One of the little boys from my oops litter isn't doing well. He's always been the smallest, and never cuddled with the other rats, he'd be alone in a corner somewhere.
Over the past week, he's drastically lost weight. I came home this morning to find that he was having a really hard time breathing - he makes a clicking sound with every breath that he takes. He's still trying to run around and fight me. He's been eating and drinking....Nobody with rats has been in my house, I haven't been to see anyone or been to any pet stores in months, and I haven't introduced any new rats since they were born in July. Everyone else seems perfectly fine.
He's very cold, and the bottoms of his feet are purple.
Here's another problem - I leave for New York tonight for a week for work
I'm giving my roommate a link to this post in hopes that you can give him ideas for things to do. I wish I could be here myself, but there's no getting out of this trip. Neither I or my roommate have a car or money to take baby boy to the vet right now (work is paying for the trip).
I'm just so upset, and I'm gonna be calling my roomie every few hours for updates. I've never had a rat get sick before
Over the past week, he's drastically lost weight. I came home this morning to find that he was having a really hard time breathing - he makes a clicking sound with every breath that he takes. He's still trying to run around and fight me. He's been eating and drinking....Nobody with rats has been in my house, I haven't been to see anyone or been to any pet stores in months, and I haven't introduced any new rats since they were born in July. Everyone else seems perfectly fine.
He's very cold, and the bottoms of his feet are purple.
Here's another problem - I leave for New York tonight for a week for work
I'm giving my roommate a link to this post in hopes that you can give him ideas for things to do. I wish I could be here myself, but there's no getting out of this trip. Neither I or my roommate have a car or money to take baby boy to the vet right now (work is paying for the trip).
I'm just so upset, and I'm gonna be calling my roomie every few hours for updates. I've never had a rat get sick before