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Its at Walmart. I can get a vet prescription if needed.

Tumors on body. He wasn't acting like he's in pain, but he's having trouble walking.

My rat is at the end of his life and he needs to be put down. However because of fires I cannot get to my vet. I do not want to use CO2, I have seen rats put down that way and I would rather use something else. Halothane can be used but I can't buy any here. Will isothesia work? Just let him go...

Thanks everyone for the help. Here's a picture of Piglet a few days before she passed.

Went to the vet and got a necropsy done. Poly had pneumonia that hit quick and hard. Piglet is another matter all together. I knew she was never healthy, but now I know by how much. She had: Lung cancer Uterus infection Blood clot in heart Muscular dystrophy in legs Scar tissue in legs, her...

Kept in cages with paper bedding. No air fresheners or anything. Feed them rat food with wild bird seed. Every other day they get lettuce and once a month a treat of dog food. They're in a room with good ventilation kept at 70*f. There's a window they can see out. Across the room from them is my...

So a while back one of my female rats died from mammory cancer, then five days later her 8 month old son Roly-Poly died. They were not kept together. The son had a cold, but was recovering when he suddenly died. I assumed it was a complication with the cold. A week ago I found a lump on my rat...

Can I put diatomaceous earth in my rats water? I was told it would clean out any parasites they might have, which I'm pretty sure they do since they are all either rescues from snake feeding or kids of those snake food rescues. Not too much, just a pinch in a water bottle? I don't want them...

Switched them over to a rat food, all doing much better. Thanks!

The father is 9 months old, the older brother in 6 months old, and the youngest ones are 4 months old. They don't have diarrhea or bloating episodes, just look fat. I'll wean them off the dog food and onto a rat food instead, see how that goes.

I have a colony of 6 male rats. One father, his oldest son, and younger 4 sons from another mother. All of them have large bellies, and if they weren't male I'd say they were pregnant. They don't look fat, its just their stomachs. What could be causing it? They aren't in pain when I palpate...

Man, sue the landlord. What a horrible person. Hope your rattie is okay.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try both (separately) and see how it goes. I'll keep y'all posted.

She has taken: Baytril Doxycycline Tetracycline Chloramphenicol All made her super ill to the point I had to syringe feed her. I took her off them when she got sick. They didn't make her sound any better. Since it hasn't spread to the other rats and they've been house together for a while I'm...

I have a rat (named Possum) who is nearly 5 years old. (Yes, I'm sure on her age.) She is very old and keeps getting respiratory infections. She wheezes and sneezes and sounds like she's got a smokers cough. Her eyes and nose leak that gross red fluid, which I wipe off gently with a warm wet...

Thanks. She was the matriarch of the girls, they all miss her as well.

My rat, Big Mama, suddenly died. She was fine earlier but I just found her dead (and partially eaten by her family). Other than the chewing done on her, her body is fine. She wasn't killed by the others. She's gone rigor in a peaceful position and there was no blood in the cage. (Rats do mourn...

Ok sorry. I didn't know. Buuuuut I'm pretty sure the circle of life is not a lie. Not in the snake feeding way or anything. But saying the circle of life is a lie is like saying the earth is flat. Everything dies. (Not posting in defence of killing animals for food. Just a fact.)

The silver pups are completely healthy. The one with deformed paws is the aunt to the silver pups. Her name is Piglet, she was the runt I bottle fed. I don't think shows are a good idea. I'm all for showing off a designer animal (I go to many reptile expos), but shows are just that- for show. I...

I've never had a problem, but I'll switch it out for my nursing mothers.