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  1. Rat Health
    Hi!! Recently I adopted my first two male rats. One of them used to sneeze a lot and I did a lot of research and I thought that it could be nervous and new smells for him. However it has been like 2 weeks and he's already comfortable with be (he climbs to my shoulder and likes to sleep with...
  2. Rat Health
    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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    Hello! I've had my rats for over 2 weeks now and I'm pretty worried for one of them. He's been sneezing ever since i got him from a breeder and i thought they were just new home sneezes but he's not getting any better over time and I'm not sure if it might be an infection, an allergy or if he's...
  4. Rat Health
    Hello. I recently - 9 days ago - adopted 2 male rats (brothers). They are both about 10 weeks old now. They aren't aggressive towards each other, seem curious, come up to the bars of their cage when im close and have no problems eating or coming out of their cage for some free roam time. One...
  5. Rat Health
    Hi everyone! I just adopted two new boys and one of them is sneezing. I know sneezing is normal for new rats with all the new smells and stuff.. but im kinda worried because he has porphyrin on his nose. Is that normal?
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    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...
  7. 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.
  8. Rat Health
    I just got my rat a few days ago and he’s been sneezing nonstop, any suggestions? Is this normal for rats who are put into new environments? How many days should I wait until I take him to a vet? I’m very worried for the little fellow and want him to be okay.
  9. Rat Health
    Hello everyone! My 6-7 month old male rat, Feta, has started sneezing quite a bit in the last few days and I noticed a runny nose as well. The runny nose is clear liquid and no signs of red porphyrin around eyes or nose. He’s eating and drinking water as he normal does (from what I can tell...
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    Hello, first time rat owner here. I got two young girls about a month ago, Ed and Son. They're 2.5 months old. I took them to the vet for a regular check-up since the breeders did not tell me anything about them. I mentioned that Son had occasional sneezing fits and they prescribed antibiotics...
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    Hi everyone! My three girl rats are now a little over a year old and for the first time, I went with them to the vet last summer, so summer 2021 when they were around half a year old and all three of them got antibiotics for their upper respiratory infections of some sort. One girl, Manta, had...
  12. 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.
  13. Rat Health
    Hi, so i have two boys (one hairless and one fancy) and the fancy one is older than the hairless one. Matty (fancy) has been sneezing for about a year and a half and Kurt (hairless) followed shortly after that. I’ve taken them to the vet, both of them were put on Baytril, nothing worked. They...
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    Hi everyone! I’m a new rat mum, and i recently got 2 babies, pickles and pepper. Pickles is around 8-9 weeks i think, and pepper younger as she’s a bit smaller I’ve only had them for 5-6 days, so i expect them to be sneezy as they adjust, but they’ve been super sneezy recently and pepper has...
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    recently I changed my rats' bedding to aspen shavings as I think I may be allergic to my previous one. I researched the aspen shavings and videos recommended it, I even asked on here and I looked at reviews on sites and everything seemed fine with it. I switched over the bedding and as soon as I...
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    Hi all, A few weeks ago, Chickpea started sneezing and so I took her to the vet. We were prescribed Baytril for 10 days, which honestly didn't seem to do much (she wasn't getting better or worse). I ordered some Baytril and doxycyline and dosed the medications using Rat Guide, since I've read...
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    I am a first time rat owner and got 2 rats just under a week ago from a pet shop. They both seemed fine at first but about 2 days ago one of them started sneezing. He seems to be sneezing pretty often now, both when he is in and out of the cage but mostly when he's moving around. He's completely...
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    I have two adult hairless rats, one young hairless, and one young regular rat. The young ones were the offspring of my female hairless. I am not a breeder nor did I plan it. I’ve had the adults since they were about 6 weeks of age and they’ve always been sneezing. I’ve changed their bedding...
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    Since I’ve had them my rats have always sneezed consistently. On average they will sneeze around once every 2 minutes. They’re soft little sneezes and they don’t seem to show any symptoms of pain and it’s been like this for months now. I’ve changed their bedding many times and have finally just...
  20. Rat Health
    Around once or twice a day, my rat, Bosworth, gets these sneeze attacks. There are about 10 or so in each round. I have heard about new home sniffles which causes sneezes and other respiratory problems like that but I have had my boys for about 3 weeks now and I was wondering if I needed to look...
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