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Letter: Red for rats

Published 30 May 1998

From Sally Parsons

Human mucus secretions are indeed often green
(Last Word, 25 April).

However, it is a little known fact (including, apparently, the authors of
many books on pet care) that the mucus secretions of domestic rats are red in
colour, even when they are healthy. I can vouch for this, having rushed my pet
rat to the vet with an apparent nose bleed.

Eastbourne, East Sussex

Issue no. 2136 published 30 May 1998

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