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I think if I were in the same situation I would call my vet and tell them how it had changed. Poor Aleksia, I hope it isn't too uncomfortable Sad

that it gets better!

Peas and chicken

Sometimes as black rats get older their fur "rusts" and you is some lighter brownish hairs/patches mixed in with the black ones.
It might be that?

Aww those pictures are so cute Mr. Green

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3586573.stm

Not sure which section this belongs in. The rat genome has been decoded apparently.

In my experience it depends on the rat. I have had some girls that have mellowed as they got older (about 14-18mths), and others that have raced aroudn madly their whole lives. Maizie and Bramble stic ...

Call the vet and speak to them about it?

I would worry that there is a reaction to the sutures. I had a rat have this happen to him. Baron had the two incisions method and Jafar had the abdominal method. Jafar got a swelling near the op site ...

Mine have their own room where I can open their cage in the morning so they can come and go as they like. They are quite lazy and sometimes they don't bother. Before I left their door open I used to l ...

Sorry to hear Melchoir is so sick Sad

When a rat get a respiratory infection such as myco they can also get lung damage - in my experience. If you x-ray a rat that has had myco they often show lesions ...

Definitely hands

My vets routinely use meloxicam for pain relief in almost all small furries and I (and they I would assume) have found it to be very effective.

Fingers crossed that the surgery goes smoothly!

amys wounds are in rondom places but mainly along her spine/rump. i have seen tara go for there which is another reason i think it was her, they are going to the vets anyway and i'll double check:)
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I wouldn't discount rats having mites just because only one is showing symptoms.
In my experience of having rats (22 was the most I had at one time) I have never had all of them break out with mites ...

My ratties usually don't pee on the bed except for the occasionally scent mark. I have a bigger problem with them chewing my sheets! I've got pillow cases with holes in them and sheets that your toe ...

Mine sleep in their igloo. They used to have a hammock until they stopped sleeping in it and started using it exclusively for a toilet Rolling Eyes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3486559.stm

I wasn't sure which section to put this in... is about rats though

EDIT: Oh this is a pet rats section... nevermind.

So much cuteness!!! lurve

I am so sorry Christy Sad

I vacuum their room every few days. When I clean their cage out I vacuum out any debris with a vacuum cleaner that we only use for the animal's houses.
My rats have never seemed at all bothered abou ...

Sounds like a typical respiratory infection be it caused by mycoplasma or another bug. This will only go away with the right antibiotic treatment available from your vets. Speak to your parents if you ...

Yes

Edinburgh person here - but you already have my vet's details.

I have never had trouble giving it to mine. They much prefer the taste to that of Baytril, plus the doses are so much smaller so its much easier to mask.

Awww Christy they are all so adorable Mr. Green

Oh, that first picture is lurve

I have 2 boys and 2 girls.

I have not tried it myself but I have heard some ppl swear by it and also some ppl that used it and then went back to using the cardboard bedding.
I like the cardboard and I wouldn't change from that ...

Argh I can't get enough of cute rat pictures

Awwww soo cute

I agree with AlienRat, sounds like typical mite symptoms.

I have been asked to give between 0.2ml for a rat post op to 0.05ml for a small doe with a hurt foot.

At the moment I have a buck who is almost 600g on 0.1mls once a day.

These were always based ...

Oh no, I am so sorry to hear this, it doesn't seem a minute since he was an ickle kitten Sad

My rats have free range (at playtime) of a large room that I know is rat proofed. Before they lived there we let them out on the living room floor all the time and just kept an eye on them. Maybe you ...

My vets prescribe it using the dosage on the bottle. The formulary I have says that it can be given once or twice a day. My vets tend to just use once a day for the less severe infections and move to ...

When I have had sick or underweight rats - oatmeal has never failed to bulk them up. I use water and mix with either a little honey or sweet babyfood.

I have a square of vetbed that I have turned into a hammock. Eddie and Jafar wouldn't be without it

And would it not be possible to have shows without the competitive element? Couldn't shows exist simply to allow rat owners and breeders the opportunity to meet each other and introduce their wond ...

The Bulldog is too extreme to compare to rat coat colours IMHO. I do not agree with what has happened to many dog breeds in recent years; the bulldog being a prime example. However, to assume that all ...

You seem to think its your way or no way at all. Call a few different vet practices and find one that you are comfortable with. I can bet there are a fair few ppl here that have had bad vet experience ...

