Opinions on rats eyes

I have two pet rats. One of them is very light colored. Recently I have been noticing this brown gunk around his eyes. I have seen light-colored or white dogs with the same thing. Does this just come with light-colored rats or should I be concerned?http://img.tapatalk.com/4c139dcd-b53e-1400.jpg
His eyes look normal besides the gunk. No signs of infection or anything. This just seems to be recent... like within the past few weeks so I am a little concerned.

Never mind. This was answered via Facebook. I'll be buying some Tylan tomorrow :(

Awww...I hope he gets well soon!

Same thing happened to one of mine... not trying to scare you but one of my males had it and it got worse and worse to the point where he could barely open his eyes.

He started looking skinnier and skinner and one day he just got so weak he could barely move. He's the first rat that I've ever had die on me... (except when snakes ate ofcourse)

And it just happened not too long ago, like 3-4 days ago.... I have no idea what may have caused it... But he is house with another male but I've never seen them fight. All of my other rats are fine.. I feed them good quality mazuri rodent diet and they always have water.... :(

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Never mind. This was answered via Facebook. I'll be buying some Tylan tomorrow :(

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Hope your baby gets well!

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Originally Posted by LGray23

Never mind. This was answered via Facebook. I'll be buying some Tylan tomorrow :(

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What did they say it was? I'd love to know, Thanks..

They told me it's a common in section from using betting that holds in ammonia from year and

OMG Autocorrect. It is a common infection caused by bedding such as care fresh that holds in ammonia from urine. I was told to use Tylan diluted in their water bottle for 2 to 3 weeks and if I don't see improvement then they will need baytril. I am sorry you lost your rat this way. It's apparently fairly common and easily treated :(

I will be buying the Tylan tomorrow from tractor supply store and switching to pine bedding ASAP.

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OMG Autocorrect. It is a common infection caused by bedding such as care fresh that holds in ammonia from urine. I was told to use Tylan diluted in their water bottle for 2 to 3 weeks and if I don't see improvement then they will need baytril. I am sorry you lost your rat this way. It's apparently fairly common and easily treated :(

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Wow, I spent $70 for a vet to give me a bottle of drops to put in the water also...I didnt work.. I dont think it was called Tylan though :l

I use aspen beddding..

I was told kiln dried pine is the best thing to use to prevent this type of thing. They said it is not contagious unless pneumonia develops. I would try and pick up some Tylan just in case for future use :( I was told it is only $30 at tractor supply company.

Just because a rat is producing porphyrin, doesn't mean it has an RI. It could be stress, irritation, age, etc. Here are a couple of sites that might help.

http://ratballs.com/RatTails/Tails081.html

http://www.ratbehavior.org/porphyrin.htm

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I was told kiln dried pine is the best thing to use to prevent this type of thing. They said it is not contagious unless pneumonia develops. I would try and pick up some Tylan just in case for future use :( I was told it is only $30 at tractor supply company.

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I will pick some of that up also, I have a TSC by me.. Thanks!

That can be caused by inhaling too much dust or ammonia, or by a URI. It can also be caused by an abscess or cancer in the face. So keep an eye out.

It's difficult for me to see the photo on my phone, but could it be 'red tears'?

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I've gotten rats with this, I've seen this on some of my rats in the past, etc.

I never treated for anything. Most of the time it goes away, especially if you fix the problem that is causing it.

the ones i got were over crowded before i got them. Once that was fixed, they were better.

Others were over heated when the heat spiked and the ac stopped working. Fixed that and they got better.

*shrug* mine never showed any other symptoms though.

Tylan's probably a good thing to have on hand anyway (and thanks for reminding me! I've been meaning to put together a first aid kit for the rat room), but changing the bedding should do the trick if you're using carefresh. Kiln dried pine just works a lot better if you're keeping anything more than a pair of pet rats. I think it smells better too, and the only lice outbreak I ever had was while using carefresh (no new rats or anything, there were lice or lice eggs in the bedding).