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Over night, BOTH of my boys developed lumps under their necks. One of the boys, Toki, had an abscess removed three weeks ago. He now has ANOTHER in the same place and so does his brother!! What on earth could this be? I dont have another 800$ to get both abscesses removed :( is this the result...

Thank you so much everyone for the replies. So horriblw that vets rip us off :( Ive just seen now Toki has ripped out a couple stitches, whats the best course of action for this? :/

Have you taken her to the vet?

Thank you guys for the replies, my boyfriend thinks Im going mad! haha. Ratpack- You wouldnt believe the price of vets over here! (Im in New Zealand) especially for exotics :( I am a student and work one day a week so needless to say, I am now broke because of all this. I was concerned about...

Sorry to everyone I probably seem like I never stop posting but this forum is the best resource I have. My little sweetheart, Toki, at 3 months of age has such bad luck :( Two weeks ago, I suspected URI after hearing some very faint clicks while he breathed and seeing some lethargy and...

Metacam? The swelling seems to have gone down this morning, at the vets she said the swelling could have been irritated lymphnodes (they removed some during surgery) but they swelling is definitely going away :D

I take him to the only exotic vet in my area (I drive 45mins there) he seemed to know his stuff about rats when I questioned him. He told me if the abscess was simply drained then it was likely to come back. Ever since the surgery Toki has been back to his normal self. The vet confirmed it was a...

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Oh please no :( you can see the swelling here

My boy Toki had a fast growing abscess on his neck which was surgically removed on monday (a whopping 400$ later). He has swelling on his cheek (same side as where the abscess was removed) and Im just wondering if swelling like this is normal? He seems pretty happy and healthy otherwise :) Thanks!

Thankfully he doesn't sound congested as far as I can tell, hes not really sneezing nor does he have eyes/nose discharge.

Im not able to get pics right now because he just wants to rest in his hammock and panics when i try to pick him up he wont be still for a pic. I'll try get one tomorrow. I can see that the swelling/lump is only on one side, and it is parallel to the ear on the under side of his neck.

I took him to an exotic vet who I was told knows about rats...Im in New Zealand. I am very worried about him and I feel at the mercy of the vets :( he seemed to gey better but now hes worae. The bacteria was not a parasite theu ruled that out but they didn't tell me what the name was of the...

I took my 3 month old boy Toki to the vet last Tuesday because he was out of character and lethargic, I suspected respiratory issues. He had an xray and a fecal matter analysis and they found a foreign bacteria in the poop. The xray didn't show anything worrisome. The vet prescribed...

If a sick rat is on antibiotics, can he sometimes get worse before he gets better?

Auckland , New Zealand.

I have never taken them to vet before Ive only had them two weeks. I will be taking them to only exotic vet in my area, they have very good testamonials and have info about rat care on their site which is promising. (its all correct ) my poor Toki, hes so young and ive done everything to...

Im not able to rat phone him because he is new (not even two weeks yet) and he is still very cautious of being touched/held so he wriggles too much. But I have been sitting by his cage, close, listening very carefully, and I am fairly certain I can hear a very faint "snotty" sound every 5...

My 3 month old rat Toki has been acting very out of character tonight. Its 10:30pm here and he is usually up and running around and ready to come out his cage and play with his brother, but tonight he is just lazing around, he doesnt want any of his favourite treats and he is acting completely...

Hi everyone, I have had my new boys for a week now and I had initially made some great progress with gaining their trust. They are 3 months old and have got them to walk onto my hand/lap, take food from my hand, and lick baby food off my finger. I thought things were going really well until the...