medical

Hi! I know i only ever come to this forum for medical advice- but I'm 15, and i have three rats- all girls, all a year and a half old. They're a bonded set. About a month ago, my smallest girl, Science started developing benign tumors. Two around her leg, one under her arm. The one under her arm...

So as I am preparing for a new group of little ratties, I was wondering if some more experienced owners could help me put together a medical Kit. So if a rat gets ill during out of hours or need urgent care before they can see a vet etc... Many thanks for any help/ advice i recieve

Nini had surgery to remove a large tumor on the 19th. She has stitches from her arm to her mid stomach side. Her stomach and side are fine and healing nicely. But she has been chewing the scabs off her arm the last few days. I have tried to wrap it, impossible for me to wrap her tiny arm and she...

at owners and others knowledgeable on the subject, i need help regarding a 1 year old female pet rat. her name is benadryl and she was left in the care of her owner's sister while traveling, and later we found out she had left the cage dusty, uncleaned, and with the wrong padding for over a...

Okay. So. I just had a poor baby die from old age, and I didn't want Ronnie to be all by herself. I got two more baby girls to keep her company and to have them aquainted was a bit tough, but they seemed to get along fine after a few days to a week. I woke up this morning to my Hooded rat...

I adopted my sweet boy ollie around 5 days ago and i've noticed him sneezing quite regularly (maybe 10 times a day) i know that that's not uncommon for rats to do when they're stressed/first come home but his nose seems to have a lot of build up as well. so far he seems as playful as always (i...