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Thank you so much for your helpful information! I’ve been looking around online but I can’t find anywhere to purchase it without a prescription. Do you know anywhere that sells it without requiring a prescription? :)

Hi, Recently I had to put down my pet rat Alley, and when they examined her body afterwards they informed me they found signs of fur mites. After looking through my other rat's fur, I found she also was showing symptoms of a mite infestation. Unfortunately, after the cost of putting down Alley...

thank you for your insight! it means a lot. trixie does enjoy my company and in her old age has definitely been less active. i’ll monitor them both closely for right now, but thank you for giving me more information to base my choice off of :)

I am desperately looking for some advice on my situation. I have two senior lady rats, Alley and Trixie, both have tumors. Alley has three, all of which have grown significantly in the past few months since their other cage mate had to be put down due to a mammary tumor. Alley is finally getting...

I have two senior lady rats, Alley and Trixie, both have tumors. Alley has three, all of which have grown significantly in the past few months since their other cage mate had to be put down due to a mammary tumor. Alley is finally getting to the point where her mobility is starting to be...

Definitely taking her to a vet at this point. I'm just really hoping it's an abscess or something that can be easily drained because when I was searching for a vet last year I couldn't find any that specialized in rats or had significant experience. So I wouldn't trust them to put her under if...

So about two weeks ago I posted about my rat on here having a lump on her throat and I was told it was most likely SDA (which I agreed with) so I followed the procedure for that with antibiotics and ibuprofen. However, I haven’t noticed any significant lack of appetite or energy, especially from...

Thank you so much for this valuable information! I’ll make sure to do as you recommended and to keep a close eye on her the following weeks. :)

Thank you so much for your helpful information! I’ve been trying to do some research and from what I’ve read the virus has no treatment and must run its course. However, it mentions antibiotics to help with an resulting bacterial infections. Do you recommend vet intervention for antibiotics? I...

oh no!! to answer your questions, no i haven’t handled or bought any new rats recently. I did go to the pet store 2 weeks ago but just to buy litter and dog food. I have two other rats whom she has lived with for about a year but i don’t see lumps on them. she’s been near my dog, but that’s not...

So I was looking at my rats today and I noticed one of them has this giant tumor on her neck! I didn’t notice when I handled her yesterday, it’s like it appeared over night. Is it maybe her lymph nodes? Any advice?

for the most part yes! i had to rearrange the litter boxes in the cage a bit but they’re definitely marking the rocks. more so now that i just washed them

So I have a cage that has a wire bottom and I use chuck pads (which I think is enough to padding) and I have plastic covering the wire platforms, but the top of the cage is also of course wire and my rats are always on top of their cage when they free roam because they have an extra hide up...

I actually bought some proper pee rocks and they seem to work rather well! The girls are definitely scent marking them and peeing less in their beds

So I have three rats and they’re completely litter trained poop wise, however pee is a different story. In my cage I don’t use bedding on the bottom floor, just reusable hospital chuck pads. In their hides I place a bunch or torn up newspaper and paper towels for them to nest in, which they seem...

I have two new rescue rats (both girls of the same litter) and since their new I’m trying to find some treats and toys they would enjoy, and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions? They’re super playful and both LOVE their wheel. However outside of hides and one foraging toy, they don’t...

I think the babies had new home sneezes for sure, they’ve been sneeze free the past few days. Alley went to the vet two days ago and got a clean bill of health and the vet said her lungs sounded great. I was mostly just super worried about her bc of the mold situation, but luckily she’s doing fine!

I’ve only noticed the new babies sneeze a few times. It’s almost always when I wake them up. (they have a little hide on top of the cage that they’re put in when i’m cleaning) I haven’t noticed any excessive prophyrin and the girls don’t seem sick. The babies are very energetic and one’s always...

So I googled it and it said rats don’t sneeze often and that I should be concerned if my rats do. I’ve noticed my rats (mostly alley) sneeze when they’re waking up. (I’ve also heard them sneeze occasionally before). How concerning is sneezing in rats? Alley already has a check up scheduled...

4EF157E9-EAA8-4F67-9D02-AAE12B90A212 by sweetcherrykai posted Nov 5, 2019 at 4:03 PM2D9848BB-F4A0-4F9D-8C09-BD6A32E5AD6D by sweetcherrykai posted Nov 5, 2019 at 4:03 PM here’s the babies look like (they have similar coloring) and here’s alley being a little guard dog! they’re both rescues this...