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Hey guys so I have 5 boys and one of them, my most loving boy usually, Jack is around 15 months old and I think he’s developed hormonal aggression, I noticed he started being a lot more distant towards me which is unusual for him as he’s my best behaved rat around humans especially me, but then I realised through watching him closer that he is the same with my other rats. I am willing to have him castrated when I return from my 4 day holiday I’m just a little scared due to having a bit of trauma revolving my rats being castrated as 2 of my other rats were castrated and one of them died during the surgery and the other had to be nursed back to health by me. I can post pictures of the bite but also another reason I’m trying to get into the vets is because he has had 2 seizures as far as im aware, the first one I didn’t take him to the vets because it didn’t seem like a fit even though it concerned me so I left it (this was a while ago now) and the second time was this morning; he was sat up on a hammock and he started showing all the symptoms of a seizure so I obviously panicked but didn’t touch him because I didn’t want to frighten him, so I watched him closely for 5 minutes before i touched him and he bit me (it was harder than a play bite but didn’t break skin so I left him for another 5-10 minutes and I tried to stroke him to let him know that I was there, he bit me again but a little harder and i tried to move my hand away and he stuck his teeth through the end of my finger. It was the worst pain I have ever experienced and I bled out all over my floor and my mum and girlfriend had to bandage my finger up to stop the blood and I took a feq different types of pain medication, I’m just writing to ask if anybody knows what I can do in the meantime whilst I wait for a vet appointment or if there’s any explanations other than those I listed. Thank you.
 

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Oh dear your poor finger,rat bites are so painful when they go deep but usually heal without getting infected.I dont know about hormonal aggression as have never had bucks.Can you describe how he looks when he has a seizure?
Yes very painful I have rat bite fever and have been put on antibiotics. When he had the seizure he was doing like swimming motions and he lost control of his body and was slipping out of his hammock, it’s hard to explain as I was panicked and didn’t really observe properly how he was behaving. The same thing happened a few months ago too.
 

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I wonder if the fits are causing a personality change in him? I hope the vet can come with some medicine to help him and I hope you feel better soon and your finger heals.I have nerve damage in my L index finger from a deep rat bite,I remember the pain during and after so fully empathise.
 
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