The rat may have been injured from a fall or other rat. Or the rat may have an infection. It should be noted that rats saliva frequently appears red but it is not blood, it is a substance called 'porphyrin'. This substance can appear when the rat is stressed out or frightened.
It could be a marking or an injury of some kind.
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Take it to the vet.When you decided to keep him/her as a pet, it became your duty to give him/her the best care possible.
My pet rats, which were Hooded rats, where very intelligent. They were easily trained to give 'kisses' (to place their nose on my nose) with a simple command. They also, however, where smart enough to work the latch on their cage, so they could easily escape.
No. All pet rats are vaccinated.
YES. certain breeds of rats do, like the commonly found DEAD or DYING rat, or even the rarer ZOMBIE rat. Just kidding, no. They should not be bleeding. If any animal or human is constantly bleeding, something is wrong.
That isn't blood, the red discharge around your rats nose is called porpythrin. It depends how much there is; porpythrin is normal for rats to have every once in a while; rats also get it around their eyes, too. Don't worry about it unless it appears that your rat's "crying blood" or sneezing red liquid or they have so much on their nose that it's drpping.
You can find pet rats in a lot of pet stores, or animal rescues. You can find wild rats just about anywhere.
A bloodied nose is a nose which is bleeding internally.
I think you should bring your pet mouse to the vet when its sick: running nose and or coughing hard. Bring your pet rodent to the vet if it has loss of appetite or bleeding.
its not all pet rats its just the ones that are black and white because it looks somewhat like a tuxedo
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No, they can sometimes prevent them!
Pet rats are not vermin. Pet rats are raised in a pet store, laboratory, or adoption center and they are raised to be pets or in the case of labs, experiments. if you are thinking of buying a rat remember not to buy a rat raised as food for snakes. Rats bred to be pets are much gentler and sweeter than rats raised as food.