Joined
·
1,386 Posts
Hey gang, advice needed.
My old man Tucker is going bald.
He had tumor removal about two or three months ago. They shaved a bald patch in his side. It was growing back well, but then I noticed it wasn't filling in completely. I thought, he's getting older, maybe his hair just isn't growing back as quickly due to age.
But yesterday I noticed a new bald spot forming on his back, just behind his shoulder blades.
I don't see scabs, there's no excessive itching, and anything in the cage that isn't fleece, is frozen in the freezer for three days. Because other rat Zmei's health is so fragile now, I've not put them in contact with anything they haven't always been in contact with.
He's the only one looking patchy.
He's 21 months old, and his diet consists of Harlin Tekklad 2018 (I ordered 2014, but they sent me the wrong kind), assorted fruits and veggies, soy yogurt on occasion, veggie pasta and an immunity boosting regemine off/on of echenacia and goldenseal.
What could it be? My first thought is that because of the hairless surgical spot, the other boys have started over grooming him, or even he himself is over grooming.
Thoughts?
My old man Tucker is going bald.
He had tumor removal about two or three months ago. They shaved a bald patch in his side. It was growing back well, but then I noticed it wasn't filling in completely. I thought, he's getting older, maybe his hair just isn't growing back as quickly due to age.
But yesterday I noticed a new bald spot forming on his back, just behind his shoulder blades.
I don't see scabs, there's no excessive itching, and anything in the cage that isn't fleece, is frozen in the freezer for three days. Because other rat Zmei's health is so fragile now, I've not put them in contact with anything they haven't always been in contact with.
He's the only one looking patchy.
He's 21 months old, and his diet consists of Harlin Tekklad 2018 (I ordered 2014, but they sent me the wrong kind), assorted fruits and veggies, soy yogurt on occasion, veggie pasta and an immunity boosting regemine off/on of echenacia and goldenseal.
What could it be? My first thought is that because of the hairless surgical spot, the other boys have started over grooming him, or even he himself is over grooming.
Thoughts?