Medication Guide: Ibuprofen
you can give her childrens motrin at the doses given on this page. It will help her out alot. A rat has an extremely fast metabolism, so you think its a high dose, when its not for them. Check out the cage to see if there is a reason she hooked her foot. You should also put neosporin on the wound. As for her behavior, how old is she? What was her previous living conditions before you? Could she have been hurt or mistreated? It takes a while to trust train a rat who is skittish, sometimes, you never will. I had a rat, who just didnt like people.... I gave her the best of the best up to HER standards. I left her alone. I talked to her, But she didnt want to be held, I didnt hold her..... It would help to have a rat savy vet on hand. Alot of vets just dont do pocket pets.