The bottem of my rats neck is swollen... she sqiurems when i touch it and makes sounds so im guess it hurts her... it feels empty though... any ideas?
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If it is painful to her then it's more likely an abscess. This would be the best case scenerio as I have succeeded in ridding my rats of abscesses by the use of holistics without resorting to surgery. I will pass this info onto you if you want it.
http://www.ratguide.com/health/integumen...
Could be a subaceous cyst. Not painful, they just look ugly. I have learned how to exude these myself when they come to a head. I can give you instructions. You will know it's time when a scab forms on the lump. The contents is a firm cheesy material. Then I use holistics to help heal it. These cysts occure more frequently on male rats because males produce an oily substance from the subaceous gland, affectionately known as "buck grease". In the 200 rats I've had so far, only 3 females have ever gotten these cysts. Sometimes a cyst becomes very firm and surgery is required for it's removal.
http://ratguide.com/health/integumentary...
Could be a tumor. Mammary tumors are not painful but they can grow quickly. They feel like jelly and move slightly under the skin.
http://ratguide.com/health/neoplasia/mam...
Could be SDA, but she would be feeling poorly in other ways.
http://ratguide.com/health/viruses/sda.p...
Please get back to me (spazrats@yahoo.ca) after your vet has made a diagnosis. I have had a great deal of success in dealing with the nastiest abscesses by holistic means. Anytime you can avoid surgery for your rat, the better. Rats do not always survive their surgeries.
Or if you don't have a rat-savvy vet you can talk to rat-knowledgable people at my group, Holistarat, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holistarat... to get an abundance of conventional and holistic help for your rat. There are professionals at this group.
Y!A is not a bad place to ask your ratty health questions. There are 4 rat experts here, including myself. Many of us don't have a rat-savvy vet, even though I have on occasion had to take a rat in, so hundreds of rat-keepers, I'm one of them, have come to rely on the experts at the rat-only forums. I answer questions here at Y!A, and I try to guide the asker to another more reliable resource for rat information. On the rat-only forums you will never get an answer like, "kill it".
spazrats
"my life has gone to the rats"
thats a tumor it will spread i had a rad and it kept getting those It eventully popped and another grew back get it to the vet before its too late!!
Yahoo!Answers does not replace the qualified expertise of a veterinarian. Please have her examined.
Shes a girl it probably a tumor.
My girl just had a similar problem - a lump on the bottom of her neck. We took her to the vet because we were afraid it was a cyst. The vet poked her lump with a syringe and when no liquid came out, she said it was probably a tumor. She said rats are VERY prone to tumors and to leave it alone until it grew too large and was a hinderance to her normal activity. She said we shouldn't chance having surgery for it just yet because there was a risk of her ***dying from the anestesia***.
So we took her home and monitored the lump. About a week went by and whatever was in her neck seemed to surface. At first we thought it could be a bot fly because there was a hard, dark brown lump poking through her skin. We caught her, held her head back under her jaws, and my boyfriend was able to squeeze out a firm, puss-like mass. I'd done some prior research when we'd discorvered the lump and it looked like it was one of these (graphic, be warned http://ratguide.com/health/figures/kerat...
With YOUR rat, go see a vet. Call around for the best prices/locations. The first place we called wanted $50 to see her, the second place was $25 - much more reasonable.
Good luck with your girl, I hope she's better soon. =(
it might be an abcess or a tumor
take her to the vet
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