed the bedding so it might have been a little dusty. He seems fine everywhere else. No porphyrin, his breathing is normal, and he is behaving just fine.
  12. Rat Health
    Hey guys, I liberated two male rats from Pets at home. A couple of days later, one seemed to have a respiratory infection, took him to the vets and popped on antibiotics for two weeks and all was well. A month later and the other one sounds a little raspy but only when eating . I have a...
  13. Rat Health
    Hey guys, I really need help. So I've got three male rats and they all either have a URI or maybe a Myco flare up. When I first started noticing the symptoms, I asked the breeder I got my boys from for help and she told me to give them all Amoxicillin (250mg capsules,) so that's what I've been...
  14. Rat Health
    Hi, i have 2 rats who are both almost 1. One of them, Peanut, was making noises a few months ago. We took him to the vet and they said its just noises to show his feelings, but i don't think that vet is very experienced with rats. but the noises got a little worse and we started hearing noises...
  15. General Rat Topics
    Hi, my friend recently gifted me a fur fluffy type material for my ratties cage to use as bedding through the winter. I am wondering if this would be bad for their respiratory system or if they chew on it will they choke? I haven't put it in their cage, I am just double checking that I am...
  16. Rat Health
    My 2 y.o female rat developed classic signs of mycoplasma about 1 week ago. I began baytril when no improvement was seen after 2 days. She progressively has gotten worse and we took her to an exotic vet yesterday. I was under the impression that the vet would choose to euthanize her but to my...
  17. Rat Health
    My girl who is just over a year old has been sneezing a lot lately and her breathing is high pitched (like a whistling noise when she breathes) but otherwise, she is acting normal and there are no excessive amounts of porphyrin around her noise or anywhere. Another one of my rats who is almost...
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