HawaiiHermann
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My Hermann's lives outside 24/7 in a steel mesh cage with additional chicken wire reinforcement over all of the structure. (I've posted pics of it on here if you want to visualize it.) I saw the occasional mouse in the enclosure but didn't worry. I thought he was safe from predators.
Yesterday morning I went to put him in a bath and found blood everywhere. He had been attacked by a rat in the middle of the night. The rat ate into his legs, bit his face, and ate off about a third of his tail.
Thankfully I was able to get him seen by a vet right away. He is alive and alert, though obviously in pain. He'll be indoors healing up for quite a while.
So please, I urge you to take rats seriously as predators. I hope you and your Hermann's won't have to endure what my guy is going through.
Yesterday morning I went to put him in a bath and found blood everywhere. He had been attacked by a rat in the middle of the night. The rat ate into his legs, bit his face, and ate off about a third of his tail.
Thankfully I was able to get him seen by a vet right away. He is alive and alert, though obviously in pain. He'll be indoors healing up for quite a while.
So please, I urge you to take rats seriously as predators. I hope you and your Hermann's won't have to endure what my guy is going through.