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  1. Rat Health
    Hello, I just found this forum and wanted to ask a question about surgery. My female rat just turned 2 at the beginning of March. She had surgery for a tumor basically in the place where male rat testicles would be and a small, harder one on her side at the beginning of December 2023. She now...
  2. Rat Health
    One of my girls is chronically constipated due to arthritis, she had an xray done on the 20th of December and they found no tumors or blockages and even got a sexond opinion from a specialist that is very expensive but they didn’t charge me cause they were all confused as they’d never had a rat...
  3. Rat Behavior
    Hi! I'm posting here today after some sad event that have happened the past few days. Sadly, one of my ratties pasted away suddenly. I'm still processing it and trying to figure out what went wrong but in the mean time, i have 2 sisters of said rat that are having a hard time. my 3 rats are...
  4. Over the Rainbow Bridge
    Pilgore has been getting worse lately. He has had a tumor on his back for the last 5 months and he is about 21-22 months old. But when i woke up this morning the cage door was open and i couldn't find Pilgore. I looked all over the room for him and i found him in a shoe hiding. He wouldn't come...
  5. Rat Health
    I have to go to work at 5 AM in 7 hours my time, to do an insane breakfast service and balling my eyes out. My rat Pilgore has had a tumor for the last 3 or so months. He is 19 months old now and has bad arthritis. When i took him outside he could barely move, he is constantly squinting his eyes...
  6. Rat Health
    I know you shouldn't give rats baths. But Pilgore's back has been bleeding a lot and his tail is really dirty, he can't reach his tail because his tumor is too big. He is still doing ok since he got it. But he is starting to lose weight and his grooming is down. It is like 3 tumors forming into...
  7. Rat Behavior
    Hello, needing some advice! My oldest girl, Zaffie has recently developed a tumor, were choosing not to operate right now due to her age and since she seems very healthy otherwise, but one of my younger girls 'WoW' has started harassing her, mounting, following, pinning and lots of butt...
  8. Rat Health
    Hi! My rat has a tumor on her chest that is growing quite quick. It started growing on October 23 2022 and as of today, the tumor is about the size of a small egg. So I was wondering if there is a certain diet I can feed her to slow her tumor growth? I think she may have a URI as well. I’m...
  9. Rat Health
    My sweet 2 year, 4 month old boy Duncan has a tumor the vet described as “the size of a blueberry” in his front-right armpit, and due to its depth and firmness she‘s pretty sure it is cancer. She did say it could be removed, but of course there’s always the concern regarding surgery and recovery...
  10. Rat Health
    Hi all, just spotted this peculiar little bump on my boy Laszlo's scrotum during free-roam this morning. It's about 3mm across, circular, black, smooth and shiny. Laszlo is about 20 months old and intact. Anybody seen anything like this before? It doesn't appear to be causing him any discomfort...
  11. Rat Health
    So i just came back from the vet for Pilgores back. The vet said that he has a tumor. She could have tested to see if it was cancerous or not. But even if i wanted to i couldn't do surgery cuz i am still in-between jobs. She said the salt water would help. But other then that there is nothing...
  12. Rat Health
    My rat Sprig has a mammary tumor located on her chest. It doesn’t look or feel like an abscess. I took her out of her cage to take a look at it and there was a hole in it… I’m not sure what to do. I don’t want it to get infected. Does anyone know what this is or how to treat it/ protect it? We...
  13. Rat Health
    Hi! My female 2 year old rat has a mammary tumor growing on her chest. Any tips to slow the growth? Thank you!
  14. Rat Health
    Noticed a palpable mass on her left side, descending down to her stomach. Sort of sticks out. Doesn’t feel squishy like mammary tumor. She was spayed 9 months ago and always felt like she had scar tissue in abd after. She is approximately 18-19months old, nearing 2 years. Still eating and...
  15. Rat Health
    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...
  16. Rat Health
    My pet Ghost is around 6 months old. He was bitten in the leg by a much larger rat when he was around 2 months old. Over time that bite mark turned into what looked like an abscess. A couple of months later, Ghost developed a respiratory infection when a new rat was introduced to his cage...
  17. Rat Health
    I found a lump in my unaltered, male rat‘s throat who’s almost 1 year old. He did show some discomfort when examined it. It’s not giant but it’s about the size of a marble. He has gained a significant amount of weight in the past few weeks. He is staying on the lower level of their critter...
  18. Rat Health
    Advice needed please As some of you might have read in my previous posts 😅 one of my little girls has several tumours. They're getting bigger, she can still move about happily, she runs and climbs and jumps. The skin isn't bleeding or anything, but it is quite thin now. I just wondered when...
  19. Rat Health
    Hey my rat got this thing on her face overnight 3 days ago. Scab just formed last night. Any ideas? I’m hoping it’s an abscess… l
  20. Rat Health
    Im not sure where else to go with this, I recently returned from a trip out of town and I had my roommates look over my two rats for me while I was gone, everything was completely fine when I left, when I returned home after two weeks one of my rats had a giant abscess on his side, it is...
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