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Re: serious help needed! open sore on rat.
It's an abscess(although it could be a tumor abscessing out, especially if blood came out her nose). And her toe looks either sprained or broken. I would put her by herself or with another calm female so she can rest and keep off the foot.
Was it blood or was it rust-colored stuff(porphyrin)?
She may have gotten into a scuffle and someone bit her cheek/back and she hurt her toe in the process. There's no place she could have gotten caught to make her toe like that, is there?
Just flush it out with warm chlorhexidine or saline and put some topical antibiotic ointment on it(no pain killer, in case they lick it off). Do that 1-2 times a day and it should go away within a week. If it doesn't and abscesses again, she may have a tumor and you need to put her to sleep. It would just slowly invade her jaw and brain and painfully kill her. Not a fun death..
Let's hope it's just an abscess, as they are common and easy to get rid of.
--Becky--
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