I'll second that, Carol! The Rat Guide has been very helpful to me and many
others.
THANK-YOU KAREN!

Cindy, Paco, Vito, Taquito, Waffles, Pancake, and our rattie angels: Kitty,
Mikey, Marble, JP, Scabbers, Yang, Yin, Oreo, Missy, Snowball, Pedro, Moo,
Snowflake, Mr. Cheese, Shadow, and Spazz in Michigan, USA



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My rattie photos.


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but nothing rubs it in like a computer!.


On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 8:37 PM, carol s. <myratsandme@...> wrote:

>
>
> and a HUGE thank you to karen and all involved for giving us access to the
> ratguide :)
> it's a wonderful resource and has helped many, many ratties.
> check it out.
> http://ratguide.com
> carol
>
> --- On Mon, 7/6/09, kuddles4u@... <kuddles4u%40aol.com> <
> kuddles4u@... <kuddles4u%40aol.com>> wrote:
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> From: kuddles4u@... <kuddles4u%40aol.com>
<kuddles4u@...<kuddles4u%40aol.com>
> >
>
> Subject: Re: (rats) How did you come to love Ratties
> To: ratlist@yahoogroups.com <ratlist%40yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 6:09 PM
>
> Its been about 20 years ago now but if I remember correctly our neighbors
> had two pet rats and my sons would go over to play with them. My youngest
> son decided at that time he really wanted a pet rat. I did some
> investigating on their care, or what was available at the time, and we
> obtained our
> first rat. We all fell in love with the little girl and it just took off
> from
> there...LOL We have not been ratless since.
>
> It was a bit frustrating in the beginning because there wasn't enough
> centrally located information on health care for them, and vets did not
> have
> much to go on. Being in health care I had access to individuals in
> comparative medicine and other areas and learned that many of the disease
> processes
> and treatments were like those for humans. So some of my peers and myself
>
> started discussing the feasibility of putting together a preventative
> health care site focusing on just pet rats that would be easily accessible
> to
> the pet community. We had the support of some very wonderful vets, and
> researchers who agreed to consult with us, and pet owners willing to
> submit case
> histories, and voila! in 2003 the result was the Rat Guide.
>
> Karen
> ratties: Talitha, Jailene & Jacob, Anastasia & Truffle
> "My furs are not in storage, or draped across the bed,
> they're hanging from the cage door, waiting to be fed."
> website: KuddlyKorner4u <_ http://kuddlykorner4u.com_
> (http://kuddlykorner4u.com/) > <:8}}}---
> website: Rat Guide <_ http://ratguide.com_ (http://ratguide.com/) >
> <:8}}}---
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