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Hey everyone. I have a girl, Natasha, who's about a year old who's been going through some respiratory problems lately. The issue is that she has no signs of myco -- no sneezing, wheezing, no strange lung sounds, no signs of fluid in her x-ray. We think she might have electrocuted herself? There...

Thanks for the suggestion! I need to get a spice grinder, to grind up my Harlan Teklad. Right now, I have some of her blocks soaking in Ensure so I can blend it easily for her. When I got home from work, she came to eat a treat I'd broken up for her, and was happy to eat baby cereal mixed with...

She's doing better! She seems as if she's beginning to adjust to the change. We went to the vet on Monday and found out that actually her entire upper jaw has separated from her skull. The first option he gave was for surgery to be done and a plate installed to pull her jaw back in place. The...

Update on Mina: She's taking the ibuprofen and it seems to be helping. The swelling has gone down drastically, revealing the fact that either her maxilla or premaxilla is broken and that has pushed her top teeth slightly forward as well as making it difficult for her to draw in air through her...

Thank you guys for responding. It makes me feel better just to know this isn't the first time injuries like this have occurred. I mean, I knew it couldn't have been but -- I was feeling pretty terrible last night trying to look things up and thinking oh god I'm the first moron who has done this...

First let me say that I realize how terrible this is and am disgusted with myself for the fact this happened. I have three rats. The middle girl, Mina, who turns a year old this month, is albino (therefore near-enough to blind, as most of you probably know) and skittish. She was free ranging...