abbievictoria
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Hi everyone
I'm wondering if anyone else a rat that suffers from seizures?! I have a hairless rat who's about a year and a half and he seems to be suffering from seizures.
The first one he had I thought he had just fallen in his cage as there was a lot of noise and he was lying still at the bottom of the cage all tensed up (tbh i thought he was dying) and then after about an hour he was back to his normal self.
He can have 2 a week then not have one for weeks at a time so I can't really see any particular pattern, I've tried to identify if there was any triggers but absolutely nothing comes to mind!
The first few he had were quite bad he would throw himself around the cage and then just tense up, his eyes would bulge and he would lock his jaw however now he just kind of goes straight into being tensed up (eyes still bulging and locked jaw, a couple times he has started to dribble from his mouth as well) and sometimes squeals a bit as it happens.
I had a telephone consultation with the vets (they weren't doing face to face due to covid) but the only thing they suggested was to "keep an eye on him" so that was helpful, I've reached out to other vets in the area as well but they've said they aren't experienced enough with rats to help
Has anyone got some advice or anything? I feel bad that this happens to him but after an hour or so after the seizure (or whatever it is) he's completely fine and back to normal and none of my other ratties have ever had anything similar
I'm wondering if anyone else a rat that suffers from seizures?! I have a hairless rat who's about a year and a half and he seems to be suffering from seizures.
The first one he had I thought he had just fallen in his cage as there was a lot of noise and he was lying still at the bottom of the cage all tensed up (tbh i thought he was dying) and then after about an hour he was back to his normal self.
He can have 2 a week then not have one for weeks at a time so I can't really see any particular pattern, I've tried to identify if there was any triggers but absolutely nothing comes to mind!
The first few he had were quite bad he would throw himself around the cage and then just tense up, his eyes would bulge and he would lock his jaw however now he just kind of goes straight into being tensed up (eyes still bulging and locked jaw, a couple times he has started to dribble from his mouth as well) and sometimes squeals a bit as it happens.
I had a telephone consultation with the vets (they weren't doing face to face due to covid) but the only thing they suggested was to "keep an eye on him" so that was helpful, I've reached out to other vets in the area as well but they've said they aren't experienced enough with rats to help
Has anyone got some advice or anything? I feel bad that this happens to him but after an hour or so after the seizure (or whatever it is) he's completely fine and back to normal and none of my other ratties have ever had anything similar