My girl is not doing good. I noticed she has been extra snuggly the last couple of days, with a lot of bruxing and boggling. She is usually the most active one, the biggest troublemaker, and doesn’t sit still for more than ten seconds. So this was the first strange sign.
Some other things I’ve noticed the last two days: her fur has been a little more puffy (she has a rexish coat)- especially around the face, bruxing very often, chewing on lava stones like crazy. I did notice she has been shaking her head a lot recently, didn’t see it today. The bruxing and chewing made me concerned that something was going on with her teeth but I don’t see anything wrong with them or around her mouth. I weighed her and she’s lost 30g in the last month.
She had a bit of porphyrin around one eye yesterday, same today but with both eyes- and a lot around one of them. She never has porphyrin. A couple of the other rats will often have a tiny bit after they wake up, she’s never been like that.
She was very clumsy tonight during playtime. Tumbling out of the hammock, flopping over.. just very very unlike her. She probably fell/stumbled more than ten times in the hour she was out. She also pooped just kinda out in the open on the bedroom floor- unusual. She was also drinking water very slowly. She just seems kinda out of it?
I’m calling my vet in the morning. Does any of this sound like PT? Or something else?
Here’s a few videos of her tonight:
A stumble:
Drinking water:
Some other things I’ve noticed the last two days: her fur has been a little more puffy (she has a rexish coat)- especially around the face, bruxing very often, chewing on lava stones like crazy. I did notice she has been shaking her head a lot recently, didn’t see it today. The bruxing and chewing made me concerned that something was going on with her teeth but I don’t see anything wrong with them or around her mouth. I weighed her and she’s lost 30g in the last month.
She had a bit of porphyrin around one eye yesterday, same today but with both eyes- and a lot around one of them. She never has porphyrin. A couple of the other rats will often have a tiny bit after they wake up, she’s never been like that.
She was very clumsy tonight during playtime. Tumbling out of the hammock, flopping over.. just very very unlike her. She probably fell/stumbled more than ten times in the hour she was out. She also pooped just kinda out in the open on the bedroom floor- unusual. She was also drinking water very slowly. She just seems kinda out of it?
I’m calling my vet in the morning. Does any of this sound like PT? Or something else?
Here’s a few videos of her tonight:
A stumble:
Drinking water: