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All twelve of my rats (past and present) have been exposed to heavy metal music, and all have liked it to varying degrees! So far, all of my rats have enjoyed songs by Disturbed, Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Scorpions. (One was a massive Judas Priest fan! His favorite...

Update: Since last week's wasted trip, Meisha's sickness seems to have accelerated. She has been more stressed out and attacking Iris (namely biting and pulling on her ears until they bleed) whenever they're in the cage together, so I have separated them for the time being to (hopefully)...

I'm afraid that I have bad news: I took Meisha to the vet I mentioned, but it turns out that they don't do ultrasounds on rats like I had been told! The vet tried, but Meisha was too small and wiggly for them to get a clear picture (they can't give anesthesia to rats, either). They were...

I'll try to remember to let you know on Friday or Saturday. The ultrasound's going to happen on Friday.

Update: I found a potential place that could give Meisha an ultrasound for a price that's more within my budget. I'm going to try to get her in this week, if possible.

She's still on Meloxicam, but the vet told me to stop giving her the orbifloxacin due to it giving her diarrhea. I haven't given it to her since being told not to. It didn't seem to be helping clear up her urine, and the blood count was the same as it was before she took it. It's now getting...

She's still having bloody urine. It seems to have gotten worse, but when she's awake she's as happy and active as she was before this started. Yesterday, a red fleshy thing came out with her urine. I felt it to see if there was anything hard like stones, but it was really soft. She no longer has...

Aww, they're so cute!

Update: I took Meisha to the vet today. She no longer has crystals in her urine (which they found during her second visit but I forgot to mention) and she has gained 18 grams since the last visit. Her urine's blood count is still the same as before. The vet prescribed more Meloxicam since...

A couple of months ago, Meisha's urine started looking odd. It was after she ate carrots and anything reddish for a while, so I thought it just had to do with the food color at first. However, her pee started to consistently stay darker and stink, so I took her to the vet. They found blood in...

I'm so sorry for the late reply! Things got a bit crazy for a while. I don't currently set anything up for them like that. They have a few places to hide in their cage. I got them a three-section hammock that they like to use when they need space from each other, but they still like to cuddle...

Okay, this just happened: Meisha was licking and tugging on Iris's scruff and ears despite Iris trying to push her away, then Iris bit at Meisha's ear, causing her to squeak in pain. Upon looking at Meisha, I saw a red mark on her right ear, but it wasn't gushing blood. I let Iris out of the...

Okay, will do. And yes, I won't let her in my shirt again.

Her behavior changed a week or two ago. She and Meisha were little when I got them. At most, Iris will sniff the back of my hand. And yes, I did have socks on. I'm going barefoot during this playtime (they're out now) and so far I haven't been nipped. Thank you!

I got two new rats, Meisha and Iris, at the end of May this year. We had a rough start when getting to know each other: Meisha had gotten sick shortly after I got them, but she's completely fine now; and Iris was super skittish for a while, often resulting in her hiding from me during playtimes...

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I've had many rats who constantly went after erasers, sometimes succeeding in eating them before I could stop them. They were fine afterward.

I'm so sorry to hear that! Is he feeling better, by chance? My apologies for not commenting sooner. It's hard for me to tell exactly what it could be. The porphyrin coming out of his nose and labored breathing sounds like a respiratory issue, whether it be an upper or lower respiratory infection...