My girls Layla and Juno are 3 months old now, and they're both becoming amazingly affectionate and friendly. Juno especially acts more like a male than a female, the way she's always in the mood for cuddles. I love them so much, it's fantastic having rats again. ^.^
One thing though...sometimes I'll hear them have little sneezing fits. I'm not sure if it's just one of them, or both, but I know it's not normal for them to be sneezing that much. The bedding I'm using is Kaytee Soft Granule Blend small pet bedding--I switched to this from CareFresh when CareFresh ended up being much too dusty, and that fixed the sneezing problem for a while. As far as I can tell, sneezing is the only symptom, their eyes and fur are clear and shiny and I haven't seen any porphyrin around their eyes or nose, ever (I did, however, see some red spots on some of their nesting material, but it was a very, very small amount.
I'm not really sure whether to change beddings again, or take them to the vet, or what. Any opinions on bedding that is the least dusty? This is scaring me to death especially because my first two rats died of respritory infections when they were less than a year old.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that I sometimes hear a clicking sound that I originally thought was bruxing, but now I'm pretty sure it's something else.
One thing though...sometimes I'll hear them have little sneezing fits. I'm not sure if it's just one of them, or both, but I know it's not normal for them to be sneezing that much. The bedding I'm using is Kaytee Soft Granule Blend small pet bedding--I switched to this from CareFresh when CareFresh ended up being much too dusty, and that fixed the sneezing problem for a while. As far as I can tell, sneezing is the only symptom, their eyes and fur are clear and shiny and I haven't seen any porphyrin around their eyes or nose, ever (I did, however, see some red spots on some of their nesting material, but it was a very, very small amount.
I'm not really sure whether to change beddings again, or take them to the vet, or what. Any opinions on bedding that is the least dusty? This is scaring me to death especially because my first two rats died of respritory infections when they were less than a year old.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that I sometimes hear a clicking sound that I originally thought was bruxing, but now I'm pretty sure it's something else.