I noticed the the back end/rump on my girl Paige looked a bit different and I managed to scoop her up for a few seconds :lol: she's a very squirmy girl who would much rather run around then be held :roll:
anyway I didn't really get a good look, she wouldn't hold still but I did notice that her lower back felt HOT (not quite as far down as her tail, just a bit further up, you know?)
it looks a bit pinkish in that area too and her fur is messed up, like it's wet but it's not.
what would cause a rat to have a hot spot like that? She is not scratching at it, at least not when I"m around. None of the other girls are itchy and there's no sign of any mites or lice (no one has scabs, etc)
although I've never seen lice, but if she had them wouldn't she be very itchy? and where would she get them?
I am going to try to get her to hold still so I can get a better look...........
wish me luck ok?
would bathing her help?
could she have something like an allergic dermatitis?
is this something she has to see a vet for, or are there things I can try first to see if it resolves without taking her?
(she's fast and very difficult to take from one room to another, so taking her on the bus will be interesting to say the least lol)
Of course I"ll take her in if she really needs to go.
any ideas?
UPDATE:
HERE"s some photos I took tonight, her rump isn't hot any more. Maybe she's just got a different color in that area- you can see how her fur kinda parts in the middle...?
also she's got some pink coloring on the side of her face
My girl Tessa had some pink on her in different spots, she was PEW also. People kept telling me that it had to be porphryin but it wasn't and it could not be washed off. Paige's spot is the same way, it's part of her coloring, it's not anything that got on her.
Paige was a rescued pregnant feeder rat. Does that pink discoloration (or coloring) on these girls mean that they've got some other color in their background,
or is it just something that some PEWs have?
her daughter Evie is all white.
anyway I didn't really get a good look, she wouldn't hold still but I did notice that her lower back felt HOT (not quite as far down as her tail, just a bit further up, you know?)
it looks a bit pinkish in that area too and her fur is messed up, like it's wet but it's not.
what would cause a rat to have a hot spot like that? She is not scratching at it, at least not when I"m around. None of the other girls are itchy and there's no sign of any mites or lice (no one has scabs, etc)
although I've never seen lice, but if she had them wouldn't she be very itchy? and where would she get them?
I am going to try to get her to hold still so I can get a better look...........
wish me luck ok?
would bathing her help?
could she have something like an allergic dermatitis?
is this something she has to see a vet for, or are there things I can try first to see if it resolves without taking her?
(she's fast and very difficult to take from one room to another, so taking her on the bus will be interesting to say the least lol)
Of course I"ll take her in if she really needs to go.
any ideas?
UPDATE:
HERE"s some photos I took tonight, her rump isn't hot any more. Maybe she's just got a different color in that area- you can see how her fur kinda parts in the middle...?
also she's got some pink coloring on the side of her face
My girl Tessa had some pink on her in different spots, she was PEW also. People kept telling me that it had to be porphryin but it wasn't and it could not be washed off. Paige's spot is the same way, it's part of her coloring, it's not anything that got on her.
Paige was a rescued pregnant feeder rat. Does that pink discoloration (or coloring) on these girls mean that they've got some other color in their background,
or is it just something that some PEWs have?
her daughter Evie is all white.
