Alyssabstan
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I'm a brand new rat momma and my rat Roach (4 months, male, intact) started having this redness around his left eye last night. I did nothing different regarding cleaning, food or stresses but he lives in his enclosure with his half brother who is much smaller. I do not think they fought as they are usually pretty nice and affectionate with eachother. The only thing I can think of is I bathed him on Thursday and he wasn't happy but that was a few days ago...
Hes not breathing heavily or differently, not sneezing and has no porphoryn around the rest of his face or body, just this left eye. He squints it a lot and it's a little runny (clear liquid) but has the red crusties around it. There's also no bulging or visible trauma to the eye or surrounding tissue. I would love a suggestion if I should hit the vet or wait it out.
Hes not breathing heavily or differently, not sneezing and has no porphoryn around the rest of his face or body, just this left eye. He squints it a lot and it's a little runny (clear liquid) but has the red crusties around it. There's also no bulging or visible trauma to the eye or surrounding tissue. I would love a suggestion if I should hit the vet or wait it out.