mufintherat
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Hi everyone! It took me forever to figure out how to start a thread (embarrassing, I know), but I finally figured it out! So hi
I have one rat at the moment named Mufin. She’s around 1 year and nine months old! She’s a very sweet and cuddly girl.
Every once in awhile she’ll do this weird body twitch thing. Her lungs are fine and she doesn’t make any noises when she’s doing it. It seems involuntary and it probably happens about once a month. When I take her to the vet they say that everything seems fine, but I’m just curious if anyone can explain what this is?? I’m worried it’s her heart because her whole body moves, but I’ve also read about rats getting hiccups? I haven’t seen any videos of rats with hiccups though, so I don’t really have a reference point!
This first video shows the issue I’m describing:
The second video I’ve attached is a comparison, and was taken about 1 minute after she stopped:
If anyone can help me out I would be so grateful! :’-) Thank you so much!
I have one rat at the moment named Mufin. She’s around 1 year and nine months old! She’s a very sweet and cuddly girl.
Every once in awhile she’ll do this weird body twitch thing. Her lungs are fine and she doesn’t make any noises when she’s doing it. It seems involuntary and it probably happens about once a month. When I take her to the vet they say that everything seems fine, but I’m just curious if anyone can explain what this is?? I’m worried it’s her heart because her whole body moves, but I’ve also read about rats getting hiccups? I haven’t seen any videos of rats with hiccups though, so I don’t really have a reference point!
This first video shows the issue I’m describing:
The second video I’ve attached is a comparison, and was taken about 1 minute after she stopped:
If anyone can help me out I would be so grateful! :’-) Thank you so much!