jessicadelage
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Can anyone give me an idea about what might be wrong with my rat or what I can do about it?
One of my rats suddenly started acting different about 2-3 days ago.
She just turned 1 on August 30th.
She was on Baytril for 10 days (ending October 4th), the vet didn't hear anything in her lungs but said the problem seemed to be from her nose or throat.
The medication seemed to work since she stopped making the noise (sounded like a guinea pig).
Zoe has always been sort of the bully of the group (starting little fights with the others, stealing food, etc). The last few days she has been very slow moving, slow at eating and the others have been stealing food from her and she doesn't even seem to notice.
She almost seems confused or lost sometimes.
She also seems to be having trouble climbing, I put her on the outside bars of her cage to see and she just sort of hung there instead of moving (usually she climbs all over).
I gave them a snack in their bowl and instead of grabbing all she could and running off to eat like normal she took a piece and slowly ate it until someone else stole it (she didn't even try to fight or get it back).
She is still taking food and eating, she seems to be drinking the same as usual and I can't tell about peeing/pooping since they are all together.
She always sneezes but does seem to be sneezing a little more and she is wipe/cleaning her face very often.
I am really worried about her because she is not acting like herself at all but I can't really afford to go to the vet again so soon.
One of my rats suddenly started acting different about 2-3 days ago.
She just turned 1 on August 30th.
She was on Baytril for 10 days (ending October 4th), the vet didn't hear anything in her lungs but said the problem seemed to be from her nose or throat.
The medication seemed to work since she stopped making the noise (sounded like a guinea pig).
Zoe has always been sort of the bully of the group (starting little fights with the others, stealing food, etc). The last few days she has been very slow moving, slow at eating and the others have been stealing food from her and she doesn't even seem to notice.
She almost seems confused or lost sometimes.
She also seems to be having trouble climbing, I put her on the outside bars of her cage to see and she just sort of hung there instead of moving (usually she climbs all over).
I gave them a snack in their bowl and instead of grabbing all she could and running off to eat like normal she took a piece and slowly ate it until someone else stole it (she didn't even try to fight or get it back).
She is still taking food and eating, she seems to be drinking the same as usual and I can't tell about peeing/pooping since they are all together.
She always sneezes but does seem to be sneezing a little more and she is wipe/cleaning her face very often.
I am really worried about her because she is not acting like herself at all but I can't really afford to go to the vet again so soon.