Re: Rat Rack Hazard (Graphic images)
Wow that's gotta be quite rare.. I would put him in a separate cage and give him some polysporin and he will likely heal up fine. I had a male with a huge bite or cut on his leg worse than that and now he is my best breeder..
Re: Rat Rack Hazard (Graphic images)
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MonitorLove
Definite ouch. I'll be sure to use smaller hardware cloth when I build my racks.
I hope he pulls through alright. I had a female break a hind leg once. Thankfully, no bones were poking out, but it was nasty swollen for the longest time. She healed up quite nice and has no problems, she's just weaning off the girls of her first litter now ^^
It may be that it was too small ... I larger opening and the rat wouldn't have gotten stuck. If it was quarter inch this could have been the case.
Re: Rat Rack Hazard (Graphic images)
Like Chris said (m00kfu) ours was weird, he wasn't caught entirely, but he scared himself into thinking he was. He had only begun to scream a bit so I went to the rat room, opened the tub and saw him like that. I moved his body slightly and he got himself off.
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Definite ouch. I'll be sure to use smaller hardware cloth when I build my racks.
I don't think this is such hazard to reason using the 1/4" cloth for rats. The 1/4" cloth is incredibly flimsy and pulls apart with ease. It would be NO problem for any rat worth his teeth to chew through in a matter seconds if they wanted to, just like chicken wire. I can cut through 1/4" with a handy pair of scissors. It's not hard to cut or chew through for that matter.
Please, for security reasons stick with the 1/2" hardware cloth for anything larger than a mouse.
