sarunia
Well-Known Member
okay, everyone, i know that i'm here with a lot of questions, butttt i'm new to owning rats, so i really appreciate all of your help!
okay. where to begin?
so two weeks ago i lived off and on between my parent's house and my flat about an hour away. i went by after work to check on my three boys everyday and even took off early to make sure that they got plenty of out time, as i knew that the following week i would be away on vacation and would not be able to see them. i had my friend stop by as often as she could (every other day if not more) to check up on them, let them out for a bit and make sure they had food, water and allow them to pea fish for a bit... she called me during the beginning of the week to say that both slava and sasha were doing well, but steady didn't seem to want to come out of his cage. steady was the last guy i got; he was an agouti, always very skiddish and loved hiding, but he didn't seem to mind the other two, in fact when i woke up in the morning i would find them all in a little lump of rattie love in the corner of the cage. i didn't think anything was wrong. he looked healthy and i assumed that his character was just going to be skiddish. today, the day that i got back to my place after vacation, i received a frantic call from my friend informing me that steady had died. she said that the cage had smelled really bad this morning (but she had never told me this earlier, and i made sure to leave plenty of fleece for her to clean it if need be) and that slava and sasha seemed to be doing well. she put them in my spare cage with some pease and water until i got there. when i arrived the boy seemed to be pretty calm. she had already asked someone that lives down the hall from me to get rid of the body (as she said that it had made her quite sick, and rightfully so). she told me that his tail had two spots on them, like scabs and that he had just died... over night. do any of you know what might have caused this??? he didn't seem sick before i had left....... my two other boys seem to be doing well. they've lost a bit of weight and seem a little more down than normal, but are still running and playing. should i be quaranteening them from eachother? i'm worried about putting them back in their old cage, so am keeping them in the one that i super cleaned out even though i also cleaned out the one that steady died in..........
should i take them to the vet? i have slava on two drops of echinacea and sasha on one drop a day, as i think that slava's breathing has been a bit off lately. they also got a nice (well, not for them) bath today.
help pleaseeee. i feel like i'm losing it, i want to make sure my other boys aren't going to get reallly sick. i don't think i could stand losing another :'(
okay. where to begin?
so two weeks ago i lived off and on between my parent's house and my flat about an hour away. i went by after work to check on my three boys everyday and even took off early to make sure that they got plenty of out time, as i knew that the following week i would be away on vacation and would not be able to see them. i had my friend stop by as often as she could (every other day if not more) to check up on them, let them out for a bit and make sure they had food, water and allow them to pea fish for a bit... she called me during the beginning of the week to say that both slava and sasha were doing well, but steady didn't seem to want to come out of his cage. steady was the last guy i got; he was an agouti, always very skiddish and loved hiding, but he didn't seem to mind the other two, in fact when i woke up in the morning i would find them all in a little lump of rattie love in the corner of the cage. i didn't think anything was wrong. he looked healthy and i assumed that his character was just going to be skiddish. today, the day that i got back to my place after vacation, i received a frantic call from my friend informing me that steady had died. she said that the cage had smelled really bad this morning (but she had never told me this earlier, and i made sure to leave plenty of fleece for her to clean it if need be) and that slava and sasha seemed to be doing well. she put them in my spare cage with some pease and water until i got there. when i arrived the boy seemed to be pretty calm. she had already asked someone that lives down the hall from me to get rid of the body (as she said that it had made her quite sick, and rightfully so). she told me that his tail had two spots on them, like scabs and that he had just died... over night. do any of you know what might have caused this??? he didn't seem sick before i had left....... my two other boys seem to be doing well. they've lost a bit of weight and seem a little more down than normal, but are still running and playing. should i be quaranteening them from eachother? i'm worried about putting them back in their old cage, so am keeping them in the one that i super cleaned out even though i also cleaned out the one that steady died in..........
should i take them to the vet? i have slava on two drops of echinacea and sasha on one drop a day, as i think that slava's breathing has been a bit off lately. they also got a nice (well, not for them) bath today.
help pleaseeee. i feel like i'm losing it, i want to make sure my other boys aren't going to get reallly sick. i don't think i could stand losing another :'(
