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Has anyone come across this before? One of my rats spends periods vigorously shaking/flicking his head and body for a second every couple of seconds. Like you might if you were trying to shake a bug out of your hair. This goes on for a while and seems to be worse at night. I thought he might...

I just adopted a male rat around 2 years old who's previously had an inner ear infection and because of that he has issues keeping his balance. I haven't looked after a rat with this issue before. All my other rats have had respiratory issues. He did get a course of Amoxicillin at the time to...

Hi, One of my rats, Benji is almost 30 months old and has developed severe nasal congestion. He's always been a bit sneezy but never been much bothered by myco but it looks like it's finally caught up to him. He looks and sounds like he's really struggling to breathe. The vet said his lungs...

My rat Benji (in the avatar) is now 28 mths old. He's never had big myco flare-ups but has always been a bit sneezy. It hasn't really caused any problems though & he's had a healthy life. But tonight just now he had a massive sneezing fit which sounded awful and when I checked him out there was...

I had a trio of males until recently. Ari, Benji and Mannie. B & M spent most of their time in one nest box with each other. A would regularly join them but he spent a lot of time in another box too sleeping by himself. Everyday I'd have to change the bedding and clean B&Ms box because it would...

One of my rats is a male albino (Wistar rat), his name is Ari. I took him to the vet for a check up. He's 2yo and weighs 600 grams. I let all my rats get a bit of padding because if they get sick they lose weight so rapidly. But this vet (whom I hadn't met before) said Ari is much too fat and...

Hi, One of my guys, Ari, is refusing treats: delicious things like chocolate chips, mayonnaise, banana. As far as I can tell he is still eating his kibble somewhat because the bowl slowly empties (he has his own bowl, because he tends to hang out by himself). He's always been quite sniffly and...

Hello, I noticed today that one of my guys is not using his left arm. He kinda holds it out straight and his hand is clenched up. About two weeks ago he started moving differently, shuffling around like he'd suddenly become an old man overnight and just significantly less active. He's about...

Hi, One of my rats, Ari, has severe nasal congestion. He's constantly wheezing and sneezing like crazy. Flare-ups come and go every 90 minutes or so. We've got him on enrofloxacin and doxycycline and he's doing okay otherwise but in fact he's always been sniffly since I adopted him, it's just...

Hi, One of my rats - Archie - about whom I posted last Sunday, who's been on doxycycline for a while but whose breathing got more raspy a week ago had a respiratory attack on Wednesday. I took him to the vet and she added Baytril 0.26ml to the doxycycline (Vibravet paste 0.1ml) both 2x day...

I have to dose my rat .25ml of Baytril twice a day for 3 weeks (in comb. with Vibravet). He's got a very bad case of mycoplasmosis. Problem is of course getting it into him. I'm hiding it in molten gourmet ice cream but as soon as he gets a hint of the stuff he won't touch anymore. You need...

Hi, I have got a rat who is rattling loudly in his nose when breathing. This terminates every so often with a sneeze. He sounds a lot like a human with a snotty nose. I know this is probably due to mycoplasmosis and he's currently on doxycycline for it. However he is not responding at all to...