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rat help!!!

  • 08-01-2005 5:29am
    #1
    tovalee
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    I hope someone here might be able to help me out. I have a male white rat thats about 8 months old. Hes had no health problems at all except being a bit overweight, but this afternoon he has a pea sized lump on his chin. It wasnt there yesterday. Ive tried looking on google for information,but im having a hard time getting specifics. How can i tell if its a tumor or an abcess? if it is a tumor, can it be removed? any help would be appreciated.. thanks


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  • #2
    FranknFurter
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    White rats are quite prone to tumours.
    However, dont panic, not all tumours are fatal.

    You vet will need to do some tests to determine how / if the tumour is developing.

    It may also be a simple abcess or boil, if so, a course of anti-biotics will do the trick.
    You need to see your vet rather quickly tho, these things do the least damage the earlier they are dealt with, and if it is a bad type of tumour, that grows at a disturbing rate, sooner is better than later.

    It may also be a simple infected cut from chewing on cage bars of such.


  • #3
    Our man in Havana
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    It will be best for you to go to a vet - as Frankenfurter said it may just be an infection but rats are prone to getting tumors especially white ones.

    Here is a link to an article on Tumors from Blackstaff rats A FAB FAB FAB rat care info resource!
    http://www.quite.co.uk/rats/#Tumours:

    Hope this helps.

    Faye-Bond


  • #4
    rander00
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    Squeak squeak!


  • #5
    Blub2k4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,733 ✭✭✭Blub2k4


    tovalee wrote:
    I hope someone here might be able to help me out. I have a male white rat thats about 8 months old. Hes had no health problems at all except being a bit overweight, but this afternoon he has a pea sized lump on his chin. It wasnt there yesterday. Ive tried looking on google for information,but im having a hard time getting specifics. How can i tell if its a tumor or an abcess? if it is a tumor, can it be removed? any help would be appreciated.. thanks

    It sounds like an abcess, the fact that it turned up over night is a little fast for a tumour. you could try it with hot compresses and it will generally come to a head and pop, then clean it out with a sea-salt water solution.


  • #6
    Blub2k4
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    any update on your rat Tovalee?


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  • #7
    tovalee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 471 ✭✭tovalee


    turned out to be an abcess after all . medicated compresses and its healing nicely. big thanks for the replies


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