snowyrattie
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Hello everyone! Short and sweet and to the point my male rat Storm started acting strange about 5 days ago maybe. He's 2.5 years old and a big boy and my best friend![Smiling face :relaxed: ☺️](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/263a.png)
His balance was off he was breathing like trying to catch his breath or something and idk I think he had a slight head tilt but not much of one. He's drinking water and is eating his favorite treats but not his food. Storm also is extremely lethargic and moving slow.
So 2 days ago I was checking everything on him once again got a penis plug out and then looked in his ears one ear was fine but the other was slightly built up wax and dirt. So I did some research on medication etc and from what I'm hearing he possibly might have an ear infection. Then I went to go back to tend to his ear the wax or whatever it was had fallen out and I gave him Doxy and Infant ibuprofen last night just in case of an ear infection.
When I woke up this morning it seemed like the medicine kinda helped he had a little bounce in his step again but was still slightly slow and seems out of breath. And only ate a tiny little bit of his food and again mostly just wants his treats.
But I don't know what it could be if he's passing then I understand I just want to make sure he's comfortable if he is but if he's sick please any advice helps!![Two hearts :two_hearts: 💕](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f495.png)
![Smiling face :relaxed: ☺️](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/263a.png)
His balance was off he was breathing like trying to catch his breath or something and idk I think he had a slight head tilt but not much of one. He's drinking water and is eating his favorite treats but not his food. Storm also is extremely lethargic and moving slow.
So 2 days ago I was checking everything on him once again got a penis plug out and then looked in his ears one ear was fine but the other was slightly built up wax and dirt. So I did some research on medication etc and from what I'm hearing he possibly might have an ear infection. Then I went to go back to tend to his ear the wax or whatever it was had fallen out and I gave him Doxy and Infant ibuprofen last night just in case of an ear infection.
When I woke up this morning it seemed like the medicine kinda helped he had a little bounce in his step again but was still slightly slow and seems out of breath. And only ate a tiny little bit of his food and again mostly just wants his treats.
But I don't know what it could be if he's passing then I understand I just want to make sure he's comfortable if he is but if he's sick please any advice helps!
![Two hearts :two_hearts: 💕](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f495.png)