i'm a wee bit worried about my oldest rat (1yr old) custard.

his fur (or fluff as i call it) looks very tatty his eyes etc look ok and hes not lathargic no change in his behaviour aall he seems happy and healthy.

is this cause for worry or am i just being silly
or is it just a case that rats do mault hence his scruffy appearence???

if its nothing to worry about can i do anything to bring the condition of his coat back?

He is a buck, does his skin look orangey? or flaky. And does his fur seem greasy? Bucks get something called Buck Grease which can give there fur a scruffy, unhealthy look but its justtheir hormones and some bucks get it and some don't, it all depends on the rat.

Otherwise if he is itchy he may have mites, check his fur for lice or anything creepycrawly lol. mites you can't see but check near the neck, under the chin and behind the ears for scabs, this could be where the mites are and so he will itch till he gets scabby.

It's not a big deal if it's mites, just get some spot on or the visit the vets to get an injection... the spot on is cheaper hehe

Love his name lol

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My male rats had mites i can show you pictures so you have see if yours look like that.

Like Le Loup said it could be "man grease" and nice bath in some reodeent shampoo will do the trick

i can't see any sign of mites at all.
maybe a wee bath will do the trick then

im not aloud a rat my mumsdosnt like them well she dos'nt like sewer rats well its are fault they live like that

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AM3LiiA Xx...

The animals of the house...
Rabbits: Angus (lionhead) and the nethie gang
Hamster: syrains reggie (long haired) ans (short haired) scooby
Dog:Alfie (soft coated wheaten terrier)
cat: bramble (silver tabby)

Sorry im a little confused do we force them to live down there ? most rats are found above ground not below, Its our fault we have so many wild rats yes.

Ive got 6 lovely little bundles of cute rattness ( well 2 arent that friendly but i love them ).

yes you could give him a bath but that didn't help with mine haha Good luck though you may have a scruffy rat forever!! lmao well 2-3 years.

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As Le Loup said it may or may not help its work on one of my boys but the over is still a mess hes just a dirty little bugger

lol must be lucky with my boys theyre all beautiful and clean, but thats probably because theyre so lazy and love lying about and cleaning themselves vain little bleeders lol

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Owned by

1 dog JRT Monty

1 cat Star

2 Rabbits Orange rex Mischief and beige lop Jack

10 rats Frankie, Johnny, Gucci, Louis, Harley, Merlin, Ralph, (Ver)Sace,Emily and Luci

1 mouse Seymour

2 gerbils Sooty and Cosmo

hahaha! I wish monty would clean himself. He's meant to be a champaign but he's so grubby he look almost grey!

I keep meaning to give him a bath but he hates them so much i feel guilty lmao

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