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About Janell McMorran
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I am quite knowledgeable on housing, care, genetics, hereditary defects, color identification, breeding practices, socialization, rat rescue situations, raising orphaned babies, trapping feral rats, and basic illnesses and disorders a pet rat is prone to. I can answer any question related to every day circumstances and even those a bit more unusual.
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I'm a hobby breeder and have bred for the public since early 2005. Prior I worked as a PIJAC certified associate for a major pet store chain for 4 years. I currently work as a pet store consultant as well.
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RatSeek
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Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council certification in all areas, AP Husbandry
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Pet Rats - i don't know what's wrong with my rat :S
Expert: Janell McMorran - 11/1/2009
Question
hello,
i have a 3 year old female rat and until the start of summer this year she has been fine, then she got pinkish reddish things around her eyes and nose which i think is a "rat cold"?? but now she's got this big lump thing under her arm and its getting bigger, it looks like a growth thing but i cant find anything on websites about it, and i was wondering if it was a sign of cancer? if not do you have any other ideas by any chance? thank you
Jess
Answer
The red/pinkness around her eyes and nose is porph, basically rat tears/mucus is red and stains the surrounding skin and coat pink, or sometimes red if there's a lot of it. The lump under her arm is a tumor, probably mammary, and usually benign (not cancerous). It's recommended to remove them, however if she's not in pain and is doing fine, you can leave it. Of course removal fastly increases her lifespan, whereas if the tumor is left she will inevitably eventually pass away due to it scraping the ground and becoming infected. Tumor removal is usually a very standard proceed among most pocket pet vets.
Good luck!
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