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| Question about Pets:Why is my pet rat is oozing reddish liquid from her rectum? |
This "reddish liquid" would be a combination of blood and mucus. Internal tumors and colon cancer will cause rectal bleeding. These you can't see. This hemmorhaging is an indication that something is internally wrong and she needs to see a vet.
Rats are very stoic animals and it will take a lot for her show signs of illness. They are prey animals, they mustn't show signs of weakness in order to stay alive. By the time she does show signs of illness it is normally too late to do anything about it.
Please do not take her condition lightly. A rat needs to loose only a teaspoon of blood to go into shock.
Check out Rat Guide for more information
http://ratguide.com/health/digestive/col...
It might be something that can be cleared up with just a course of antibiotics...why wait.
Note: Rats do not have anal glands like dogs do
Rats do not bleed when they are in heat.
spazrats
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