Tunnel Rats
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Has my rat had a stroke?
She’s always been very active in her cage, running from each of the three floors, through and along tunnels and ladders, scampering up and down the metal sides of the cage itself and falling about seemingly without a problem, infact seemingly loving it as she did it so often!! The other rat we had with her died 6 months ago and there has never been a distinct change in her behaviour since, she has always acted the same way. My current rat toppled from one tier to the next on many an occassion, even on a daily basis with her previous cage partner. If she did fall from one tier to the next she’d stop for a second, look around and then carry on. Then, yesterday evening I watched her run about for a couple of hours and then fall to the bottom of the cage from the first tier and stop all together.
She lay there for 5 minutes, prone with nothing happening, when she did move it was lethargic and she only used her front legs, her back legs would not move at all and felt cold to touch. For the last 24 hours all she has done is lay in her house and bury herself in her bedding, will not respond to my contact, has only fed a small drop of water and tiny morsel of food. She has only in the last 5 minutes as I type this started poking her head out of her house and walk almost normally, only her hind left leg dragging. As I approach her though she turns around and heads back in, curls up and burys herself back down.
She does seem to be getting better (as the last few hours have shown), is my rat however facing her final moments or do any rat owners think they can tell me what may well be happening??
Sorry for the long details but I thought I oughta include as much as I could to get a decent answer.
I had a similar problem with my rat pinky. She suddenly kept falling and dragging her back legs when she used to be very agile. She also developed breathing problems which included a rattling sound as she breathed out and a brownish discharge from her nose. Then one day after being very reserved, she came up to the cage side and stretched up revealing a growth on her side which turned out to be cancerous.
I don’t want to upset you but this all happened within a couple of days and i ended up having her put to sleep.
I would take your rat immediately to see an exotic/small pet specialist, especially with you mentioning that her back legs were cold and she isn’t feeding well.
My vet recommended i spoon fed pinky with baby puree which is easy to eat and full of goodness to perk her up. Also it will get some form of liquid in her to keep her strength up.
I hope she improves-good luck!
Hiddley | Jan 06, 2010
It is possible that your rat had a stroke, but it is also possible that she just injured herself falling. How high is the first tier to the bottom of the cage? How old is she? It does not sound like she is doing very well and she might "facing her final moments." But rats are very resiliant creatures and she may live much longer without the use of her hind leg/legs. I had a rat that had a stroke and was unable to use his hind legs and he did just fine for several months before finally dying. He wasn’t able to clean himself anymore however so I had to wash him on a regular basis, but I don’t think his quality of life was that bad. I moved him to a one level cage where he could get to his water/food easier. I would say that if you don’t see a full improvement in the next couple of hours you should take her into the vet and get her checked out. It’s better safe than sorry!
Skyler J | Jan 05, 2010
If she had a stroke I don’t want to sound unkind but you should take her to the vet to be put to sleep.
Patricia L | Jan 05, 2010
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