My pet rats are scratching, losing hair, and have raw skin. What to do?

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Hello my pet rats are always scratching themselves and getting their skin raw and bleeding all the time. I tried olive oil treatment and it seemed to work a bit by healing the raw skin. But again they have started scratching new places. The skin has started loosing hair and getting raw what to do..?online research says its scabs. What can be done in that case. Pet's info: Small Animal | Unknown - Small Animal | Male | unneutered | 4 months old | 15 lbs

Andrea M. Brodie, DVM · Accepted Answer

It sounds indeed like your rats may be suffering from a mite or louse infection. Treatment usually consists of applying an avermectin such as Revolution or ivermectin available either in pet shops, your vet or over the internet. You can use the Revolution for dogs up to 5 lbs, at a dosage of 0.1 ml/lb of rat (you will need a 1ml syringe to measure out the dose correctly. Of course it would be easier to have the treatment done by your vet after he or she verifies whether this is indeed a mite infection/louse infection. Make sure you remove and destroy all bedding and disinfect all cages and toys.

My pet rats are scratching, losing hair, and have raw skin. What to do?

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