I bought two rats recently from a shelter I had been going to for ages and one of them is now acting odd.
I knew this rat since when she was rescued, this isn't like her at all. When she was at the shelter she was slightly sleepy, liked her houses etc. When I Tom her home, I noticed she'd fall asleep a lot, in people's arms or in shirts and so on. I put this down as her loving attention and perhaps a little stress.
Just today we bought home her two sisters and now their in a cage with her, her sister T'Pol and their cagemate Rosie.
I just took them all out to play and had them in a big round cushion chair. I was trying to get in and put the rats on the edge of the windowsill - no more then an inch away - and then got distracted by the dog. I turned around and there was only Four rats!
I checked the floor and found Hoshi (the rat in question) had fallen to the ground. She was laying on her side and looking like she was falling asleep. I picked her up and she didn't wiggle in my hands, just was closing her eyes.
I put her in the chair, but the other rats away and then came back to find she'd barely moved.
Now she's in my shirt and I have felt her move her feet around and her head a little.
She was eating a day or two ago - thou him not sure about recently, all of our rats are albinos and it's hard to tell them apart. My sister said she saw her drinking earlier.
I can't tell if she is colder then normal, and I may have felt her shiver from time to time. Her sisters and cagemates are fine - I don't k ow what the problem is!
We had her in the vet a few days ago - she said her sleepiness and sore eyes may be from a lack of varied deit and the stress of being next to the dog kennels. And her new home of course.
She does have a bit of the red stuff around one eye - only a little and it's dried and looks old. Oh, and last night there was one mushy, smelly poop in their cage but we have no idea who it came from.
I don't have any other details and my google searches aren't helping - I think it's after get hours too, so I don't think I can call our rat vet.
Please help. :c I just lost my last rat... I don't want it to happen again.
EDIT: she just made a major move and is now sluggishly broxxing. Icant tell the difference between pain and pleasure though with their teeth.
I knew this rat since when she was rescued, this isn't like her at all. When she was at the shelter she was slightly sleepy, liked her houses etc. When I Tom her home, I noticed she'd fall asleep a lot, in people's arms or in shirts and so on. I put this down as her loving attention and perhaps a little stress.
Just today we bought home her two sisters and now their in a cage with her, her sister T'Pol and their cagemate Rosie.
I just took them all out to play and had them in a big round cushion chair. I was trying to get in and put the rats on the edge of the windowsill - no more then an inch away - and then got distracted by the dog. I turned around and there was only Four rats!
I checked the floor and found Hoshi (the rat in question) had fallen to the ground. She was laying on her side and looking like she was falling asleep. I picked her up and she didn't wiggle in my hands, just was closing her eyes.
I put her in the chair, but the other rats away and then came back to find she'd barely moved.
Now she's in my shirt and I have felt her move her feet around and her head a little.
She was eating a day or two ago - thou him not sure about recently, all of our rats are albinos and it's hard to tell them apart. My sister said she saw her drinking earlier.
I can't tell if she is colder then normal, and I may have felt her shiver from time to time. Her sisters and cagemates are fine - I don't k ow what the problem is!
We had her in the vet a few days ago - she said her sleepiness and sore eyes may be from a lack of varied deit and the stress of being next to the dog kennels. And her new home of course.
She does have a bit of the red stuff around one eye - only a little and it's dried and looks old. Oh, and last night there was one mushy, smelly poop in their cage but we have no idea who it came from.
I don't have any other details and my google searches aren't helping - I think it's after get hours too, so I don't think I can call our rat vet.
Please help. :c I just lost my last rat... I don't want it to happen again.
EDIT: she just made a major move and is now sluggishly broxxing. Icant tell the difference between pain and pleasure though with their teeth.
