odduckOasis
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So I had to take my rats with me on a long trip. I had a cage for them, but one of my rats didn't like being pent up for a long time. I did get to take them out to run around, but not while in the car.
So on the way home from where we were, my oldest boy Peanut would attempt to get out of the cage every chance he got, but if I tried to hold him, he'd flip out while the car was in motion. I couldn't hold him cuz he didn't feel secure. So then at one point, I decided to put in in the carrier, to see if that would help and noticed something really odd and freaky about his face. His mouth was open (which isn't normal) and a little crooked. The eye on that same side was shut a little as though he was in pain and he was breathing really heavily. This was also about 9pm and we were in a small town where no vet was available that time of night.
His bottom teeth looked out of whack, like open or tilted in an unnatural way, like one was bent out a bit. I was freaking out! He was getting all panicky too and breathing very heavy.
All I could do was hold him inside the carrier and give him comfort while we drove home as fast as was allowed. While he was in there, I sorta touched his jaw and mouth, feeling his funky teeth, which he didn't seem to like too much anyways. But after 3 hours, when we got home, I looked at him and his mouth was no longer wonky, it was closed and his teeth were back to normal.
I have no photos, but my husband saw his mouth too and my mom saw it was open (even though she didn't see the state of his teeth).
Can rats dislocate a part of their jaw somehow? Or bend their teeth? I don't know /how/ he could've done so, as he was fine that morning and I have no idea when it happened either. All I know is that every time I took him out or he climbed out of the cage, he went nuts while I tried to hold him.
He's fine now, but apparently his jaw is still tender, as he's not eating much. His teeth are fine in length otherwise too.
I've tried to give him some soft food at least, but he does brux a little bit, just not like he has in the past. Have any of you seen this sorta thing before?
So on the way home from where we were, my oldest boy Peanut would attempt to get out of the cage every chance he got, but if I tried to hold him, he'd flip out while the car was in motion. I couldn't hold him cuz he didn't feel secure. So then at one point, I decided to put in in the carrier, to see if that would help and noticed something really odd and freaky about his face. His mouth was open (which isn't normal) and a little crooked. The eye on that same side was shut a little as though he was in pain and he was breathing really heavily. This was also about 9pm and we were in a small town where no vet was available that time of night.
His bottom teeth looked out of whack, like open or tilted in an unnatural way, like one was bent out a bit. I was freaking out! He was getting all panicky too and breathing very heavy.
All I could do was hold him inside the carrier and give him comfort while we drove home as fast as was allowed. While he was in there, I sorta touched his jaw and mouth, feeling his funky teeth, which he didn't seem to like too much anyways. But after 3 hours, when we got home, I looked at him and his mouth was no longer wonky, it was closed and his teeth were back to normal.
I have no photos, but my husband saw his mouth too and my mom saw it was open (even though she didn't see the state of his teeth).
Can rats dislocate a part of their jaw somehow? Or bend their teeth? I don't know /how/ he could've done so, as he was fine that morning and I have no idea when it happened either. All I know is that every time I took him out or he climbed out of the cage, he went nuts while I tried to hold him.
He's fine now, but apparently his jaw is still tender, as he's not eating much. His teeth are fine in length otherwise too.
I've tried to give him some soft food at least, but he does brux a little bit, just not like he has in the past. Have any of you seen this sorta thing before?
