i found one of my breeder females with a large open sore on the side of her face. the whole side of her face is swollen. i cleaned it up with some bactine and some puss came out. while cleaning i discovered another much smaller open area farther down--this gushed a good amount of puss when gently touched. the whole thing smells like rotting flesh--the smell of a rat that has been dead for several days.

she shook her head a one point and some small drips of blood came out of her nose. i found one other small scab on her back--dried up and nothing really noteable about it other than that i have never noticed any scabs on any of my other rats. she also has a swollen and angry looking toe.

she doesn't act like the sore is painful--she was actually doing the tooth bruxing thing while i was cleaning it. does anyone have any idea what this might be or what i should do for her? of course tomorrow is a holiday and i am also going out of town until monday. flying--so i don't think taking her with me is a viable option.