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I'm trying to find out of hypertonic solutions are safe for rats. All the ways it can be made is adding baking soda as one of the ingredients other than non idiozed salt. But I'm remember baking soda isn't safe for rats. I don't know if in that form is different or if I'm just wrong all...

I have ten rats that I'm struggling to get properly treated by the exotics vet and a non-exotics vet (that has treated rats over the last five odd years). I've had little help with either, and little progression in treatment. Other vets have told me they won't see my rats because they're not an...

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...

My rats are about 8 months old, and have all gotten URIs. My guess is this is from the bedding I've been using, as the sneezing has gone down whenever I switch to fleece laid flat (with an absorbant layer underneath, of course). In order, I've tried the following: America's Choice Eco Flake...

Hi lovelies So my rat pups just finished their baytril. The vet gave us 0.6ml each for a week (diluted with water) They got better a little bit but they’ve been off it for a day and they’re already super sneezy again. Theres no porphyrin but they seem a little less active, however it is the...

I know you're supposed to keep dosing even when the rats seem all better. I need an estimate or loose idea of how long I should dose them with it? Also, let me know what you think of my method: I mixed together 1.7ml of watered down PB (& honey for picky Worm) + 0.3ml of Baytril which = 10...

Hi Everyone, So as i’ve mentioned my rat pups are in baytril for their URI. ( I have since replaced the bedding and gotten an air purifier, they’re starting to sound better after a day!!!) Basically, we are having some issues with giving them the medicine. I have tried to force feed, but they...

Hi everyone): I’m a new rat owner, i’ve never owned a pet before so naturally i’m a nervous anxious wreck They both had the new home sniffles but they started leaking porphyrin this morning so i took them to the vets and they got them baytril. I also felt in my gut they weren’t well. They’re...

If I take it apart and sanitize it can I reuse it? I have lots of syringes either way, but just wondering if I've been wasting them all this time.

Why is he doing this? I've been home all day and nothing crazy has happened afaik? He tucks his head away on me when he's upset after medicine or nervous but I've never seen him do it this way. He has a URI that's being treated [other rats too] so maybe it's helping him breath? I feel like I...

Me and my partner recently adopted an older girl (1.5 years) as she had been alone for a few weeks and needed company. She is still in quarantine as we heard a whistling noise when she would be overly excited/stressed. We took her to the vet and he said that he thinks that this noise is from...

I wanted to make a post on this topic, as I have seen numerous threads from users asking for help, when their rats get a respiratory infection. Often times people are begging for help because they either do not have a vet nearby that will treat a rat, or they cannot afford an exam visit plus...

This is going to be a long post but please read it... So my rat, Cloud, is showing signs of possible respiratory infection (Again) and at first it was just classic symptoms (i.e. Lethargic, Porphyrin around his eyes/nose, etc.) but then when I came to put them away from there small ten or so...

Do I syringe it into their mouths? How much? Thank you! [Yes, I know this is a last resort option.]

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...

Hello. I need advice. My rats have respiratory problems, I took them to the vet recently. It's not that bad, just some sneezing and porphyrin from nose. I had one more rat who passed away due to respiratory problems but she had more serious symptoms - sneezing, wheezing, problems with breathing...

Problems: rat-aggressive, blackening top incisor, squeaking fits, sneezing fits, and now has a scratched [?] eye. I got 4 boys from a breeder [a very good and nice one!] less than a week ago. Everyone is perfectly behaved except this tiny white one. We have a vet visit scheduled for the end of...

I just had an absolute nightmare of a vet trip and it was unfortunately one of my baby’s(6weeks old) first time having to go, I had taken one of my other girls to a different vet before (who was great, but she was booked), but this girl’s breathing was off and I wanted someone to see her right...

Not to long ago my rat started sneezing, which I chalked it up to a URI. And he got a lump under his throat (which seemed to be a swollen lymph node from the sneezing). I took him to the vet and got steroids only to realize he was not responding to them. It started getting worse though, he...

So as any rat owner has most likely experienced my rats have uri's. And rats get them a lot so I did a lot of digging to try to find a way to buy meds for them without having to take them to the vet every time. BEHOLD the answer to my prayers Petpharmcanada.com I thought no way but I saw they...