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  1. Rat Health
    I have a veterinary appointment already booked, but I wonder if someone has any tips. One of my females, a sweet girl, has scabs on her neck. No other girls have them, nevertheless I will check my girl for parasites. She scratches her scabs when grooming and opens them up, causing bleeding. I am...
  2. Rat Health
    Howdy everyone! Welp. It happened. My little Pinky managed to tear her toenail off!! Now, I've had her quarantining to be on the safe side. So my question is, how do I know it's time to put her back with her mischief?? The toe has scabbed well, but I fear her sisters might wanna try a bite of...
  3. Rat Health
    One of my boys has a bite mark on the back of his neck, they play rough but I know it’s not aggression, they just tend to get carried away while wrestling, and always lick each other if it gets too rowdy. This is the first time I’ve found an injury on one, is chlorohexidine safe to disinfect the...
  4. Rat Health
    My rat is currently on hospice for a facial tumor and on the bottom of her jaw she has a rupture. We saw a vet today for a quality of life check and she said that while we probably only have a week left, she suggests silver sulfadiazine for wound care. Typically I’m the kind of pet owner to buy...
  5. Rat Health
    Hi everyone, I’m a long time lurker first time poster. My lady, Bunny, has recently been getting scabs on her hands but I’m unsure why. It looks like the top layer of skin has been rubbed away - I don’t see any cuts when I clean her wound and her cage mate doesn’t have any wounds. She has also...
  6. Rat Health
    Pilgore has this abscesse on his back and last night it popped. He was bleeding and dripping pus everywhere when he was out playing. He isn't in any pain at all from it. I wiped it with salt water and wiped it with a paper towel. Is there anything else i should do to help him with it? Tonight i...
  7. Rat Health
    I have a rat with cancer and she’s around 2 years old. She has a big tumour on her side and she’s lost a lot of weight recently, probably because of declining health. I’ve been feeding her high-fat foods, like avocado, recently to try and help put on some weight but I think it might be making...
  8. Rat Health
    Tonight my girl was climbing up her cage when I noticed a deep would located on the bottom area of her stomach. I check her everyday so it is new. Any idea what it is? What caused it? And how I should go about treating it, at home or at exotic vet. Thank youuu
  9. Rat Health
    I am at my wits end. Should she be put to sleep? Via (female, 1.5 years old) had a big tumor, her third. Went in last week to remove it, we've been through this twice and know the process, easy peasy. Or so we thought. She opened her stitches the day after surgery, the stitches go from the...
  10. Rat Health
    Hi I have woken up to find my rat Clover with a big and deep gash on her neck just above her leg. She must have had a fight during the night, as she is alpha of the mischief. We are going to put her in a separate cage and isolate her for a little bit. Me and my dad have managed to bandage the...
  11. Rat Health
    I have two PEW brothers Edgar and Herbert, Adopted on 01/02/22 from a rescue. I went to let Edgar out for some free roam time and He's Bleeding. A big spot behind his left ear is all bloody, it's wet so it seems fresh. the wound isn't dripping, and i cant see any blood around the cage or on his...
  12. Rat Health
    Ebisu had an abscess that popped and now, rather than letting it heal, she has chewed off most of the skin. It looks really really bad. The vet has no idea how to stop her as there are no cones for her size. I tried making a sock sweater and bandaging it with the sticky bandage stuff but that...
  13. Rat Health
    Today I tried to introduce my original rat with my 2 new girls and it ended badly. It was only about 5 minutes into the first step in the carrier method that I noticed my original girl had a wound on her stomach. I immediately separated them and gave her a ton of treats. I cleaned the wound with...
  14. Rat Health
    My pet rat opal has a deep laceration where his leg and groin meets, the muscle bid visible and he will not stop picking at it despite us putting a cone on him and trying a good ol' fashioned sock, he somehow shimmies out of it. Vet just cleaned it and sent him home with no stitches. I asked why...
  15. Rat Behavior
    Edit: Some have suggested this could be mites and I think you're on to something. However I'm not sure how they'd get mites, as I use fleece and incontinence pads for bedding, no shavings or such, and I haven't introduced any new rats. Is there anything else mites could spawn from...
  16. Blog
    i have a girly called biscuit whos 2 and a half years old, poor girl has had a rough time, lost her sister to lung cancer last year and shes had a tumour removed last summer and had a bad time pulling stitches out and having to have them redone and stressed out with a cone on her head and still...
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