We all know that abdominal injections are painful for rats which is why most ppl recommend taking your rat to the vet and having the vet administer either halothane or isoflo using the correct equipme ...

Just a quick point - I have no idea about the rest of the world but in the UK whether you get to stay when gas is administered is down to the vets. Normally if they don't let you it is for Health and ...

I still do not condone the use of halothane by ppl in their homes. These chemicals are controlled for a reason. Just because someone writes an article about they way the choose to do something does no ...

If you don't have faith in your vet then find one that you do have faith in.

With regards to halothane - do you have an anaesthetic machine? How do you think you are going to euthanise a rat with ...

How can you tell if the stuff on a rat's nose is blood or porphyrin?
Wipe some of the discarge onto a tissue, then bleed yourself onto a tissue. Compare the colors.

I don't think it is advisable ...

Okay, I just got a huge thing of Carefresh, but I'll buy something else when its gone. They also have a nest box with rags, I think I need to change that more often. I'll also take them to a vet jus ...

You don't say if the rat has seen a vet and is on antibiotics. Firstly if you've not done that when you need to do that. Secondly the lice will not stay on you so there is no point in shaving yourself ...

I totally agree with AlienRat and toyah, medicines are only given to qualified individuals for a reason. Halothane particularly - why would you need a stock of halothane? It can be very dangerous if u ...

I am a firm believer in keeping pray species away from their predators. While I know others are able to let their rats out to meet their cats and dogs (or whatever other animals ppl have Mr. Green

) without ...

My rats have SupaRat as their main mix food and they eat all of it. When I first had rats I fed them Reggie as it was the easy to get hold of. If I gave them Reggie now I don't think they would be too ...

One of my boys started to be aggressive once one of his cage mates died. He was about 15 mths when I had him neutered; I was worried it had become a learnt behaviour as he was older but it really did ...

Two of my rats; Emily and Zoe used to try and pull out the hairs on my arms - very painful. Luckily they did grow out of it eventually

Awww poor Spook, but yippee

that she is home safe

That is one of the cutest rat pictures I have ever seen

Christy is that the same box I sent you the penguins in?? LOL

You are not alone Linda, I can never see him either Confused

I don't know the history of your rats Labrat but if they have had a respiratory infection previously then it is possible that they have lung scarring which can cause the lungs to sound rough - though ...

Yeah, thats a good point Linda, I also had a boy with a similar problem. He had a steriod injection and was all better for about 6 months until he surcumbed to a respiratory infection.

"Myco" is short for Mycoplasmosis caused by Mycoplasma pulmonis and rats almost always contract and carry this bug from their mothers, probably while still in the uterus. To get a Mycoplasma pulmonis ...

Has your vet done a dipstick test with some of his urine to see how his kidney function is doing? It might give a bit more of an indication as to whats going on.
I have no experience with bumblefoot ...

Happy Birthday Buddha!!!!!!

Eddie (also 2 today), Maizie and Jodie (also 28 months), and Bramble (26 months) send birthday wishes

I'm sorry I have not been following the story of what has happened to Siggy but I had a similar experience.
Jafar had a castration and about a week later a bulge appeared above the op site and the t ...

He likes to sleep alot:

http://www.sonoranrats.com/baron/baron02.jpg

http://www.sonoranrats.com/baron/baron04.jpg

http://www.sonoranrats.com/baron/baron03.jpg

And smile

http://www. ...

I just had a similar thing with one of my girls Mia. A lump appeared under the incision and itgrew quite a size. I spoke to the vets over the phone and they didn't seem worried and said to keep an eye ...

So sorry to hear about Holly nic Sad

I had a rat that had a trachael wash and it turned out that the infection was caused by a bacillus which was resistant to everything that tested it with except E ...

Soo Soo cute, definitely a Dandy fan here lurve

This a picture of Bramble taken in Febuary.

http://www.sonoranrats.com/bramblesac.jpg

I'll crop some pics I have to make a Baron fan gallery wink

:mrgreen: So cute!
*plots to steal monkey* lurve

And I don't understand why you won't eat your cheerios now that some rat has been in the box wink

You could market a new Raisin'Cheerios brand Mr. Green

Oh Sab, thats just too horrid roflmao

The rats made me give them cheerios while they were out tonight wink

http://www.sonoranrats.com/cropped/apache.jpg

Apache tries to find the nicest ones

http://www.sonoranrats.com/cropped/maiz ...

