Fancy Rat Hairloss Problem?

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My pet rat has had a bald patch for several months now. It is always in the same spot but appears to get bigger and smaller from time to time but never goes away.  My vet has prescribed him delousing spray which didn't do any good and later antibiotics which didn't do any good either. I get the impression my vet does not know a lot about rats because he doesn't seem to know what the life expectancy of rats are and because when he operated on another rat he incorrectly told me to starve him before the operation. I feel that maybe this is more of a psychological problem because it corresponds to when his cage mate died. I know maybe the answer is to get him another cage mate but I think he is quite old (over 2 1/2 years) and when he dies I will have the same problem over again. I love my rats but keeping 2 seems like more of a burden than I expected, I find that just having 1 is more manageable since I only have to clean his cage half as often. So I have two parts to my question (a) is this psychological, and (b) if so, is there another solution that doesn't involve me getting another rat?

Sheena · Accepted Answer

from what you describe, it DOES sound like barbering. 

overgrooming from stress. 

if he's otherwise fit and healthy, and you've ruled out the possibility of mites, (try a mite treatment. get recommendations on a rat forum. the one your vet recommended might not have been right for rats) then it's a good idea to consider getting a PAIR of juvenile males. that way they're not going to soon be left one rat alone again. 

I hope you're not planning to get any future rats just on their own. two rats really are no more difficult than one, and it's cruel to keep one alone.

however at his age he might not be up to having new cagemates, depending how fit and healthy he is. 

if he's not sturdy enough for new cagemates, try keeping him out of the cage the whole time you're around to supervise him.

Anonymous · Answer

Millions of people all over the world are affected by hair loss, and it's not only the males that suffer this condition as even females are affected by this problem. What's sad is that many of the individuals affected by such a condition end up just accepting what is happening to their hair due to lack of information or options.

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