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i have 2 female rats, pomplemousse (6 months) and splash(2 months). They are bth healthy rats and i love them dearly. Recently my brother decided he would like to have a rat(his hamster died a few months ago) and got a little dumbo from the pet shop this sunday(18th). i know about quarantine and splash was quarantined b4 coming to live with me and pomplemousse. Bernard( the dumbo) was here at my moms house until my brother could set everything up at my dads.
i was washing and or showering after contact w/ bernard and evn changing my clothes i also wasnt playing w/ him in the area i do w/ my other rats. however...i had my two girls on the couch and my sister had bernard( which i wasnt aware of) and seeing as she doesnt take care of rats she didnt understand they had to be separated. i heard scuttling and saw both my girls sniffing out bernard. so...all my qurantine efforts were dashed...bernard had been chattering alot and making lots of strange noises and now my girls are sneezing alot. so he has something and now my girls im assuming have it too...
now...the lining around his eyes is dark red...and earlier this evening looked almost bloody although there was no actual blood or fluid...w/ the sendai virus i heard about eye lesions...is this what they meant? iv been reading alot and im worried sick because i dont know what id do if anything happened to my girls...
what im asking is if anyone can give me input/hypotheses as to what it could be...and from what ive read...sendai goes away after 2 weeks if the rats are quarantined?? so if i seperate them and clean everything they should be fine...?
im confused...coud someone help please?
i was washing and or showering after contact w/ bernard and evn changing my clothes i also wasnt playing w/ him in the area i do w/ my other rats. however...i had my two girls on the couch and my sister had bernard( which i wasnt aware of) and seeing as she doesnt take care of rats she didnt understand they had to be separated. i heard scuttling and saw both my girls sniffing out bernard. so...all my qurantine efforts were dashed...bernard had been chattering alot and making lots of strange noises and now my girls are sneezing alot. so he has something and now my girls im assuming have it too...
now...the lining around his eyes is dark red...and earlier this evening looked almost bloody although there was no actual blood or fluid...w/ the sendai virus i heard about eye lesions...is this what they meant? iv been reading alot and im worried sick because i dont know what id do if anything happened to my girls...
what im asking is if anyone can give me input/hypotheses as to what it could be...and from what ive read...sendai goes away after 2 weeks if the rats are quarantined?? so if i seperate them and clean everything they should be fine...?
im confused...coud someone help please?