Originally posted by luckies4me
It looks like mites to me. The only way to get rid of mites is to disenfect everything with bleach, and treat them all with Ivermectin.


If it is true barbering, than well, there's really nothing you can do about it besides keep them both away from eachother or put some Bitter Apple on them to deter them from grooming eachother. But even BA doesn't always work. My first thought though, would be mites. Usually when a rat barbers they do it to every rat in the cage, but they could have a preference for eachother. Usually it means something is missing in the enviroment, like you................for the past few weeks.
You have to get Ivermectin from the vet correct!?

They do groom eachother, that is why I was worried about Peanut, I thought they chewed her up too, but they didn't. They are gentle with her because she is old. That is all they do besides sleep is groom eachother. If it was mites, wouldn't all the rats in the cage have those sores, since they are housed together and sleep together?? Hmmm.....I'll start cleaning the cage just to be safe.