I've never really had this problem with pets before as I've always lived in small cities where there is one vet available.
in fact I've only had to call a vet once but was lucky enough to get really good service with the vet that I turned to.

so I've been researching vet clinics a lot lately.
not all of them will see smaller animals like rats but I think I've found (based on people's experiences. I even looked this place up on rmca.org)the one where I'll be taking my rats if they need medical attention.

and speaking of which...Nixon might need that.
I noticed yesterday that she doesn't want to open her left eye. I've seen her open it but most of the time she tries to keep it close. it could be that she has debris or an eyelash in her eye so I need to get some terramycin and try to clean around the eye but if that doesn't help then I better contact the vet and take her in :/
I read that good pet stores might have terramycin so I guess I'm gonna have to go look. and if not I know you can purchase that from vets. if I'll have to take her in anyways I might as well pick some up on the same trip.

I feel bad for Nixon. hopefully it's just some debris. I did notice she had some around that eye but I didn't think it would be a problem :/

I will keep you posted on how Nixy's eye is doing.