how i did hospice care for my elderly ratatootie

https://youtu.be/2ZJhyNvJCe4
https://youtu.be/2ZJhyNvJCe4
just wondering your opinions on how i handled rose. i was also wondering if anyone else has ran into their elderly rats getting scabs/sores behind their ears and on their back?? honest answers, please.
https://youtu.be/2ZJhyNvJCe4



and... i put the url of my video in here but the video isn't popping up... what am i doing wrong?

Here is some info from the ratguide regarding care of elderly rats
http://ratguide.com/health/musculoskeletal/degenerative_osteoarthritis.php

I am going to go watch your videos of Rose

If your rat has scabs in those areas, that is most definitely mites. I would do a treatment of Revolution.

i never thought of mites! we've had to deal with mites on three of our rats after we moved apartments and stressed them out-causing the mites to multiply and become a big itchy problem. aside from the ones on our regular haired rat, we could definitely see the crawling on our two hairless gals. we never noticed any mites crawling around on Rose. or Charlotte. but that does make perfect sense... they propagate whenever rats hormone levels change... and Rose was definitely dealing with some stressful situations. poor gal. even the vet didn't say anything about it. hmm. well... now we know. thanks!