I am in serious distress right now.
My rat Toffee fell out of his cage four days ago. That moment alone already shocked me, since this never happened before and they stopped climbing on top of their cage months ago. After noticing he wasn't moving to climb back up himself, I got up and put him back inside. At that time, he seemed to be in shock and didn't show any sign of injury, so I let him be.
Now I was deep cleaning the cage and noticed he was severely limping, struggled to eat and looked generally extremely exhausted. I am guessing he did get injured afterall and since I didn't notice until now he must've been hurting ever since.
The vet is closed until Monday and I am terrified he might starve - he's already lost a lot of weight. He went from being the heaviest to being as light as my smaller albino. I separated him from the other now, in the bottom of the cage without climbing ability in hopes he could eat in peace without the others stealing his food.
Is there anything I can still do? I lost another rat just a few months ago after my mother refused to go to the vet with him despite a clear respiratory infection, I don't want to lose another so soon. If there is ANYTHING I can do, I beg you, please let me know.
My rat Toffee fell out of his cage four days ago. That moment alone already shocked me, since this never happened before and they stopped climbing on top of their cage months ago. After noticing he wasn't moving to climb back up himself, I got up and put him back inside. At that time, he seemed to be in shock and didn't show any sign of injury, so I let him be.
Now I was deep cleaning the cage and noticed he was severely limping, struggled to eat and looked generally extremely exhausted. I am guessing he did get injured afterall and since I didn't notice until now he must've been hurting ever since.
The vet is closed until Monday and I am terrified he might starve - he's already lost a lot of weight. He went from being the heaviest to being as light as my smaller albino. I separated him from the other now, in the bottom of the cage without climbing ability in hopes he could eat in peace without the others stealing his food.
Is there anything I can still do? I lost another rat just a few months ago after my mother refused to go to the vet with him despite a clear respiratory infection, I don't want to lose another so soon. If there is ANYTHING I can do, I beg you, please let me know.
