Jess5
Active Member
Hello,
I currently have 3 young female rats housed in a single critter nation with lots of enrichment. They aren’t tame yet but I spend at least 30 minutes a day interacting with them inside the cage and they’re making progress.
Yesterday I noticed that my PEW rat (Jenga) had a pink bald spot on one of her front arms. There’s no scabbing or blood, it just looks like it was shaven. Today when I went to feed them, I noticed that her front arm bald spot got larger and she had a new one on her hind leg.
I got some pictures so hopefully they help. I suspect that it might be barbering but I’m also terrified it’s parasitic or something. The other rats have no hair loss and don’t seem to be excessively itching or anything. I’ve had a mouse in the past who was a barberer and j know there’s not much you can do to fix it, but I’m still not even sure if that’s what she’s doing.
*if I see any symptoms of mites or anything I will schedule a vet appointment, but I just had to take these guys to the vet about a month ago for a URI so the budget is pretty tight! I’m only asking the forum about this to see if I should be worried/get suggestions on what to do. Thanks!*
I currently have 3 young female rats housed in a single critter nation with lots of enrichment. They aren’t tame yet but I spend at least 30 minutes a day interacting with them inside the cage and they’re making progress.
Yesterday I noticed that my PEW rat (Jenga) had a pink bald spot on one of her front arms. There’s no scabbing or blood, it just looks like it was shaven. Today when I went to feed them, I noticed that her front arm bald spot got larger and she had a new one on her hind leg.
I got some pictures so hopefully they help. I suspect that it might be barbering but I’m also terrified it’s parasitic or something. The other rats have no hair loss and don’t seem to be excessively itching or anything. I’ve had a mouse in the past who was a barberer and j know there’s not much you can do to fix it, but I’m still not even sure if that’s what she’s doing.
*if I see any symptoms of mites or anything I will schedule a vet appointment, but I just had to take these guys to the vet about a month ago for a URI so the budget is pretty tight! I’m only asking the forum about this to see if I should be worried/get suggestions on what to do. Thanks!*