Hi guys,
I'm taking my rats to the vet tonight for the first time, Jesse has been pulling out his fur quite badly as the blood and scabs under his chin always seem fresh, I first noticed them last night, there are scabs under his chin and pieces of hair around the cage. His brother Sheriff doesn't have bald patches but his back has a couple scabs in his back.
I've been using yesterday's news but i haven't been refrigerating it, my family thought it was a little... crazy so I thought maybe I was being over paranoid and didn't bother. But I will be from now on, I don't want them to go through this again!
Is yesterday's news especially bad for carrying mites? I'm only using it for the litterboxes but they like hanging out there sometimes.
What litter are you guys using? Are some litters more prone than others to carrying mites or is this just because I didn't take precautions to freezing it? Also should I freeze their lava ledges as well or should they be fine?
Thanks!
I'm taking my rats to the vet tonight for the first time, Jesse has been pulling out his fur quite badly as the blood and scabs under his chin always seem fresh, I first noticed them last night, there are scabs under his chin and pieces of hair around the cage. His brother Sheriff doesn't have bald patches but his back has a couple scabs in his back.
I've been using yesterday's news but i haven't been refrigerating it, my family thought it was a little... crazy so I thought maybe I was being over paranoid and didn't bother. But I will be from now on, I don't want them to go through this again!
Is yesterday's news especially bad for carrying mites? I'm only using it for the litterboxes but they like hanging out there sometimes.
What litter are you guys using? Are some litters more prone than others to carrying mites or is this just because I didn't take precautions to freezing it? Also should I freeze their lava ledges as well or should they be fine?
Thanks!