https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/28053/rat-castration It is a long time since I&#39;ve castrated a rat and just wondered what the current recommended approach is: inguinally or scrotal like I would now do in a rabbit making a small nick over the epidymis of each testis? en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/209384?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 22 Mar 2019 17:26:07 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:6da52c7c-0799-4552-941d-092ec98a5e72Gillian Mostyn<p>I attempt closed, clamp the cord, one ligature. If it becomes open, just close the tunic too.</p> <p>Skin wise it depends on size of rat. I did my rats at 3 months old so the holes were tiny and I just left them open.&nbsp; If larger holes, I&#39;d glue.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/209374?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 22 Mar 2019 14:06:16 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:cc05b528-b117-4c7e-be30-b1fe5a3f5dcdMarie Kubiak<p>I do bilateral distal scrotal incisions, open castration then suture the tunic closed and glue the skin</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/209373?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 22 Mar 2019 14:02:05 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:3583ab13-2886-4718-bc73-a364f1dc6154Martin Atkinson<p>Thanks Gillian. Do you tend to suture the skin of just use tissue adhesive which Is what I do in Rabbits now? And do you do them with the tunic open or closed?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/209371?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 22 Mar 2019 13:30:31 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:c54380fc-cdde-4d23-bf35-a012697d6770Gillian Mostyn<p>I do them scrotally.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>