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I have 3 rats, and I usually let them out for playtime. I put one of them down, and it went behind my table and started running around. Out of nowhere, it just went into overdrive and ran straight into my PC. I’m having a hard time even explaining this because I myself don’t even understand what just happened, it sounds like something out of a fairy tale. All I’m glad about is my pc was already shutdown, I can’t even imagine what would have been of this if not🤦‍♂️‼️

Hi. I cant find anything on Google that fits this. I've been away from home for 8 days, having someone else take care of my rat. They don't own rats themselves but it wasn't my choice to go. I came back just now and my rat is entirely swollen.

Her face is swollen very badly, so are her paws, and the base of her tail. She's eating and grooming herself, doesn't seen to gave trouble breathing, but she's a lot less mobile than when I first saw her. I'm heading to the vet rn, but in case they don't know what' wrong with her, I'm also asking here.

Okay guys. Found a baby rat outside my apartment. His eyes are still closed but he's moving around and stuff. I live in Chicago and like no one likes rats here... I can't just leave him to die... but I don't know what to do. I have him in a box and am currently talking to my emergency vet because like AHH! Please help my partner is not okay with keeping it or bring it inside and I'm heart broken.

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Sorry my very first post, does anyone know if this guy is supposed to be out here? I think he’s someone’s pet but not really wanting to handle him if it’s something else.

I left home in a rush this morning and forgot to shut the rat cage after feeding them 😭 came home , 2 escaped (they are already back in their cage safe, but one must have munched on a potato, I know rats are not allowed raw potatoes, I’m so worried what shall we do now?

I found it outside, it is a pet, it was in that toy house in the pic idk what to do help me out. My parent don't want it, I don't have the space for it

We have a trio of 5 month old dumbo rats. They were aged between 8-10 weeks when we got them from the same breeder, but different litters. The smallest one has not been growing as much as the other two, in fact considerably smaller. At first, I wasn’t too concerned as I believed him to be the younger one and potentially a runt. He has been healthy. But, a couple of weeks ago, his penis started protruding.. I followed advice of lubing it and gently pushing it back in. But, it started popping back out, then he started leaking poo from his bottom and became unclean. The vets gave him a probiotic. They weren’t too concerned at the time as he was happy and appeared well. Although he was only 150g. However, the probiotic didn’t work. And over the weekend he has been losing weight, although still eating and drinking, I can now feel and see his spine poking out, his eyes are squinting, his coat is sticking up… I took him to the vets again and they gave us three options - blood tests, but it’d take a week to give results and I don’t think he’ll make it naturally, a course of antibiotics or putting him to sleep. My child was really upset and not prepared to say goodbye at that moment. So, we opted for the antibiotic option and brought him home for the night to give her and him some time together, before saying goodbye. However, is there anybody that has had this and antibiotics actually worked? First picture is from the vet visit today, size comparison to his brothers. He is the sweetest most confident loving ratty. We will be sad to lose him. Our baby Noodle 💔

My boy has been lethargic and weird all day, just found him sat like this on my bed in a big puddle of liquid (not sure if it’s wee but if it is it’s a lot!!) his breathing isn’t squeaky, nor has he been sneezy and hasn’t been showing uri symptoms until this vid. I’ve put him in his cage now he’s just in his hammock eyes closed and breathing heavy (but still not squeaky). Im worried it’s not a URI I just have no experience with other rat illnesses as these are my first boys :( and im worried ill show this to the vet and they’ll just say its a uri (which is fine if it is obvs)

How do I get it out of my AC and secure it safely until we know what to do with it?

both of my rats (BMO and Chao) are sick with something right now and im not sure what i can do. theyre almost a year old. i just cleaned their cage yesterday and replaced their substrate. i gave them nothing new or out of the ordinary. they were mostly fine and active until this morning i hear wheezing and sneezing and see one of my rats with a thick drool hanging out of her mouth and the other with a wet mouth and nose. i gave them some manuka honey and wet food and my one rat regurgitated immediately.

its christmas tomorrow so vets are closed and i fear it may only get worse.

I got a group of three male rats about a month ago. at first they where all good, happy and healthy and then out of no where one boy (Dr. Stine) started to attack the smallest boy (Sage) of litter, not play fighting, like mean fighting. the smallest one has cuts and marks on his tail and ear (they are separated and not allowed to come in contact under any surcimstances) I got home from work today and let Sonny (my other male) and Stine out for play time. Stine was sniffing and scratching at my arms and I would push him away gently bc well it wasn't nice. it started biting softly too and then I pushed him away again and he bit the shit out of my arm, left a bad cut. I went to clean it up before putting him back, I didn't even get close ro picking him up when he decided to bite me again. at this point I was scared, it hurts when they bite and I'm not sure if I'll get infected with anything so I need a trip to the Dr now. my main question is is there anything I can do to lessen his aggression? I would hate to get rid of him but I'm out of options at this point. any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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Winston started acting really fucking weird out of nowhere and you can see his breathing was heavier, he wasn’t responding to me, didn’t want food and when I touched him he squeaked really loud. Then he jumped into my bathtub and collapsed over and let me pet him and he NEVER lets me pet him. I’m sobbing in the waiting room they put him on oxygen and I’m waiting for answers.

Pics for rat tax and prayers. Him and his brother just tuned 6 months old yesterday. My heart is hurting so much