Quote Originally Posted by Reinz View Post
A sorry heart felt welcome to the forum.

I'm just sick to hear about this.

It's just no telling without the necropsy. But armchair quarterbacking, I don't see an impaction from THIS rat. Possibly the last rat. Their prostalsis is not that fast.

Now maybe you meant OBstruction. That is a different complication and more plausible.

So sorry man.
I was thinking it was piece of cypress mulch, you can see it in his mouth in the photo, this is the first time I've ever had any problems with substrate sticking to a rat which is why I assumed impaction. I have no idea what actually happened, just a guess. And I check my temps a couple times a day with a temp gun