sneezing

Hi! My seven week old girls have started sneezing and grooming a lot more than usual. is that something to worry about?

Hi everyone :) I recently adopted 3 baby boys at 6 weeks old and they’re now around 10 weeks. I also have a solitary elderly male, James, who doesn’t live with them as he has severe breathing problems which i’m treating but I don’t want him to pass it onto them. They’ve never met him but today I...

At this point their sneezing is mild, but is happening more often. They do it most often at night, in their cage. This makes it hard for me to tell exactly which of my three rats is sneezing, but I can tell it's mostly two of them. Last night, one of them had some noisier breathing for a bit. I...

Hi, I'm new here and I'll probably stick on that forum, everything seems really nice! I just bought two rats, one rex and one common rat about the same age (2-3 months), the common one is healthy but the rex is always sneezing when he's wake up. He's absolutely ok when he sleeps and he seems to...

Hey guys. I have two male rats, and one of the two boys always gets super sneezy when we come out for playtime. I usually set them up either on my bed or in my hallway (which closes off on all sides with doors). Neither of them sneeze at all in their cage, but as soon as we come out to play...

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...

Hi, I have been the proud mommy of many rats over the years. Normally when we come across an issue we can take care of it ourselves, but I decided to sign up and ask here. Right now we have two precious boys who are near 2 years old, but doing well. The one we'll be talking about today is...

Hi everyone:) i’m sure you’re sick of hearing from me by now but i just don’t want to take any chances. as i’ve said many times, my poor baby william was put to sleep last week due to a severe breathing disease which caused him to struggle breathing :( i’m now left with his brother james whilst...

My vet refuses to give extra doxycycline & enrofloxacin(baytril), I was told by many rat owners to ask for extra to have on hand for emergencies. my vet insists i’ll need to come in for another 400 exams and meds if they have another flare-up. I was told to buy doxy & enro online from a bird...

hey so I’ve only had my rats for 4 days and trying to learn as much as I can about them. One of my rats keeps hiding away and doesn’t really like coming out unless I have a grape. He bit my partner on the first day. I assume he’s just shy. Is there anything I can do to help him and calm him down...

I adopted my sweet boy ollie around 5 days ago and i've noticed him sneezing quite regularly (maybe 10 times a day) i know that that's not uncommon for rats to do when they're stressed/first come home but his nose seems to have a lot of build up as well. so far he seems as playful as always (i...

Hi, One of my rats, Ari, has severe nasal congestion. He's constantly wheezing and sneezing like crazy. Flare-ups come and go every 90 minutes or so. We've got him on enrofloxacin and doxycycline and he's doing okay otherwise but in fact he's always been sniffly since I adopted him, it's just...

We just got new rats (although have had them in the past), 15 weeks old, and sneezing. Could be just the new environment but made an appointment with vet for Wednesday anyway. In the meantime, I make homemade Elderberry syrup for my family for cold and flu season as it's a good immune booster...

I got my rats about 4 days ago and right from the start I noticed sneezing. Upon researching I realized that it was fairly normal, but also to be wary of respiratory disease. They haven’t changed behavior and still seem energetic, but have started making noises like this very periodically...

Hi all! I'm new to the forum and I have two beautiful boys, Gus and Frankie, who are both a little less than a year old. One of my rats, Gus, has slowed down recently and has begun acting quite lazy. Even at night, all he really wants to do is sleep. He sleeps all day and will still play but...

Hello Rat Family, I have a fairly healthy two year old girl, aside from the occasional sneeze. I took her to the vet and they put her on enrofloxacin (also baytril I believe, but i declined that medication due to lack of funds). She has seemed to sneeze a bit less now, but I've been thinking...

So I have two little rats, and recently the dominant one started getting dark red/brown discharge out her nose. She has periodic sneezing fits where she'll sneeze 4 or 5 times in a row, and she'll also do the solitary (wet) sneezes. I've only had them for maybe a month and a half, and I'm not...