I just read that link.Originally Posted by musicalKeyes
Sounds like mycoI had a bout of it go through my breeders when I went out of town for a few days and my sister forgot to clean them. If it is myco, it's not blood, it's porphyrin stains. I ended up getting rid of the rats that had it the worst, but got my pet male through it. He still gets "episodes" of it now and then, and it will most likely be what kills him, but so far he's doing pretty good.
http://www.rmca.org/Articles/myco.htm
Also, the site lists some antibiotics to use. I didn't end up using any, just cut down the number of rats in each group, and started cleaning cages at least every other day. Good luckThat makes me really sad. It says stress can also lead to it. Herman (the weaned pet rat) was orphaned at about 1 week old, and has been bottle feed in addition to fostered by a two mother rats. Unfortunately due to the second mother also dying I had to wean them at around 3 weeks because I only have two lactating rats for all of the babies. (We did have 40 but I feed off some to bring their numbers down.
Plus since she is the favorite of my five year old I am sure he stresses her out some. Although she comes to the top when he comes by like she wants to be taken out and she hasn't bit him even though she now has teeth.
She is the tan hooded one. These pictures are from a couple of weeks ago. Do you think the mother had it and infected the whole litter when they were born?
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