Rats and Respiratory Issues
Had a horrible experience with a female rat that I picked up a few days ago. Got her home and she had a really cool personality. She was making quite a bit of noise but seemed otherwise fine. I just chalked it up to her being a "more vocal than normal" rat and was really looking forward to breeding her.
Unfortunately, I found her at 4am this morning in her hide. She was lying on her side, unable to move, breathing erratically and making that same kind of chirpy/barky noise. She was obviously in distress, suffering and near death. I was tempted to try and feed her off, but decided it would be best to euthanize her immediately to end her suffering. I was also concerned that her condition might potentially cause some harm to my snakes or other rats... Should I chance feeding her as F/T?
There was another rat in with her that I got from the same source. She doesn't make any noises and seems completely normal and fine. Should I be worried about her? Is there something I should at this point to prevent problems for her? I'm hoping it was something isolated to the sick rat, but would hate for something to spread to the other new arrival or my new Mom/Litter...
Luckily, I quarantined the new arrivals to another room at least. Hopefully the chance of something spreading is lessened.
Any thoughts, advice or concerns I haven't thought of? Thanks in advance.
Re: Rats and Respiratory Issues
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FoxReptiles
Should I chance feeding her as F/T?
No worries feeding rats sick from myco to snakes, they don't transfer anything to snakes, especially after being frozen, but even if you fed it pre-kill it would be fine.