I just brought Oliver home earlier this evening, and before 6:30 P.M. today I've never had pet rat. He seemed fine earlier, but when I began handling him he starting sneezing. Mildly at first, but it's gotten worse and more frequent over the past six hours. About ten minutes ago I was sitting with him, and after I put him away he had one of his worst little sneezes yet, and being ignorant, I thought the red stuff was blood until I looked at some sites and saw it was probably porphyrin.
I'm still worried though, is it jsut because of the new smells? He's not trusting enough yet to let me hold him to listen to his breathing, and my mum already made it clear that because priority goes to our three cats, she will not take the 'new rat' o the vet. Not to mention it's 12 am here.
Sorry for the long post, but I just want to alleviate anything that's bothering him, if I can.
I'm still worried though, is it jsut because of the new smells? He's not trusting enough yet to let me hold him to listen to his breathing, and my mum already made it clear that because priority goes to our three cats, she will not take the 'new rat' o the vet. Not to mention it's 12 am here.
Sorry for the long post, but I just want to alleviate anything that's bothering him, if I can.