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  1. Rat Health
    Hi. My rat Dorian 1 1/2) has been breathing weird all morning. It sounds like a squeaky chair. I know in reality he is sick, but the noise is so scary. Is he not breathing ok? Any help would be appreciated. My vet doesn't open till tomorrow. Should I try to go to an emergency vet? I can't post a...
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    Okay so here is the rundown… Intro: Peaches is a hairless rat. She is about 8 months to 1 year old and she has recently started showing a few abnormal symptoms that she’s never shown before. Be aware, Peaches was never a very social rat, she enjoyed my company but preferred to be alone and not...
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    I checked on one of my rats this morning and she's really lethargic. Her eyes were a bit crusty and she itched them. Her fur is fluffier than usual, and messy, like she's not cleaning herself. She pooped and peed on herself. And she is breathing heavily. I have no idea why this is happening...
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    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...
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    Hi there, so I’ll start off my saying I’m about to bring my rats to the vet. Whilst the weekend hours are very difficult for me, I’m determined to work something out. So one of my little girls has been sneezing a lot and today I caught her almost wheezing? She was making a sound like wheezing...
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    Hi, my 1 year old rat Gizmo has been acting very weridly today. When I came back from school his fur was all puffed up and when I took him out for free roam he was not his usual very curious self. He instead walked for a bit and started pancaking. His extremities are very pale and not pinkish...
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    One of my younger boys (just under a year old) has suddenly got a lump on his throat under his chin. It's not massive but larger than a pea so I'm not sure how I missed it, his favourite place for scratches and pets is around his ears and neck so I believe it came up fairly quickly as I would...
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    Hello agian, My girl has just recovered from a respatory infection and now she has i assume a tumor right next to her back leg ... shes kinda limping maybe the size of half a golf ball. Shes a small rat almost 2 yrs. I just wanna know what to anticipate when i take her to the vet... What will...
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    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...
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    I walked into my room and the smell of blood instantly hit me, I checked on my girls to find the older one to the two was covered in blood for mid stomach to down and around her tail. I panicked and put her in a warm bath to wash her off and see what’s going on and thats when I noticed her...
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    Hello, I have a 2 year old male rat with a cancerous lump. He had lost his brother a year ago, so it’s just him. I was planning to get more rats to introduce them but something happened and I had to wait. This lump had appeared before and I was told it could come back (cancerous) or could just...
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    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...
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    My current rat is 2 years old and has chronic Mycoplasma (I believe that’s what it’s called), an upper respiratory infection. He is in good health and is on medicine on and off per the vets orders. He is quite shy and it is next to impossible to get him out of his cage for free roam. He was not...
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    My 8 month old male has been peeing blood for two weeks. He’s been on metacam and baytril and it hasn’t helped. I have a vet app tomorrow but wondered if anyone has dealt with anything similar. (this isn’t their main cage)
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    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...
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    Hi guys, I would really need some help. We have a one year old rat (one of three) and only him started sneezing blood. We took him to the vet they did ultrasound and x-ray, checked his lungs and they don't know what is wrong. They also tested the red fluid he is sneezing out and apparently it...
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    My 1.8 year old rat Wally, a hairless, sweetest boy who gives everyone kisses, is very ill. He saw the vet on Monday and she diagnosed him with potential heart failure, put him on diuretics and antibiotics, and I am not sure I am seeing the improvement we should by now ( 4 days later ). When I...
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    I got my rats in March 2021 and the man I bought them off told me they were 4 months old however one of my rats, Barnabas, has taken a turn for the worst over the past few weeks (weakness and overproduction of porphyrin around his eyes) and I’ve had him in the vets and they put him on...
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    Hi everyone! I have a sneezy and snuffly rat with a URI. Vet was thinking mycoplasma flare up and has RX Doxycycline Twice a day and I have a nebulizer with some ventolin and inhaled steroids for symptom control that I can give 3x a day. My rats work of breathing has increased after 3 days of...
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    So my male rat just seems to gotten of better form an head tilt it was gone for about a week and he was all active and happy like two days ago, but yesterday I noticed he was a bit less energetic and now to day he is wobbling, shanking, and making squeaking noise. Now I can't take him to the vet...
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