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Cull and start again?

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  • 03-21-2010, 07:08 PM
    tomfromtheshade
    Re: Cull and start again?
    I would whack them and freeze them for food.

    Clean everything and get your stock from someplace reputable.

    I have only had one animal that had the sneezes and I eliminated it immediately.

    I wouldn't risk it. It takes so long to get the stock that you want to breed that you should only introduce new stock from someplace that you really trust.
  • 03-22-2010, 11:28 AM
    Jay_Bunny
    Re: Cull and start again?
    Just recently, one of my rats (and a few of my sister's rats) had an RI. Now, these were not bad cases, and using tetracycline seems to have worked. I found dosing instructions here...

    http://www.rmca.org/Articles/dchart.htm

    If you go all the way down to tetracycline and use the soluble powder dosages. I supplemented Yoshi's food with fresh foods, quality lab block and made sure her bedding, water, and food was checked and refreshed daily. She was also weighed several times a week. My sister did this with her rats as well and all of them have recovered from their RIs. No sneezes in a while.

    You could try this and if it does not work, then I would consider culling, but I always try and give an animal a chance at life if I can.
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