Because than everything gets softer , not just the champion quotes . <| sep |> Hate to say it , but this sounds like Major . Poor boy lived outside for a while and picked up Giardia . Your rat has probably had it since you got her , it ' s very easy to pick up and very difficult to kick . The only symptom my boy had was horribly smelly , vile poop . And not every poop , mind you , only some of them , but just one was enough to make the whole room reek . They were kind of squishy and sometimes had mucous . I cleaned his cage every a day , and emptied the litter box twice each day . I also use regal rat , cut out all their treats and veggies just in case even a little bit of tomato immediately makes Moose and Froggie ' s poop reek something awful and it still smelled . He was happy as a clam though , no clue he was sick . Also managed to pass it to two of my other boys when they spent time in the same carrier . It ' s passed through contaminated poop . You should get their stool tested for parasites !