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  1. rattypatty

    Rat Balding On One Side of Face

    Hmm, well there’s not any inflammation, and I feel like that would be a huge flag indicating ZGT. Unless it’s just taking a long time to develop.
  2. rattypatty

    Rat Balding On One Side of Face

    I don’t know if I can get a good look. She’s only been with me for a month. She’s not exactly skittish she’s just a little…spicy, if you know what I mean. She was an under-socialized feeder before being surrender at the rescue. I’m sure the rescue can provide some antibiotics, that’s a good idea.
  3. rattypatty

    Rat Balding On One Side of Face

    Yes I have, but none of them are quite similar to my situation. She doesn’t have any blisters or flakiness. It’s just so strange.
  4. rattypatty

    Rat Balding On One Side of Face

    My foster rat Cracker (roughly a year in age) began losing fur on the right side of her face a week ago. I first suspected mites, but the site is smooth and does not have blisters. It cannot be ringworm as the skin is not dry and patchy. There is also no inflammation or redness. She does not...
  5. rattypatty

    Mites?

    My neutered boy, Digger, has developed an increasing number of small scabs around his neck, face, and parts of his back. While Smee, my other neutered male, gets them occasionally, his case is not as severe as Digger. I also have three unaltered females, with one being a young hairless, who do...
  6. rattypatty

    Balding in Young Rat

    My four week old baby Puff has been showing balding signs on her rear end. She is from a feeder bin so who knows what kind of awful things she was exposed to there. They all have the sniffles that I’ve been giving Amoxicillin as per what I’ve read on a Facebook group. Her diet is Oxbow Young Rat...
  7. rattypatty

    Custom Rat Mix Ingredients

    Hello! Foster rat parent here. I currently have in my care three very sweet boy rats. I have bought online mixes before, but I decided that doing it myself would be cheaper. After doing some research, I got all my indredients at Winco. This is the list plus the amount I ended up buying (in lbs)...
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