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I recently adopted three sisters together. All of them are 4-5 weeks old (my best guess). Very small still. I didn't realize that one of them was sick until I brought her home. Day 1 she couldn't even sit up. She would just endlessly roll over and flop on her sides. I found out that my family...

I posted a thread the other day with some pre surgery questions but now I need some help with aftercare. Obi had a tumour removed from under his arm yesterday, we got home and all was fine, he was drinking and eating. That was until about 11pm when he managed to (what I thought) ripped his...

Hello! My name is Amber and I recently rescued two new rats to add to my family of three. One of the babies I saved I adopted for free because he is sick. I suspected wet tail- however he is eating, drinking and exploring his new isolation tank fine. He lays down some like he doesn't feel well...

Okay guys things seem to have taken a turn for the worst :( My rat Subie is not being as active as normal and she's making a clicking noise almost constantly. She seems to be breathing heavy and she keeps sitting in the same spot breathing hard for long periods of time. I started noticing this...

Hi everyone. So my rat Kiri was put on Baytril for a suspected uri a few days ago. 0.18 ml to be exact. At first it seemed to be helping, she started getting her appetite back, drinking on her own, her breathing seemed better and just all around she started seeming stronger. However the pops...

Hi my rat Oz is about 2 years old and he is perfectly healthy about 10 minutes ago i noticed he has a scab looking thing on his stomach i play with him everyday and havent noticed it i dont know what to do or what it is please helpED4D3F4B-BE15-4284-AB5E-5DCB31F98B7E by deztiny posted Mar 5...

hi everyone, My 1 year old girl got diagnosed with a tumor on her breast less than a week ago and it has started to bleed. Yesterday I noticed it enlarge(even though she’s on medication meant to prevent this) and this morning woke to it having bled significantly. After 30 mins it stopped...

Hi all, two of my boys have began acting really strange and hardly touch their food. They seem extremely lethargic and tend to lay with their heads over the edge of ramps whilst panting with their eyes half open. I currently have 9 boys and none of the others have shown any of these symptoms...

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...

My rat has become sick: he's lethargic, sneezes, and has labored breathing as of yesterday. I've started giving him amoxicillin (250 mg per 7.5 cc, giving him .3 cc every 12 hours), but I read that it doesnt treat mycoplasma. How long should I wait for symptoms to get better before putting him...

So I’ve had Geri for about a year now. She’d previously shared a cage with Ali who passed away some time ago. Recently, i decided to get Geri a new sis! I brought the new rat home, kept their cages next to each other, then allowed them to cohabitate. A couple of days later, i began to notice...

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...

One of my rats recently got diagnosed with lung tumor. The vet gave me antibiotics and said that he would likely die within 1-3 months. Originally he had been on antibiotics before for what we thought was just a cold, but it progressively got worse to I kept taking him back to the vet...

About a month ago, I rescued a female rat named Cady from a situation where she had lost her cage mate and needed a new home. When I got her, I took her to the vet because I have five other girls and she ended up having lice. She had to be isolated so the other ones wouldn't get it too. I got...

Hi everyone. I have a very ill rat and would like some advice. It's a long story so here it goes: Maggie is a 10 month old female rat who had URI when we first got her. She was doing well up until about a month or so ago when the URI came back. She was gasping for air and lethargic so we took...

My dumbo rat, 2 year old male has been making odd sounds recently, I have been researching and looking around if anyone else has had this problem but I couldn't find anything except people reporting "grunting" sounds, if this is even considered grunting, but he's been doing it for a few weeks...

I have two rats named Winston and Teddy. They're about 1 1/2-year-old boys and Teddy is slightly bigger than Winston. However, I noticed today that Teddy is about the same size as Winston if not smaller. He takes twice as long to eat and he doesn't finish his food, he seems obsessed with his...

Should I take my rat to the doctor? He keeps making this noise since I got him 2 weeks ago.

Hello, about 2 weeks ago I took in two fairly young male rats (Errol and Norbert) from a friend who adopted them at a local pet store. I'd say they're about 2 or 3 months old, but I'm not entirely certain. They've always been quite sneezy, but I figured it was just the new home sneezes...

So i have an almost 2 year old hairless female rat. She's always been very curious and friendly and hyper, taking any chance she can to get out of the cage. But lately, she seems to be lethargic. She won't get out of bed when I come to the cage with treats and she just wants to sleep all the...