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The Fancy Rat has rapid breathing for 2 months Pt 1
Mar 23, 2015. This pet rat breathes faster than usual for last 2 months and has lost weight and appetite. Most llikely the immune system has been suppressed by some factors like pesticide in vegetables. Antibiotic is prescribed for 7 days. Two other rats are OK. However, one of them is younger at 6 months of age. This young one could have been a carrier of diseases, infecting this older rat.
Antibiotics were prescribed and the rat recovered slowly.
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