kbg
Active Member
I found a little guy on deaths door at the local pet shop, and as soon as I picked him up, he crawled into my shirt and started bruxxing. Home he came, one week ago today. I didn't think he would make it the first night. He could barely walk, and he was a walking skeleton with skin stretched over him. I guessed him to be 3-4 weeks old. He was in a glass cage with only his sister (very active and healthy), his mother and siblings having had an unknown fate. He came with a URI and some strange swelling in his scrotum area that looks like fluid built up in there. He wouldn't eat hardly at all, so I syringed water mixed with powder from the bottom of a bag of 18% blocks into his mouth slowly, and he started to take this. After two days he was eating blocks and drinking water on his own. The vet said the biggest issue right now is getting weight on him, so we have done well with this. He went from 33 grams last Saturday, to 50 grams today! He went from total lack of energy, and no baby rat like behavior, to acting just like every baby rat I've ever met. He's been on Zithro since last Monday, and although he is slightly better, I think he needs something added. I have some Baytril here and I am wondering if this is safe to add at such a young age? The swelling in his scrotum has gone down a bit, but it still seems filled with clear fluid. Any ideas on this as well? Also, he has mites. Is it safe to give him revolution at this age and with his health as it is, and the meds he's on? Thanks! (o: