Blood but no wound

[Anna Toothaker]

I have 3 female rats together. One is rather agressive and they fight quite a bit but I've heard that is normal as long as there is no blood. I've had them for 8 months with no issues, so when I went to feed them and saw blood I was quite shocked. It is quite a large amount of blood and all of them seem fine. The only odd things about them that I can think of is that one of them sneezes quite a bit. I have a theory about it involving a mice issue I have in my house. Blood is next to the food so is it possible a mouse came in the cage and my rats attacked it? I have no clue what to think about it since there is no would or blood on any of them.

 

[jorats]

I think more likely, someone cut their toe and bled out. Rats toes bleed so much, it can be scary. But they heal so fast.

 

[SQ]

Hopefully Jorats is correct.
I would suggest that you leave out food and water far from the room where the rats are,
because you do not want the mice to get desperate enough to enter their cage.
Rats will kill mice, and cornered animals fighting for their lives could also harm your rats