Detailed Explanation of Key Points for the Prevention and Treatment of Bamboo Rat Gastroenteritis

Gastroenteritis is also one of the common diseases in bamboo rats, and bamboo rat gastroenteritis is mainly caused by unclean, moldy and spoiled feed.

Symptoms of Bamboo Rat Gastroenteritis

The sick rat is listless. It eats less or stops eating, has loose manure stuck around the anus, groans in the nest at night, gradually becomes emaciated, and finally dies of dehydration.

Treatment Methods for Bamboo Rat Gastroenteritis

After withholding food for 1-2 meals, grind 1 tablet (0.5 g) of oxytetracycline (if human medication is used, the dosage is 1/4 to 1/6 of a tablet) and mix it into concentrated feed for oral administration, 2 times a day; or inject oxytetracycline injection intramuscularly at 0.4-0.5 ml each time, once a day, for 3 consecutive days; in severe cases, chloramphenicol can be injected into the inner side of the thigh muscle at 0.5-0.6 ml each time, once a day, and the animal can recover after 2 consecutive days of injection.

Precautions for Bamboo Rat Gastroenteritis

This disease is relatively difficult to treat in the middle and late stages, so everyone should pay attention to frequent and careful observation during the feeding process. In the early stage, soot from the bottom of a firewood-burning pot can be mixed into concentrated feed and fed for one or two days.