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  1. Kye

    new rats sneezing

    I have ever mixed meds with baby food and yogurt before, some take it willingly like that
  2. Kye

    new rats sneezing

    pet store rats tend to have respiratory infections due to poor breeding, stress, and poor care(like the shavings you mentioned), If you can get them to a vet I would to be safe, odds are they'll need antibiotics to really kick it out of their systems.
  3. Kye

    What's the likelihood of this being a Zymbal's tumour vs. just an abscess?

    A top down view would help a ton, its more likely a tooth abscess than a zymbal's tumor because of the age but I wouldn't rule anything out
  4. Kye

    Fur issues! (Elderly rats!) Help!

    if you look at his skin in that area do you see any orange spots? If so I'd say its just buck grease he can't clean away, you can help him with a soft toothbrush and water if he'll allow it! If not you can try putting a small drop of olive oil and rubbing it in, maybe it'd help! I've never had...
  5. Kye

    My rats are sick should! I keep them separate?

    The best thing to do is to spend a few hours each with them so they don't get lonely and they *should* be okay until they can be reunited
  6. Kye

    My rats are sick should! I keep them separate?

    So sorry for the delay! Are they upper respiratory infections? If so you absolutely should keep them together, not apart as it causes more stress and the most common infection isn't contagious.
  7. Kye

    Yes or no to surgery?

    Personally I wouldn't do the surgery, if it's cancer it could already have spread to other organs and there's nothing you can do to avoid that, I would keep him as comfortable and happy as you can for the time he has left. I'm so sorry you're dealing with this, it's never easy.
  8. Kye

    Eucalyptus wood for rats?

    If I'm remembering correctly eucalyptus is on the toxic list of wood for rats, I'm not 100% on it but I would avoid them(you might be able to just remove them from the cage)
  9. Kye

    Apple wood stick question

    I'm not sure why it would say that, Apple wood is fantastic for rats and to my knowledge and experience has no consequences(besides a mess) if they have access to it all the time.
  10. Kye

    Pet Rat started falling to one side, very unbalanced, lethargic not pooping

    I'm so sorry for your loss, you did everything right by him and I'm sorry there wasn't anything else to do.
  11. Kye

    Pet Rat started falling to one side, very unbalanced, lethargic not pooping

    I'm genuinely stumped too unfortunately, I hope the MRI brings whatever it is to light, I'm so sorry I can't help figure it out
  12. Kye

    Pet Rat started falling to one side, very unbalanced, lethargic not pooping

    I've been wracking my brain and I can only think of a few things but nothing fits it 100% so you might be dealing with more than one thing: stroke, pituitary tumor, and the most fitting is Spinal nerve degeneration or a spinal cord injury, I would recommend bringing up at least the spinal...
  13. Kye

    Pet Rat started falling to one side, very unbalanced, lethargic not pooping

    Hmm.. How old is he? I don't think it's a pituitary tumor but we can't rule anything out
  14. Kye

    Pet Rat started falling to one side, very unbalanced, lethargic not pooping

    I make no promises about figuring this out but if you could post a video here of them moving/falling(upload it to YouTube or something like that and link it here) it would help immensely
  15. Kye

    rats suddenly scared of me?

    Do you perhaps put them away after free-range time? I'm just asking because it could be they just don't want to go back to their cage so they run, if not I'm not actually sure what could be going on..
  16. Kye

    Rat runs frantically around cage. Help needed!!

    If he does it again can you try to get it on video? I can't quite remember how old you said they were but there's a chance he could be having seizures and it was a coincidence with the vacuum. Or it could be entirely fear based, especially if he's younger, since they're PEWs(pink eyed whites)...
  17. Kye

    Tumor trouble

    I wouldn't ever put ANYTHING in their water without a vet specifically requesting it, especially when it comes to antibiotics as you need as precise medicating as you can get. Rat tumors can grow rapidly and appear to show up in a matter of hours. In my personal opinion and experience that does...
  18. Kye

    Rat nose bleed

    Sorry for not responding, I've been very busy lately. It's likely just Porphyrin and not blood. It comes out of their eyes and nose, without getting too technical it's a red mucus, kinda like snot. It becomes more frequent with stress and illness but even healthy rats have it(best time to see it...
  19. Kye

    black spot on rat's tooth, advice?

    It looks like the tooth is dying, best option will most likely be having it removed, until you can get him back to the vet I would continue making the mush as that's the best source of food and water right now since he's eating it, you're going to want to make sure he has access to some at all...
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