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So I've had my pet rat for about 5 days now. Around the second day of owning her, we noticed that she did not use her hind leg when walking and kept the foot curled and close to her body. Out of concern, I picked her up and very gently felt around the ankle and foot. She did not protest and at...

hi yall I'm brand new here and I wanted some advice on how to deal with this. our good boy clay was attacked by his brother chad who tore open the inside of his leg (the bleeding has stopped and he can still use that leg) and his other leg he has tucked into his body, is swollen and squeaks when...

So my rat creme recently had 3 babies (who are all healthy) but one has a messed up back leg. He was born this way, though I only noticed it more when they got big enough to move. I always suspected something was up with his leg but only now is it super noticeable. He always drags it behind him...

My rat, Rim, was apart of one of two liters I accidentally had almost two years ago. She was born March 26, 2016. I currently have 14 and I've done years of research and reading to know everything I can about them to ensure they receive the proper care and diet. But I honestly have no idea what...

I realised yesterday that Loki developed a small bump in the upper corner of his eye. There no porphyrin and it doesn’t seem to bother him. He’s about 8 months old if that helps, what could it be?

I took my girl in to the vet on Friday because she had an abscess on her cheek. While the vet was examining her he found a scab under her chin with what looked like something sticking out of it. They anesthetized her and looked at it and turns out it was one of her incisors! Apparently it never...

My old rat appeared to have hurt himself while I was out of town. When I came home he was limping on one of his front paws. I thought that maybe he hurt one of his hands and decided to let it heal on its own and 3 days later his condition improved. But now it seems like it is declining. He is...

So this may be a somewhat wordy post. I recently got home from my girlfriends house, I stayed over for the weekend. I’d asked my brother to look after my two sweet boys. My mom decided to also “help”. I’m putting that in quotation marks because of what happened. She decided to feed them last...