rattietatties
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So today during free range with my rats i noticed one of my rats was itching a lot and when i picked him up he had small little red marks all around his body. At this point i was freaking out and after searching around the internet I found a forum about mites. The images sort of looked like what the rat had so I went to go find treatments. I did contact the vet and while doing that i found people recommending Revolution and moxidectin (Is that how you spell it?) Though the vet hasn't replied I wonder if they will just want me to bring them in for treatment even if there are easier (and cheaper options). I feel like such a terrible person seeing as these marks were quite populated on his skin and i failed to notice this prior to today. Hopefully i can learn from this mistake and treat whatever he has. I was wondering if anyone had any other recommendations on treatment methods as well as possible causes (Could it be their bedding? i currently use Yesterdays News cat litter) if anyone has any tips on if i should like totally clean out their cage and scrub everything too that would be helpful! (Sorry for any typos)