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hi guys welcome back to my channel in
today's video I want to talk about
something I experienced recently and
that is mites in rats I wasn't gonna
make a video on this because it
personally was not something that I'd
experienced before
and I wasn't fully educated on it so
it's thanks to my friend rata T only
entire links in the description that I
was able to learn more about it and
treat it but I thought it was important
to share my experience anyway in case
your rights happen to get mites and this
video is somewhat helpful to you now
this all started back in February I'd
had the baby rights for about a month
and I noticed that Bono had some blood
on his back and my mind immediately
jumped to the new baby rats and I
thought that one of them had attacked
him but the blood was easy to notice
because he is white well he's supposed
to be white he's kind of a creamy color
but it was more easy to notice than it
would be on other rats because he does
have white fur so what I messaged my
friend about this panicking that they
were fighting
she's just it was maybe mics and I
should treat for this and this made a
lot more sense in my mind because when I
did feel him over he did have a couple
more scubs over in his body so what our
rat mites there's small little parasites
and usually you can't actually see them
now they're different from other
parasites such as fleas or likes which
you can see now they're usually present
in small numbers but if you're right has
a particularly weak immune system then
it can flare up and the symptoms can
appear and we will have to treat them
for it now mites can be brought in from
new rats or from bedding and food that
you use so if this is the case I suggest
freezing all food and bedding that
you're bringing in before you use it
with your mouse
now don't let this put you off keeping
rats at all most animals that we do keep
in our homes do you actually get things
like fleas and mites it doesn't mean
rats about anymore dirtier than any
other animals because your average dog
and cat will probably get fleas at some
point in its lifetime when it's just
something that you have to deal with it
doesn't mean that rats are any more
disgusting and to be honest I've had
more flea issues with my dogs than the
one time I've had to treat for miles now
we don't actually have any photos of
Beru of this going on because there's
more focused on getting him treated and
making sure I was doing the right thing
well in certain pictures if I have any
of him on here or some other pictures of
other rocks that are suffering from
mites just seeking it a little bit
an idea of what to look for and what all
kind of happened to your right if they
do have a Mike flower so because you
can't see Mike's you just have to assume
that there that and treat for them and
most often you'll see your right
scratching themselves mostly around on
their shoulders on the back of their
neck and oftentimes they can make
themselves bleed and scab over and if
this is the case and chances are your
actors have mites so how do you treat it
so you're going to want to go out and
get a small animal my treatment and
you're gonna want to make sure it
contains I'm going to completely butcher
these names I'm a medicine or seller
Matson now this is something you can
either go to your folks for or you can
actually find it online or in some
stores so it's worth treating all the
wraps you have in your cage just in case
and if your rat's are scratching after
three weeks of applying the solution
then you're going to want to you either
try and treat them again or I suggest
consulting your vet to see if they have
any other alternatives but if there is
any other issues that may be causing him
to scratch themselves so the one that I
used is the beefer antiparasite spot-on
now this is good because it does contain
I haven't met Cyn and the only problem
with this is that it does require you to
put a lot of it on the back of your
right which can make them really wet but
it does contain the right ingredients to
treat them and this is the one that I
personally used the one I use comes with
dosages on the back and if you are
treating rats or other small animals
that under 300 grams and you have to get
one that is Mable dumpsters this one is
for rabbits guinea pigs ferrets and rats
so if you do have maybe we're actually
going to have to get a one that's
marketed at hamsters to make sure you're
giving them a safe dosage all the dudes
just dosages are on the back so this
one's very easy to use the only problem
with this is again you have to put quite
a lot on the back of their neck which
can make them really wet and then you
have to wait for them to dry a little
bit so to apply the treatment you want
to part the fur on the back of their
neck and apply it all over their skin on
the back of their shoulders and their
neck
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it's not a good idea to leave them
separate from their cage mates for a
little period of time just to make sure
they can draw as much as possible and so
that the other arts don't groom it off
them another thing you should do if you
are able to I know it's really difficult
and I myself haven't really mastered the
best way of doing this is to cut their
claws and doing this can prevent them
from actually scratching themselves and
causing a lot of damage and making
themselves bleed it's not the mics that
are making them bleed but it's them
scratching themselves so if you can cut
their course while they're still trying
to go in for the mic problem then this
will help considerably to stop them from
damaging their skin and that's basically
how you treat your axe from life if you
do think your brats have mics I really
hope that treatment helps them if you
have tried to treat you an option that
doesn't work I highly suggest you go to
your vet and ask them what to do because
they will know what to do and give you a
professional answer roley's skin has
cleaned up really nicely since I first
noticed the problem the reason I'm
treating him again in these clips that
you would have seen is just to make sure
that it doesn't return the others on him
have been scratching a little bit so I
wanted to treat them again just to make
sure that everything was under control
and that they were going to be okay if
you yourself of experience might seem
rocks or any other small angle and you
have any suggestions please leave them
down in the comments I would love to
hear your experiences I hope this was
helpful to some of you subscribe for it
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see you in our next video bye
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