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I've started thinking about having rats again, but I live in Europe now and rat care is vastly different here, it's especially behind when it comes to diet (most care pages recommend sunflower seeds and corn as a daily part of their diet!) I've searched the web for something that's similar to...

I started my rattie mom journey over two years ago on this very website, months before I planned to get my first rats. i remember asking so many questions, doing so much research, making sure I had every possibility and event covered in my understanding of rat care. Now, about three years...

okay so its been a while but I figured I'd update. Popppy is still doing fine, I took him to the vet and we found out the tumor is indeed cyst and that it shouldn't need removal because it is a fairly localized problem. I told her I didn't want to spend money and stress out my rat on surgery...

Lil' old boys <3 They're almost 2 now, how time flies!

From what I've learned from research, I highly doubt it is a cyst. I'm scheduling a vet appointment for them sometime soon so the vet can get a look at it. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it is indeed a cyst, because it seems a lot less troublesome the a tumour. In the meantime, according to...

I doubt it's a cyst because it IS growing at a slow rate and it hasn't shown any signs that cysts do. It doesn't feel like there's fluid, it's a hard lump. Thus far according to my research it doesn't resemble the description I've found of cysts, hence my tumour diagnosis xD Like I said it's...

Poppy has developed a lump on his back. Its rather small, the size of my thumb nail maybe (i have small fingers) its hard and I can pick it right off his body, it's just under the skin. From my research my guess is a benign tumor. It's growing, but at a slow rate. The lump is not in any...

Alright quick update: I took the boys to the vet today, and needless to say, crisis averted. Apparently their lungs are clear and whatever they have is limited to the upper repiratory tract, which is what caused the wheezing. The vet perscribed anitbiotics to try them on. She also checked on...

Yes, his appetite is fine and he is still active and all that. I checked back on him and his nose is clean now but he's still making odd noises. I live near Kitchener, Ontario I found a thing on the internet that said that a humidifier might help minimize the symptoms so I'm trying that (i've...

So my boy poppy has been perfectly healthy since I got him but today I went to see him and his nose is all stuffy and there's red discharge coming out of it.He is also wheezing/ making odd noises and I'm seriously panicking. My parents laughed at me when I told them I wanted to take him to...

He's had this for quite the while though, it's been over a few months. He also isn't showing pain of any sort when I touch the eye, or he's just hiding it really well. There's no behaviour change to him either, he's behaving normally and not like there's something wrong with him. Is there...

My babe Geralt is a white rex with red eyes, and for the last few months there's been red fluid coming out of one of his eyes. The other one is perfectly fine. I originally panicked and assumed it was an eye infection, but he does not have any of the symptoms, there's no pain or swelling. I...

Actually, it stopped after a while. I washed it off a few times and this morning I went to check on him and he's fine xD I guess I just panicked. Thank you for you help though!

So, I was cleaning out Geralt and Poppy's cage today when I noticed that Geralt has a lot of porphyrin coming out of one eye. At first I assumed they got in a fight and that it was a scratch, so I cleaned it off...but there's no scratch mark. He's a white rat with red eyes so her often has small...

I live in Cambridge, so anything in the kitchener, waterloo and guelph ares.

I was wondering if you guys know where I can get the cheapest critter nation single? (That ships to Canada, so including shipping) my boys are in need of a bigger cage. I have 200 saved up and I don't want to spend much more (but I will if I have to for the good of my boys)

Yeah he has his bro to clean him :) I'll just watch him for now then.

Is there anything I can do about it? Should I give him a bath?

It's def not lice, thank God. I think dandruff is the most likely. He's only 8 months old though...

Recently, I noticed these tiny red flecks in my rex boy Geralt's fur. They aren't attached to the skin, and they're definitely not mites or fleas. My other rat doesn't have them. Any ideas? I can't really take a picture because the flecks are too small. I've been watching him for any changed...