respiratory infection

My female rat is 3y2m old. She has been very healthy and she and her brother are so very loved. Recently she had an episode (choking), which prompted her vet to think she could have a PT so we started her on Cabergoline. It has been very difficult to get her to take that medicine and I’m afraid...

Hello everyone, one of my boys Basil is pretty sick with a respiratory infection and unfortunately I cannot afford to take him to the vet. I got three rats in January and have already had to pay for two of them to be treated for respiratory infections already. I clean their cage all the time and...

I think my rat developed pneumonia a few weeks ago. It started off with just some loud breathing but knowing that it was likely just a URI I took him to the vet almost straight away. The vet prescribed baytril and that night I brought him back he started to really deteriorate, he was mouth...

Hi fellow rat lovers! I will try to be brief and to the point in this very long and twisted story. My 15 month old boy has been making whistling noises for about three, maybe four months. We have been in and out of vets all the time. At the end of August I took him to a vet different than my...

Can sounds during sleep be normal or should I be wary of a respiratory infection? I would think that older rats become more vulnerable to mycoplasma?

So—here’s the backstory. I have four rats, Bean, Peanut, Pancake, and Pistachio. The latter of the three are all younger (about three months old) Recently I’ve noticed that Pancake and Pistachio have been making this cooing sound; almost like a pigeon. Not all the time, but sometimes, and I know...

So, my rat Ambrose (~11 months old, 435 grams) has always had respiratory issues (namely sneezing and runny eyes), but in the past few months has gotten a bit worse. His behavior is totally normal, but the sneezing has gotten excessive. He has two brothers, and neither have these issues. We've...

Recently (3 months ago) I lost a rat to pneumonia and after that experience I did everything in my power to protect my other girls. I bought a double critter nation (for 4 rats), set up an air purifier, got new dustless bedding( cat pellet paper), began to litter train, sewed fleece liners for...

My 2 y.o female rat developed classic signs of mycoplasma about 1 week ago. I began baytril when no improvement was seen after 2 days. She progressively has gotten worse and we took her to an exotic vet yesterday. I was under the impression that the vet would choose to euthanize her but to my...

As the title says one of my rats has caught a respiratory infection... He is a male, 1 year and 8 months old...I know that he’s getting older and weaker but I still want to try. His first symptoms were lethargy, and I noticed his breathing was rough. This is my first time dealing with this...

Hello, one of my rats has had an ongoing respiratory problem that first flared up when he was around six months old and he is now 11 months. He’s been on and off doxy and baytril and the first time the doxy really helped him and he was back to normal within days. the baytril did absolutely...

I had a rat a few months ago who had a respiratory infection, I knew because she was sneezing excessively. My vet questioned me a bit and then listened to her lungs with a stethoscope (she said her lungs sounded okay but that we would treat her just to be on the safe side) and prescribed her...

My vet refuses to give extra doxycycline & enrofloxacin(baytril), I was told by many rat owners to ask for extra to have on hand for emergencies. my vet insists i’ll need to come in for another 400 exams and meds if they have another flare-up. I was told to buy doxy & enro online from a bird...

I recently started having rats as companion animals after a 15 year hiatus. I'm currently living in Sweden. When I brought home my three girls at 9 weeks, one already had some porypus around her eyes and it looked like some in her ears. They were also scratching. There were no other symptoms. I...

My very handsome boy, Gordy has been having some BAD respiratory issues lately, hes pulsating and makes little, unusual noises, when I started noticing these problems months ago I contacted the breeder I got my boys from, she was very kind and simply gave me some baby cereal with meds mixed in...

Are there any rat owners who have experience with rats with mycoplasma flare-ups and can explain what it actually is? In February I adopted a 1 year old female rat from the adoption section of a pet store. She was a lone rat and had been neglected by her previous owner - little was said about...

History: A month ago we adopted two young rats (standard Roan and dumbo double Rex) from questionable conditions (fed fruit loops as part of a homemade diet and were very dirty). After just a few days with us they both were looking alert and clean. A week ago I adopted a very healthy black...

Hi! I recently moved house and now have 3 males rats. I noticed a small amount of mold in the corner of my room which I didn't think would have a huge effect on my rats as long as it stayed there and didn't grow. After a few months I noticed one of my boys started having an odd chatter... He...

Hello everyone! So, we took our four boys to the vets for a wellness exam on Sunday, March 3rd, and while three of our boys turned out to be in good health, we found out my heart rat, Giltine, has an upper respiratory infection. The vet prescribed him Doxycycline twice a day for 14 days and we...

Hello everyone! I have two baby rats, both boys, that I recently purchase from a reptile store where they were meant to be feeder rats. I’ve given them a day or two to adjust but I’ve noticed that one of them seems to be sneezing quite a bit. I’ve heard occasional sneezes from the other but the...