Mixalot2009
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Hey guys I've posted on and off about the same thing but it was never really a serious issue. Tonight however I had to separate my oldest rat Rocky from the rest of the group. He is about a year older and and over the last 6 months has become the main Target for being picked on. I've recently noticed hair loss and just generally not himself. It was never more than some squeaking from his ears being tugged on or dominant shows from my alpha rat. But it's gotten worse lately and tonight I heard squeaking from the other side of the house and go in to find one the the other rats on top of him while is is upside down. I shooed away the other rat (cocoa) and normally he flips back up but he just layed there upside down. I picked him up and soothed him for a bit and put him back and he just sat there for a while and slowly crawled into the house on the first floor. Well I put together a quick tub with some extra supplies I have and put him in there and the change was almost immediate in his behavior. He started running around and chattering his teeth and generally acted like I haven't seen him in a while. I really worried at this point and thinking I should just keep him separated. He was originally a only rat for the first 6 months of his life and I'm sure he would be fine. Any advice would be great and I will post a picture of the cage to see if there's something I could do to reintegrate him or not.