Hi Meg My male Gambian, Jaali, suffered from dry and cracking skin on his tail when he was very small. This is apparently quite common when baby Pouched Rats...
Hi, first off did you get yours recently from simon? Only I had a young female 'gambian' from there recently and she is actually an Emins. Also, if yours is...
Hi, Ours have one cod liver oil tablet per week and have fantastic skin but I agree with the humidity point also. Ours live in an animal house with other...
sorry, me again! Just to let everyone know, especially Wandring Soul :o) we are getting 2 male and a female Emins next Friday to add to our 2 girls so we will...
Hi Group, Firstly-caroline do you give your ratties a capsule-do they eat it? I know my rottie dog does-he loves them. Or do you mix it in with their food?...
Hi Stacey, We give them one cod liver oil capsule per week and they just eat it. You can put it down and make sure they see it (poor eyesight) or hand it to...
Akila and Baloo were together for a few weeks and we are now waiting hopefully for some babies. Since Baloo left Akila has been a litle terror and is...
Hi, I have just seen your message about your 'Gambian' that turned out to be an emin. I recently purchased a 'Gambian' from Simons Rodents about a month ago, I...
Hi Gemma, We had a female from the same litter from Simon who did sell them as Gambians but as soon as mine was delivered and I clapped eyes on her I phoned...
Hi Caroline, Thanks for getting back to me, yes I did have to order through a petshop that they supplied & she got delivered to the petshop that was luckily...
Our Kololi was fairly skittish when she arrived but we left her alone to begin with and now she is very confident although no pouchies like being picked up....
Thank you for your information, you have been very helpful, as I am new to the owning of these rats, but my Ronnie is lovely & wouldn't swap her for any...
Thats great. We keep ours in a giant size dog crate with lots of activities and climbing branches. Our youngsters are still in four tier ferret cages though...
Bearing in mind i am the person who set up this talk group it breaks my heart to post this-and i have been putting it off. It will be a week tomorrow that my...
I don't know what to say. I guess he went looking for Akila and the only hope is when he doesn't find her, he comes back. I doubt he will go far and he will...
I am so sorry. Have you tried getting big live traps that an animal can go inside and it close off in the back? I would get quite a few of them and set them up...
Hi Caroline, Thanks I will keep a close eye on her & make sure she keeps well. Ive got some sweet pics of her which I will try to attach if I can!! ... From:...
one of my ladies escaped once onto the field behind where i live. she was gone all day. i put the cage with my other girls in, in the garden and just...
Hi there, Unfortunatly it seems that Akila isn't pregnant after all :( And since poor old Baloo (Love of her life) has gone for a walk somewhere it seems that...
Hi again, Since no-one wants to breed with our Akila we were wondering if anyone knows of any breeders, we have already tried Loulou (all the babies were...
Hi Kyrie, Keep at it you will find a mate for Akila sooner or later. To be honest I think you would have more luck getting a male anyway because they seem to...
Hello all, I just thought I'd let the group know I have another addition to my family, a female Gambian, so I have 2 females now, (although my 1st "Gambian"...
Congratulations Gemma! Be interesting to know if the two like each other or are interested in each other. Where did you get your Gambian from? ... as I ... ...
Hi, Only just checked my computer, they are in seperate cages, I wasn't planning on letting them get together as not sure wheather they would get on, as Sally,...
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