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One of my rat has these two lumps that seemed to have formed sometime today while I was gone. I’m going to get her a vet appointment when they open tomorrow. Does anybody know what they could be or what I could do about them?

One of my rats has a little cut on her nose. I was wondering if it is cause for concern. I saw one of my other rats biting at her which is unusual for them but I didn’t see any injuries when that happened.

Hi! My pet rat seems to have cut her tail while I was at school. I called the vet and sent them some pictures but they have not replied yet. I was wondering if anybody had some advice for me. I put hydrogen peroxide on it and dabbed it. She seemed uncomfortable but it might have been because it...

Does anyone know if a mouse can die from an eye injury or eye infection? Or what can a punctured eye lead to if not given proper treatment/ointment from vet ?

Hi all. We think one of our girls may have sustained an injury that went unnoticed (when it happened), likely during playtime. She squeals/screams loudly at random... usually when jumping or pushing down, then frantically grooms her tail. She's been fully inspected by our vet, even got x-rays to...

Hey. Recently tried to introduce my 2 14-weeks old boy to a lone 8-week old baby. Used the carrier method and could tell that the baby wasn’t really getting along well with one of the older boys but they sorta tolerated one another. But they slept, ate and groomed around each other so I moved...

Hello! opinions would be greatly appreciated. I have 3, 7-week old rats that I intend to introduce to my lone girl Zaffie. One of the new babies, Faun, has been blind in one eye since birth and has an infection. I am managing it with eyedrops and once I get the go-ahead from a vet the eye will...

Today I found my female rat cappuccino (2 yrs old) hanging upside down in the cage, her leg stuck in the wires. I’m not sure how long she was there, could’ve possibly been hours since I was working. I freed her as quickly as possible. Her foot was a dark red colour, she had lots of porphyrin...

Does anyone have experience with a subdural hematoma? How did it go?

Hi! My senior rat - Bob fell from one of the platforms in his cage, got too excited about treat and slipped :( he didn't sustain any injury other than one of his nails being pulled and partially broken off. I am a little concerned about the swelling and how red it is now. Mind you when it...

My 2.5 / 3 year old male seems to have suffered a stroke the day before yesterday. I wasn't aware of it at the time, but looking back Im sure of the exact moment it occurred. Thursday afternoon we were cleaning the 3 multi-level cages for our 7 Rats. Suddenly, Ratscal freaks out and starts...

I was putting my rat Rosaline back in her cage after some play time and I don't quite know what happened, but I think I knicked her tail when closing it. I feel so bad and I need to know if I should take her to the vet or just try and aid it at home.

I've had borris and bendy for just under a month now. Borris ended up escaping while I was cleaning their cage and ended up under my fridge. I've had so many rats before so at first I know to leave food and water and attempt to lure or in a safe manner manage to trap him. Until today I was...

Hello! I have three rat's and the one in the images below got an abscess drained by the vet. She had a deformed tooth that caused the abscess and it seemed to be healing well. I just finished giving her, her antibiotics and put her back in her cage with the other rats yesterday (I separated them...

I adopted two rats over the weekend, I specifically asked for two females that were not pregnant (this is only my second set of ratties), aaaaand both were pregnant to my surprise! o_O Now that I've come down from the stress of not being prepared....everything seems to be going okay with the...

My rat injured his toe nail while I was at work the other day. His toe nail wasn’t completely ripped off, but it was definitely torn from his skin. It’s been 24 hours and the nail is completely black and the cuticle area is red and tad swollen. There’s no puss, smell, or other sign of infection...

im in serious need of suggestions on what to do here. I have a momma rat who had 9 babies 3 weeks ago today, they were all healthy and everything was well. They outgrew their nursery so I moved them into the top level of my DCN cage with their momma rat last night. On the bottom of the cage is a...

I don't really know how it happened but one of my rats tails got caught in the door and broken off. I hadn't closed the door at all and it seemed like a normal feeding session when she all of a sudden started screaming and running in circles. She frightened me and her sisters a lot. The two...

Hello everyone! I wanted to ask about my two rats Uno and Scabbers. Uno was a feeder rescue and was taken in by me first. The second rat Scabbers I bought from a pet store because I kept reading all over the internet that he needed a friend. Well Uno and Scabbers got along fine for about a week...

I have three rats and I keep them in a bedroom with the door closed when I am not home as I have two indoor dogs as well. I was in a rush to get out of the house today and I’m ashamed to say that I forgot to close the door. Needless to say, when I returned home, I found that one of my dogs had...