Well if its on her belly its probably one of two things, either a mammary tumour or an abscess. Normally (but not always) mammary tumours are soft and slightly mobile whereas abscess' are hard and gro ...

I used to have 2 does that used to rip hairs out of my arm when they were grooming me. Shocked

ouch!

I have no personal experience with rats with ear infections but from what I have seen in other's rats it sounds like she might have had an ear infection which has left her with the head tilt. I have s ...

I used to do this all the time but I ended up with some rather rotund rodents. Embarassed

What I do now is restrict them to veggie mixes and fruits instead, oh and a little rice and pasta. When we have ...

Awww what a cutie!

:laugh: at that last picture, that can't be comfortable surely???

Oh eeeepp, so cute

Well from what I have read some/all rats always have mites but they are dormant until the rat becomes stressed or ill. I don't have any idea how true this is though.

I don't know if it is true eit ...

OMG! your boys are simply gorgeous lurve

That's it! New series on RATTV - Changing Cages

I'm glad I'm not alone in spending large amounts of time and money on creating and buying things for them to destroy.

Argh no, I have a cage of ve ...

Definitely agree with AlienRat on this one, rats cannot vomit so please so not try and and give her emetics.
It also sounds as she may be choking - the frothing and reaching are classic signs.

Oh dear, how frustrating Rolling Eyes

I can relate to that having recently had a similar episode of destructive activity. I bought a cute hanging bed and gave it to the girls; they ripped out the inside ...

What a great idea, certainly saves the furnishings from naughty rat nibbles Rolling Eyes

Oh and those cute faces poking out of the play house lurve

- I see you were also watching the top 100 sin ...

The type of food I use depends on how sick the rat is. A rat that will eat on its own but needs to put on weight; I will use the oatmeal with babyfood. If the rat is very sick and barely eating I warm ...

Something I have used which has worked well is babyfood mixed with oatmeal. Just pop some oats into a bowl with some powered babyfood, add some boiled water and give it a stir. Obviously make sure its ...

Rats are able to synthesize their own vitamin C so personally I wouldn't worry too much about supplementing it.

Give Treacle a cuddle from me Cheers

Happy Birthday Treacle yippee

Oh yes, cherry juice on the cage floor has had me panicked more than once! Blink

How awful, I am so sorry Sad

Everything crossed for Ghost.

Mirage is a little poorly at the moment so she's spending time with me getting some extra TLC... and some of my dinner

:

http://www.sonoranrats.com/images/cutemirage.jpg

Now that would have been funny.

Yeah I can see how being completely spoilt can be hard for a rat

I am afraid I am also mean and make mine eat all their food before I give them a refill. Twisted Evil

OMG that first picture is so so so so so CUTE!

(I've heard that males tend to mark less if they have been neutered.)

I can go along with that, before Baron was neutered he marked *everything*. It's much more pleasent to have him cuddle now ...

I have almost always kept boys and girls and have never had an accidental mating. From what I here from others it is far more likely that either a boy or a girl will get put in the wrong cage. I have ...

That's priceless!

*wooohoooo, claps and shouts*

Give her a cuddle from me Mr. Green

I couldn't agree more, people's "throw away" attitude to animals is totally irresponsible and extremely unfair to the animals. Not only that but where there is a child ownership (where the parent is r ...

If they are young I don't think it will matter too much esp as you are feeding it until you get some rat food. Once rats have grown up a little more I don't like to feed them too much protein, I think ...

If it were me I would really worry about having the rats out all the time with a dog around, It only take once for there to be a nasty accident - maybe I am just paranoid.

If yours are really naughty chewers I would economise and make your own hammocks from old clothes etc. I hang mine - when I actually have some non-chewed ones with giant paperclips. Strangely the only ...

I worked with my vets for a year and saw lots of different animals including rats given anaesthesia - for operations and also prior to PTS. My vets only treat exotics (not dogs or cats) so I do believ ...

Yeah mine get, and enjoy both red and green.

I have but it was entirely my own fault and I should have known better. The rat was recovering from 2 surgeries and had developed an abscess in one of the wounds. I went to take him out of the cage to ...

How big are they, they might be lice?
I don't know about mites in the rest of the world but in the UK mites which live on rats are not visable with the naked eye. Lice are about a mm and are a dark o ...

Flea eggs can stay viable in your carpet etc for 3 years so if you have fleas you'll have to treat the carpets and the upholstery as well or you may get them back again.

