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Why is my pet rat constantly sneezing and making strange sounds?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Small Animal | Rat | Male | unneutered

I have a pet rat, he won’t stop sneezing and making strange sounds all the time and we don’t know what’s wrong, we always believe he’s attracting small yellow worm grub creatures which are appearing, please help us

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on February 20th, 2019

It sounds like Kenny is suffering from an respiratory infection, most rats suffer from this condition at some point in their lives, it needs to be treated with a special antibiotic, you will need to take him to the vet ASAP in order to get it treated.

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