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marcopolo
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A few hours ago, one of my lovely male rats Marco was on my couch under a little pillow tipi looking like he was about the sleep, or at least chill. I layed down on the other side of the couch, and play some classical music on my phone while playing a game. Anyways, I periodically checked on him, and I can't quite remember what worried me, but I took away the pillows, and then it really went bad.
He started shaking and he lifted his lil' hands near his face and opened his mouth. He looked like he was in pain, and closed his eyes and kept shaking. He then stopped, and kinda just laid there looking tired/ill. I called my little brother over, because I wanted to make sure I had backup. He was laying kinda odd, just flopped there, not propping himself up with his legs like normal. So, I poked him to see if he was just being lazy or was tired, and he didn't really respond, just moved with my touch. This concerned me even more, and I had my little brother(who Marco is generally curious about and always moves and goes to him when around) pet and gently poke him, and nothing happened. At this point, I was really worried and kinda just pushed him a little, and he completely flopped over, as if he couldn't move at all. I tried several more times to stimulate him, putting him on the ground(he likes running on the carpet), talking to him, and nothing. Then out of nowhere he started moving and ran around all scared? I am totally confused, but he went back into his cage(it's right next to the couch and the door lines up perfectly with the armrest, so they can run out) and laid down.
He seems fine now, he accepted treats, cuddled with his brother, and is now sleeping with his bro. I'm just so confused as to what happened, and very scared for my lil' pal. When this happened though, I do note that the violin in the music got a little higher pitched, but nothing too crazy, and the phone wasn't close to him. Was this a reaction to that, did he get scared, or is this signs of an illness? I'm really worried it will happen again in the future, or that it's a sign of something serious that needs to be dealt with fast. Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance. :c
He started shaking and he lifted his lil' hands near his face and opened his mouth. He looked like he was in pain, and closed his eyes and kept shaking. He then stopped, and kinda just laid there looking tired/ill. I called my little brother over, because I wanted to make sure I had backup. He was laying kinda odd, just flopped there, not propping himself up with his legs like normal. So, I poked him to see if he was just being lazy or was tired, and he didn't really respond, just moved with my touch. This concerned me even more, and I had my little brother(who Marco is generally curious about and always moves and goes to him when around) pet and gently poke him, and nothing happened. At this point, I was really worried and kinda just pushed him a little, and he completely flopped over, as if he couldn't move at all. I tried several more times to stimulate him, putting him on the ground(he likes running on the carpet), talking to him, and nothing. Then out of nowhere he started moving and ran around all scared? I am totally confused, but he went back into his cage(it's right next to the couch and the door lines up perfectly with the armrest, so they can run out) and laid down.
He seems fine now, he accepted treats, cuddled with his brother, and is now sleeping with his bro. I'm just so confused as to what happened, and very scared for my lil' pal. When this happened though, I do note that the violin in the music got a little higher pitched, but nothing too crazy, and the phone wasn't close to him. Was this a reaction to that, did he get scared, or is this signs of an illness? I'm really worried it will happen again in the future, or that it's a sign of something serious that needs to be dealt with fast. Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance. :c
