Dead rat

[lord jackel]

Central Florida area (Deland/Daytona Beach)

Well I am in Indiana so I can't help you...but I am sure someone else will read this thread and be able to help you out or point you to a good location to get one.

Good Luck

[SatanicIntention]

Wasn't he sneezing and open mouth breathing? No wonder he died.. They need immediate veterinary care. Rats have sensitive respiratory systems and they really need to be seen by a vet as soon as possible. Being a prey animal, they don't show symptoms until they are on death's door.

Weren't your females too small too? They need to be 4-6 months old and over 250g if they are to be bred. Hopefully you have two 10-gallons you can separate each into as they are most likely pregnant if he was in with them for any length of time.

Also make sure they aren't showing any respiratory symptoms either, such as red staining around the eyes and nose, decreased appetite, poofed up look to their hair, trouble breathing, sides sinking in, etc. If they are, they need antibiotics.

[Snikt228]

Wasn't he sneezing and open mouth breathing? No wonder he died.. They need immediate veterinary care. Rats have sensitive respiratory systems and they really need to be seen by a vet as soon as possible. Being a prey animal, they don't show symptoms until they are on death's door.

Weren't your females too small too? They need to be 4-6 months old and over 250g if they are to be bred. Hopefully you have two 10-gallons you can separate each into as they are most likely pregnant if he was in with them for any length of time.

Also make sure they aren't showing any respiratory symptoms either, such as red staining around the eyes and nose, decreased appetite, poofed up look to their hair, trouble breathing, sides sinking in, etc. If they are, they need antibiotics.

No this was a different rat than the other one I had problems with. This one showed no sign of respiratory problems, just the normal rat ocasional sneezing

[Alice]

I'm in Orlando and raise my own rats. PM me if you need a new male.

[frankykeno]

I've had pet store purchased rats literally fall over dead right in front of my eyes. One minute they are wandering around doing their rat thing then keel right over....stroke I assume. It doesn't happen much anymore since we haven't purchased from a pet store in ages but back when I was buying all our original rats from the pet store I lost a few to sudden and mysterious deaths. I think there's just so much uncontrolled breeding and inbreeding in pet store stock that you just get this stuff happening (plus more cancers, bad temperments, etc.)