Just a few hours ago I was checking on my rats and getting ready to do a quick handling session with my new holdbacks. However, when I opened my top tub I was alarmed to find this poor top eared Russian Blue male running around with a mutilated eye.


After this picture he was immediately fed off to end the poor thing's suffering.

The only ones in his tub are his mom and other 4 week old litter mates. His tub was cleaned yesterday morning and when he was moved and from the holding tub he seemed fine, nothing out of the ordinary. Whatever did this must had to have happened in the last 36 hours.

Does anyone know what could have caused this terrible injury to his eye? An accident during play with on of his siblings maybe?