carbonmmonoxide
Active Member
Okay, so Ive had my rat Moustache, for about a month and a half. Shes rather small so I figured from other peoples pictures and such, that she is less than a year old. Like all females when I got her she was you know, not the lap rat, she liked exporing and hiding and all that stuff, but wouldnt be scared to come on my lap to get some treats. She had alot of energy, even when she was exactly one night before giving birth, she was still as nice and didnt bite and was active. The only thing she didnt particularly like was being held. Like even with treats like I could not make her stay for more than like 10 seconds. Then she had her babies, and while she was in the aquarium, she was okay. She would climb the ladder to get out and such. But ever since I put her in a new cage (that I got 2nd hand), shes been acting odd. Its been about 3 weeks. The first weeks, shed just stay in her hiding spot, a wooden house with blankets. She would barely come out even if I put my hand in the cage to give her a treat. She only explored a little bit when I changed the fleece 1 week later, and even then, it was really brief. But now its been about 3 weeks, and yesterday, after I took out her baby boys, I decided I was going to take her out also (after of course), even though she didnt seem to want to come out anymore. She hid in the fleece blanket, and wouldnt eat treats. So then I picked her up and put her on my legs( I was sitting with my legs crossed), and she didnt move at all and let me pet her. She seemed okay untill I noticed all the little poops. Like 5 of them, usually when she was nervous she would only have like 2, or 3 at the most. So then I got even more worried and picked her up and put her against my chest so her head was partly in my sweater and then she was okay. She didnt pee or poop, she was kind of sniffing around (I didnt put on perfume that day thank god), and she calmed down. She actually stayed for the longest time, letting herself be petted and cuddled while I talked to her, and when I lowered my hands to see if she wanted to leave, she went out of her way to actually keep her head partly in my sweater. She seemed like all weak, like not like females usually feel. And that was very scary, because its the same exact rat that a few weaks ago hated to be picked up. Her only cagemates are her 2 baby girls, about 5 weeks and half. I dont know if shes just depressed because she doesnt have another adult rat, or something, so Ive been looking everywhere to adopt 1 female rat as fast as possible, so that she gets better. But now Im scared that she is sick and has something contagious. So I wouldnt want to give that to another rat if she is sick. Am i just worring for nothing? Does that usually happen to pregenant rats that have been seperated with some of her babies? Help?
(Mouse being her normal female self 4-5 weeks ago)
(Mouse being her normal female self 4-5 weeks ago)
