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Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / September 2007girls making funny noises?
How do? One or two of the girls make funny noises late in the afternoons. I'm not sure what she is doing, but I have never heard it in a rat before - not that I have had that much experience with rat vocalisations. It sounds like ...a ...um...half snore, kind of. If you pretend to snore on the inhalation, it sounds like the first two 'kah's' - if that makes any sense. Is this a normal chattering thing or a vet worthy occurance? Just checked Tippys lungs which sound clear most of the time, but on one side she rasps intermittently - mostly when trying to squirm away. Sounds like a Drs visit is on the cards anyway. cheers M&m Id take them into the vet, but I am a worrier. > How do? > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > cheers > M&m I would take Tippy to the vet, you can't be too careful. It's always best to catch respiratory illness quickly. > > Just checked Tippys lungs which sound clear most of the time, but on > > one side she rasps intermittently - mostly when trying to squirm away. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I would take Tippy to the vet, you can't be too careful. > It's always best to catch respiratory illness quickly. Well, three went to the vet today (wasn't going to try and cart 11 in) Apollo, Tippy and Christmas. Christmas went coz she has been looking seedy - I reckon thats the lice, and probably having to deal with popcorny girls. Apollo was the one I caught sneezing this morning, thankfully I saw it and checked to see which one was doing the sneezing. Tippy has been sounding clearer, but went anyway. We came home with VibraVet for the sneezing and Revolution for the lice. the revolution was a bad deal all round, the little kitten vial only did the six boys at one drop each. I'll be getting the Ivermectin single horse dose I think. All eleven get to have meds, simply because myco (if thats what it is/will be) is contagious. What fun! Does anyone have tips on getting the right amount of VibraVet into the rats? Other than using the syringe straight into mouths. Best of all, the whole consult and both meds only cost me 51$ (heh, yeah, *only*) cheers, M&m > Well, three went to the vet today (wasn't going to try and cart 11 in) > Apollo, Tippy and Christmas. Christmas went coz she has been looking [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > single horse dose I think. All eleven get to have meds, simply because > myco (if thats what it is/will be) is contagious. What fun! Oh sorry about that! I suggested the Revolution to you on another rat group, but I did manage to dose 10 rats from one tube. Did you measure a drop out a syringe with an attached needle? I've actually started treating only the itchy rats with lice stuff rather than all the rats and so far that is working fine. I don't think they are all as susceptible to lice. That's my current theory anyway. It's definitely not necessary to give *all* your rats VibraVet (which is doxycycline). Just about all rats carry mycobacterium, but when it flares up and causes sneezing etc., that's when they need treatment. Just give the sneezing rats the vibravet and save the rest of the antibiotics for the next time. > Does anyone have tips on getting the right amount of VibraVet into the > rats? Other than using the syringe straight into mouths. This is what I do. For each sneezy rat I squirt the required dose into a small dish then mix in a small glob of yogurt, soy milk or custard. The rat eats it straight from the bowel or fingers. For vibravet I've had better success with yoghurt and choc custard. Once I made choc drops, with each choc drop having a single dose of vibravet. The rats don't like vibravet and eventually refuse it. Baytril is some much easier to give. > Best of all, the whole consult and both meds only cost me 51$ (heh, > yeah, *only*) Well compared with Brisbane vets that's a good price. Although, compared with Armidale vets, that's a tad expensive. Dewi >> Well, three went to the vet today (wasn't going to try and cart 11 in) >> Apollo, Tippy and Christmas. Christmas went coz she has been looking [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > >Dewi I read your other post, but had already dosed the boys well before it came in :( Thanks though. I'll remember that for next time. I'd only give it to the sneezy ones, if I could actually catch them doing it individually. Its not as bad with the girls, but with 5 boys all looking the same, its hard to tell, and they move when I try to check who it was :s The only one that doesn't sneeze that I have seen/heard is Barkley. To get the meds into them I resorted to just putting the smidgen on my finger and they lick it off - then try to steal the syringe. Its a ridiculously small amount. From what I gathered from the vet, I can go in without an appointment and get more VibraVet. Cant complain about that.  Signaturecheers, M&m in Tasmania Current rats - Barkley, Apollo, Hercules, Atlas, Samson, Zeus, Christmas, Tippy, Ester, Mishka and Myst Cats - Smokey, Phil, Lil, Boof and Snot |
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