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I got my baby rat about 1 week and 2 days ago. Since day 1 she's been chattering (grinding her teeth). She sometimes will sneeze right before or right after, but not always.
Yesterday she was introduced and housed with my other rat who is a month and a few weeks old. They get along good, but squeak at each other occasionally.
My main concern is the chattering sound along with the sneezing (although it's not every time. She does sneeze without doing the sound as well). Is she still getting used to the new environment? Especially where she's been housed with my other rat as of last night? I'm not really seeing any other signs of illness. She eats, plays, sleeps and drinks water fine. She had a little bit of porphorin on her nose a few days after I first got her but I haven't noticed any since. There could have been a tiny bit last night but I'm not 100% sure because they had raspberries in their cage and it honestly looked like she got some of the juice from the berry on her face from eating it (it was on her fur above nose also but almost like on 3 separate strands)
I'm a first time rat mommy so I'm super paranoid haha. Please help
Yesterday she was introduced and housed with my other rat who is a month and a few weeks old. They get along good, but squeak at each other occasionally.
My main concern is the chattering sound along with the sneezing (although it's not every time. She does sneeze without doing the sound as well). Is she still getting used to the new environment? Especially where she's been housed with my other rat as of last night? I'm not really seeing any other signs of illness. She eats, plays, sleeps and drinks water fine. She had a little bit of porphorin on her nose a few days after I first got her but I haven't noticed any since. There could have been a tiny bit last night but I'm not 100% sure because they had raspberries in their cage and it honestly looked like she got some of the juice from the berry on her face from eating it (it was on her fur above nose also but almost like on 3 separate strands)
I'm a first time rat mommy so I'm super paranoid haha. Please help