Ok, so about 15 minutes ago, I went in my bedroom to see what the rats where up to, when I noticed blood on Oscars side. I picked him up, took him in the bathroom, and washed the sore with hydrogen peroxide. I started to move his fur around to find his back completely covered in grooming sores. When I mean covered, I mean covered. So, I gave him a bath to clean ALL of the sores out real good.

I checked his brother Fred right away and his back is completely covered too. Right away I started to worry about Peanut, since the boys love to groom her, I checked her out- she is all clear. Phew.

Is there a way I can get the boys to not rip up eachother when they groom. I am afraid the sores will get infected, some of them are rather deep and large.

Here is a picture of Oscar's sores, this only shows 1/4 (not even) of the sores on his back:



It is hard to see a lot of the sores because of his fur and the angle of the camera.