Oh no I am so sorry, it's so tragic, esp at such a young age Sad

Hahaha, that sums rats up pretty well LOL

I had a rat with a severe respiratory infection, he developed mites and had to be given a 3 weeks injectable course where they would go away and then they'd be back maybe 2 weeks later... so we'd put ...

Oh my, thats one of the best smileys I have ever seen Mr. Green

Wow, that description sounds exactly like what Raven had, exept she did have a tumor. It had been removed safely.

Yeah thats what I try and do, it's why I thought I still had another 10 miles or so before I have to had to fill up again. Sadly I think there is something wrong with the fuel pump and itr may not be ...

Linda, I tell you a few expletives were muttered when it wouldn't start but I have to tell you one funny thing. Luckily when it conked out I was about 30 seconds from a mechanics garage so I too ...

I don't normally post when my rat get ill but this past week has been quite unbelievable.
Prior to last Monday I stayed with my mum for 3 weeks, she lives the other end of the UK to me so I don't see ...

I haven't had any personal experience with humidifiers but I was talking to my vet today and she recommeded getting one. I have an air purifier in the rat room already but I I may consider a humidifie ...

Oh nic I am so so sorry to hear about Thistle Cry

I think I am right in saying that Thistle and Ghost are from the same litter as my William (Bill)

it's 13 minutes past Christmas now Mr. Green

I have had rats with mites and although they develop (sometimes alarming quantities) scabs across their shoulders and on occassion on their chin, they have shown no hair loss at all in the scabby area ...

Are you sure that Casper doesn't have mites? Or have you checked that his claws are nice and short. A classic sign of mites is scabs over the shoulders, which can extend to their face and under their ...

Well start as we mean to go on... we have all three in together at the moment and it's looking promising even at this early stage!

I don't often post when one of my rats passes on but I feel I should mention Ganja. She is one of the four girls that I originally fostered for Jinx when she had to find homes for her rats.
For the ...

http://www.stickrat.com/index2.htm

Ekim found this today... I thought StickRat was really cute

Oh yay nic Mr. Green

Uncle Baron says hello to his neices...
and brother Bill says hello to Thistle too wink

wooohooo, welcome home nic Mr. Green

Happy Birthday Gambit Mr. Green

The smallest ones I have used are the ones you get on insulin syringes, sometimes it just depends on the viscosity of the stuff you are injecting I guess.

My best advice is to put the rat on a table with his head facing away from you. Hold the needle with the bevelled edge up and tent the skin in the neck... lots of spare skin there that you can pull up ...

If my boys destroyed the moo hammock I'd be really upset because it came all the way from Holland. I have given them strict intructions not to chew it! With my own rats I have found that girls are wor ...

I had to laugh when I saw this just a minute ago.

http://www.sonoranrats.com/misc/twist.jpg

I took this ther other day, it's Baron lounging about in his Moo hammock.

http://www.sonoranrats.com/misc/baronhammock01.jpg

And also one of Emily doing an Alien impersonation while eating a Mal ...

Not sure actually managed to be much help LOL

At least your vet is willing to look up info for medications and treatments

The thing about biopsies and other lab work is that they are often done by labs outwith the veterinary practice where the lumps/samples are taken. The vets have to pay the lab to analyse the tissues a ...

He's obviously too much of a slob to worry about how comfortable he is

I have a picture some where of one of my does, Maizie, asleep on her back in the middle of the cage. Also one somewhere of K ...

I think it depends where you get your mouse from. Marcus was so frightened when we bought him home from the pet shop. We tried to socialise him with us but he didn't like any of it. I have heard simil ...

I went to find cute picture and found loads so I'll just post a couple:

http://www.sonoranrats.com/images/curledbaron.jpg

Baron asleep again in his favourite spot... he has a hammock would you b ...

If it is this picture you are talking about this one it's mine:

http://www.ratpalace.com/albums/album01/Sleepy_2.jpg

The hooded rat is Tristin and the patched boy with his nosed pressed against ...

That is a fantastic name for your mouse btw Mr. Green

Jenny

To be perfectly honest Marcus isn't really that friendly. He'll beg for treats and come to the cage door when you open it but he doesn't like being handled at all. He comes out to run about on the sof ...

Erk! thats some abscess, fingers crossed the Baytril does the job.
Jenny

Thought I'd get the ball rolling here with a picture of my mouse, Marcus.

http://www.danglerats.co.uk/marcus.jpg

Jenny

Oh wow they are so tiny! I can't believe how people can have such disregard for other species sometimes.
Jenny