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There is a local small animal rescue a few hours away but I would rather her spend the last part of her life living alone with me than alone at the shelter for months waiting to be adopted. That's a good point though! I could reach out to them and ask if she could be featured on their website...

Hi everyone, It's been a rough year for my ratties and due to losing her cagemates in the last few months, my rat Fred is now the only rat I have left. She is a sweet 3 year old unspayed elderly female looking for a home where she can be with other females or neutered males. I'm not rehoming...

I have a bit of a weird dynamic where in a few short weeks my rat colony has gone from having four rats to having two rats living together and one sick rat in a separate cage. Essentially, I now have the most submissive rat, Illyria, with the most aggressive female, Fred, of the pack housed...

I can agree with the vets opinion not to operate, but not with the decision to put her down. For me its more about mood, palliative care and what you're willing to do. If she seems genuinely happy and you are willing to put in a little work for a medicine regiment you could try talking to the...

I have two rat sisters at two and a half years that were originally rescued from being feeders. They are generally healthier than pet store rats at first but later in life do tend to suffer from problems. One of my girls just had a stroke and the other has chronic respiratory issues (and had...

You're story reminds me almost exactly of my rat, Illyria. She is also a Dalmatian rat just like Oreo and has on and off respiratory issues for over a year since the stress of her spay. I had a vet keep her on different antibiotics for about six weeks with absolutely no change. I wonder if there...

I use vinegar and water when washing out their cage or a bleach solution that I then wipe down again with water after 10 minutes. I also have had success cleaning with vinegar mixed with young living thieves oil when dealing with a rat that had chronic respiratory issues but there's really no...

My instinct is mites or something like this. It could be he had them when you got him, got it from something at the pet store or wherever. Mites are honestly really common. Could also just be skin irritation from something in his environment he's not used to. It could even make sense to change...

Okay so since your rattie is young antibiotics would probably be just fine. Its also fine to wait in my opinion as long as you watch out for any kind of labored breathing and check in as often as you can (every few hours is ideal). I wouldn't recommend the chocolate trick in his case as it is...

If he's eating and drinking those are both signs that he is in good shape but this kind of stuff can turn fast. A few years ago I had a rat die of myco within 48 hours of first symptoms so definitely check frequently. Any kind of trouble breathing or lots of mycoplasm is a bad sign. Also lookout...

Are SDA outbreaks always respiratory? I'm having a tough time getting an understanding of the symptoms to watch out for. I had a rat suddenly pass away and another very weak (and peeing on herself lot) out of nowhere within two days. Could this be SDA?

I just found my pet rat, Buffy, lethargic in her cage and covered in pee on one side. I did a full exam of her looking her over for injuries and there weren't any. She was able to put weight on all four paws and doesn't seem to be in pain when I press on any area... enough so that I was able to...

Hi, I recently got a young 3 month old puppy named Lucy. We kept her away from my ratties until she had all her puppy vaccines and dewormer. Now that Lucy is a little older and spending more time outside of her crate she has expressed a little bit of interest in the ratties. She likes to sit...

To respond to all of you with more details: The worms are almost definitely roundworms based on what they look like. Her weight, appetite and activity level remain the same but her breathing (which fluctuates between being fine for days and being sick - attached below) obviously indicates a...

So my troubles started about a month after one of my ratties Illyria being spayed. She is a young rat dalmation rat (just above one year now) and living in Ohio I was limited to one overpriced local vet specializing in "exotic animals" for the spay or another local vet who had never done a rat...

As an update they ended up getting better the next day so it was just me being paranoid! I will definitely look into the bird dishes... as of now I have found a kind of solution by weighing a dog bowl down with rocks. I initially had problems with them peeing/pooping in their water bowl but...

Do you happen to know the wheel size that worked for you? Also did you get caster wheels and did they attach well?

Hi all, Long time rat owner here. I have five very rowdy ratties right now and recently there have been some mishaps with the water bottles where they get chewed through so I have replaced their three broken water bottles with a large dog dish. Anyways two days ago the dog dish was flipped...

Hi all! So basically my little brother who is now 18 was helping me move into my new apartment and he took it upon himself to reassemble my ferret nation... the process got a little messed up and while the majority of the cage was salvageable he used PB weld on the bottom shelf pieces and...

Update: I meant to say hardware wire in my earlier post. They are happily living with Spike in the new cage.