call around for vets and see if they do payment plans is all i can think of.
i am sure if you show how much that pet means to you that someone with a heart will help you out.
:/
all i can think of, suga.

Thanks hun He's actually showing no signs of head tilting anymore, so we're hoping it was just a minor ear infection

Call the humane society sometimes they treat rats and they have a help you if you are poor plan at least here they do

I'll have to keep that in mind. After a few hours he stopped doing it, so I'm hoping it was just a minor ear infection.

probably rats are very quick healers overall.

What you can do right now, is you can make a saline solution for his ear. If you have a dropper, then you can put a drop or two in his ear every few hours. Also take some of the solution and try to clean the visible inner ear.

Other than that, you can go to a local pet store and look in the fish section for antibiotics. Contrary to popular belief, an antibiotic is an antibiotic, at least in this scenario. Look for something that has Tetracycline in it. And try to be conscious of how large the pills or tablets are, as your rat will have to swallow them.

Here are some brands you might look for and the corresponding active ingredient:

Aquatic Doxycycline (doxycycline 100mg)
Fish-cycline (tetracycline 250mg)
Aqua-Flex (Cephalexin 500mg)
Fish-Mox (amoxicillin 250mg)


The biggest thing you can do is take him to the vet, but if that's not an option make sure you look for a product that has only the active ingredient, or the least auxiliary ingredients are few.



I wish you luck, I had rats of my own and have a guinea pig now. :/

We'll have to get the ingredients for that when we can. Luckily after a few hours he stopped doing it, so we're hoping it was a minor ear infection.