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Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / August 2006Scabs on tail: Symptom of mites?
When we first got our current rats, they developed a bad case of mites whose symptoms were small pinpoint scabs on their bodies and scratching. Our vet successfully treated them with a series of injections. Now, about 6 or 9 months later, two of them have developed a good number of small pinpoint scabs on their tails and one of them has scabs on his body also. Is it likely that the tail scabs are symptoms of mites again? Our vet is on vacation so we have not been able to take them in this time yet... - Hans > When we first got our current rats, they developed a bad case of mites > whose symptoms were small pinpoint scabs on their bodies and [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > - Hans It does sound like it can be mites again. Do you know what they were treated with the first time? When rats are being treated, the cage should be scrubbed down as well. All would should be stored away for at least 3 months.  SignatureJoanne Owned by 21 rats. Webshots: http://community.webshots.com/user/joanneb70 ------------------------------------------------------- ~Ignorance is not innocence but sin. *Robert Browning* >> When we first got our current rats, they developed a bad case of mites >> whose symptoms were small pinpoint scabs on their bodies and [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > When rats are being treated, the cage should be scrubbed down as well. > All would should be stored away for at least 3 months. Might just be eczema - one of ours had something similar, and that was the diagnosis (in our case I don't think it was mite related, although it can be). The Vet gave us "Panalog" ointment - worked wonders. SignatureRegards, Dave email: dave_ryman@hotmailNOSPAM.com My Homepage: http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/ The F1 travel guide: http://www.zdp06.ukgateway.net/f1_travel.htm |
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