health problems

I just adopted four rats on the first this month. I got them from a rehomer. I noticed yesterday one of them walks a bit lopsided, there head constantly crooked at a tilt and a small bearly noticeable limp. They eat, play, drink just fine and are pretty friendly but idk if she's in pain at all...

I’m a first time rat owner and my girls have been healthy and happy for the past year! Recently I noticed a thinning patch of hair on one of my girls face. There are no other missing patches of fur and none on my other girl either, as well as no scabs, bleeding, or noticeable bugs. Could this...

I just found my pet rat, Buffy, lethargic in her cage and covered in pee on one side. I did a full exam of her looking her over for injuries and there weren't any. She was able to put weight on all four paws and doesn't seem to be in pain when I press on any area... enough so that I was able to...

I currently have a 21 week old rat who is socialised, and am introducing one that is around 7-8 weeks old now to my older rat. i pushed the cages together, over a series of days and let my older rat smell the young ones cage. As time went on i introduced my bigger rat to the smaller cage. To...

So, a month and a half ago one of my does gave birth to an unexpected litter. Long story short, she looked like her brothers, and was placed in the wrong cage; the new rat, Murtagh, was the father. He passed away recently. Unfortunately, one of the babies, Onyx, has begun to show the same signs...