a friend of mine has a friend whos 2 yr old female rat has gone blind in the space of 2 days and has been clawing at her eyes as well...the rat was acting fine and normal up until now, and i was wondering if anyone on here would have any ideas? shes taking the rat to the vet tomorrow but isnt sure the vet will know whats going on =/ they havent fed her anything different, they havent changed cage cleaning procedures or anything like that. any help would be greatly appreciated.
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blind rat
pumkin_butter
Mar 17, 2008 09:44 PM
Replies (2)
iwuvratz
Mar 22, 2008 12:33 AM
Oh, this poor girlie rattie may have a very serious issue. And I'm glad they took her to a vet right away. I've never had any of my rats do this, but if they did, I'd be at the vet lickity split. Good luck for that little girl.
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Eileen
I WUV RATTIES
littleindiangirl
Apr 11, 2008 01:53 PM
>>a friend of mine has a friend whos 2 yr old female rat has gone blind in the space of 2 days and has been clawing at her eyes as well...the rat was acting fine and normal up until now, and i was wondering if anyone on here would have any ideas? shes taking the rat to the vet tomorrow but isnt sure the vet will know whats going on =/ they havent fed her anything different, they havent changed cage cleaning procedures or anything like that. any help would be greatly appreciated.
That's pretty sad. I can only hope they figure something out, but given her age it could be any number of things that would take a toll on her health.
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~Connie 
