ohmyRatties
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Hello!
So last night I brought home two little babies from our local Petland. I have been going for the past week and a half just interacting with everyone and of course fell in love.
I believe the oldest one is 5-6 weeks old and the smallest one is between 4-5 weeks. They are both active and enjoy interacting with me but today while having the oldest one out I noticed he made a funny noise with breathing. I went through google and found this video (not my rat at all). [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPdqo0HEtmU[/ame]
He only did it for about 2 seconds and was done so I am assuming it is not as severe as this case. I've called two vets, one an hour away and the other down the street. The one that's about an hour or so is Benefield, with the one back home my parents and I weren't too impressed but they were $47 dollar per rat for a regular check up. The other place closer to me was $140 per rat with fecal and a comprehensive exam.
I was wondering since the bacteria is found naturally could it be that his nose was irritated and now that he's in a clean environment maybe he's just getting use to everything.
He also has these white spots on his back that remind me of botfly eggs on a horse. I'm looking around and it doesn't look like mites but hopefully google images will help me!
Here is a photo of his back
So last night I brought home two little babies from our local Petland. I have been going for the past week and a half just interacting with everyone and of course fell in love.
I believe the oldest one is 5-6 weeks old and the smallest one is between 4-5 weeks. They are both active and enjoy interacting with me but today while having the oldest one out I noticed he made a funny noise with breathing. I went through google and found this video (not my rat at all). [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPdqo0HEtmU[/ame]
He only did it for about 2 seconds and was done so I am assuming it is not as severe as this case. I've called two vets, one an hour away and the other down the street. The one that's about an hour or so is Benefield, with the one back home my parents and I weren't too impressed but they were $47 dollar per rat for a regular check up. The other place closer to me was $140 per rat with fecal and a comprehensive exam.
I was wondering since the bacteria is found naturally could it be that his nose was irritated and now that he's in a clean environment maybe he's just getting use to everything.
He also has these white spots on his back that remind me of botfly eggs on a horse. I'm looking around and it doesn't look like mites but hopefully google images will help me!
Here is a photo of his back