Hey everyone, I was wondering if there was a possibility that only 1 rat in a group could have mites?
Our oldest girl Cookies has been scratching like crazy, although its hard to say exactly when it started, its probably been about 6 weeks going on. She has some scabbing, but its 98% down one side of her body. She is 31 months old, and is displaying some signs of HED and shes also dealing with some skin issues on her tail (ongoing, vet knows about it, we just have to keep it clean and periodically help some abscesses to drain).
At first I thought it was age related, and then I began thinking maybe mites? However, our other two aren't exhibiting any signs. No scratching, no scabs. And they all live together (although they have only been in the same cage for about 2.5 weeks now).
If Cookies had mites, wouldn't they also be on the other two? If it isn't mites, does anyone have any idea what it might be?
Edit: I Mean that 98% of the scabs are on one side, not that one side of her body is 98% covered!
Our oldest girl Cookies has been scratching like crazy, although its hard to say exactly when it started, its probably been about 6 weeks going on. She has some scabbing, but its 98% down one side of her body. She is 31 months old, and is displaying some signs of HED and shes also dealing with some skin issues on her tail (ongoing, vet knows about it, we just have to keep it clean and periodically help some abscesses to drain).
At first I thought it was age related, and then I began thinking maybe mites? However, our other two aren't exhibiting any signs. No scratching, no scabs. And they all live together (although they have only been in the same cage for about 2.5 weeks now).
If Cookies had mites, wouldn't they also be on the other two? If it isn't mites, does anyone have any idea what it might be?
Edit: I Mean that 98% of the scabs are on one side, not that one side of her body is 98% covered!
