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My pet rat is making wierd noises2007-11-24 22:13:40

at night i keep hearing these low squeeks coming from his hutch, he acts as normal and he is eating. i took him to the vet 2 weeks ago and they said he was seezy so they gave he some of this medicine to put in his water and it did work for a while but its came back but it doesnt sound as though he is weezy it just sound strange! does anyone have a idea on what it might be or anything i can buy him to make him better. thanx! x

Answers:

Any vocalization that we humans can hear is cause for concern. Rats normally "talk" in a frequency that is beyond our hearing capacity.

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bclee/rat...

The vocalizations that we can hear usually expresses fear (squeak), alarm (shriek), anger (hissing), or illness (moaning, cooing, wheezing, guinea pig grunting, clicking). Even bruxing (gnashing the teeth), akin to a cat's purr, and a sound that we like to hear when our rats are happy, can mean both contentment, or discontentment. Rats brux when they are ill to help themselves feel better.

http://www.ratbehavior.org/norway_rat_vo...

Rats do not get colds. They cannot catch a human cold or flu. They have Mycoplasmosis

http://search.yahoo.com/search?search=my...

Pet rats are born with the pathogen already in their nasel passage and lungs. Stress of any kind, even aging, or being lonely, will cause a flair-up and these flair-ups come and go for the rest of their lives. The disease can be controlled with medication to help the rat live a long life, but Myco can't be cured.