Gave him a piece of bread...

[Scythe]

I let them all fish for peas again and while doing that i was eating a bun. I gave Al a tiny piece of bread and almost right after he started making 'throwing up' movements; like a cats, except hes ... well, a rat but i know they cant throw up

so i took the rest of it from him and set him back down and watched him for a second and right away he started stretching and stretching and it didnt look like stretches hes done before. so i threw everyone else in the cage out of my way and started patting Al on the back . after a couple minutes he closed his eyes and fell still so i stopped and he jumped back up again and tried to run away so i coaxed him out of hiding and set him back in the cage since he seemed better.... but he still only just wants to hide.

i tried getting him to drink water off my fingers while he was 'choking' but he wouldn't -- after i was patting him he would.

did he choke? is his hiding behaviour still 'im having trouble breathing' behaviour?

 

[lilspaz68]

It does sound like regular choke, let him work it and keep an eye on him is the best advice. Bread can cause choke so easily.

 

[Scythe]

he scared the hell out of me! i went in and he was laying on his side... but jumped up when i got closer. he's grooming himself now so i hope thats done with.

 

[mamarat]

It's very scary but always better to let him work it out alone, keeping an eye on him though. I'm glad he's doing better.

 

[RatsForever]

Very scary! It happened to me once and my rat managed to work it out on her own although I never took my eyes off of her!

 

Very scary, I always give a lil pice of whole wheat bread when giving baytril and mine do fine.

 

[AmyMeowCat]

OMG I knew rats couldn't throw up, but I have never heard of one choking! How scary! I was hold my breath while reading that.

BTW LOVE the names! Ed, Al and Roy! Which is which? I am so an anime fan and love FMA. That is too cute!

 

[Scythe]

Thats good to know it's a bit of a choking hazard, i thought it would be okay for him, because I've read of people using it to give medicine to their rats.... I guess that's the end of bread for a little treat/snack to share with them, I guess....

BTW LOVE the names! Ed, Al and Roy! Which is which? I am so an anime fan and love FMA. That is too cute!

In order of Size: Alphonse is the Russian Blue(I think that's his colour?), Roy is the black hooded, and Edward is my shrimpy little beige boy.

 

[xxchelle]

Adorable!! Alphonse looks like a mink to me, but it could just be the lighting/small image

 

[jorats]

Aww.. I'm glad he's ok. I've noticed a lot of rats choke on bread.
Alphonse is a mink I would say.