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
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!
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!
