I have a young female rat who is currently nursing her first litter. The babies will be 2 weeks old on sunday. My question is about the young mom. She seems to have fainting spells and I was wondering if anyone knew what could be causing this.
The first episode happened after she gave birth. She was in a cage with an older female and a year old male. When I noticed she had given birth I took her out of that cage and put her and the babies in a 10 gallon tank, what I do with all of my females. When I put her in the tank she took a few steps and then kinda fell over and fainted. I rubbed her back and she snapped out of it and seemed fine.
The second episode happened when she was playing on the top of the tank while I was putting her food. Her back end slipped and I caught her before she fell off the top of the tank. Keep in mind the tank is on the floor so it wouldn't have been a long fall. Well, after I put her back in the tank she froze and fell over seeming to faint again. I rubbed her back and she came to and acted normal afterwards.
Third time it happened was just earlier tonight. I went into the snake room to check on everyone and she was on top of her water bottle (nothing new). I watched her freeze up and fall off the water bottle. This time after I woke her by rubbing her back she seemed a bit dizzy but she seems okay now.
Any idea what could be causing this? She's a tame little girl, all of my rats are.
I feed a variation of Becky's food mix and she's the only rat I've ever had who has done this and I've had quite a few rats.
She's a normal hooded girl who is het for dumbo if that matters at all.
Any input is appreciated. Thanks!
Edit: I forgot to add that otherwise she seems totally healthy.
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