Hi everybody,...been away for a long time,...alot of things have happened since I last posted. Blizzard is my white albino,...a real sweetheart I rescued from...
My Cowbaby had an ulcerated tumor removed a couple months ago. She has healed nicely and is back to her old self. The spoiled brat gets baby food almost every...
... I last asked about corn in the rattie's diet. I'd like to share my experience with rattie lumps.I've had many females that had mammary lumps throughout the...
Hello again, I have one male that I allow freedom of the 2nd floor - Buckaroo. He is very clean. I know where he lives, & clean his "nest" regularly. I find...
Even though posts are few and far between here anymore would anyone want to be co-moderator for this group? I can not log on to the group when at work. I can ...
Blizzard is still here with me,...tumor growing like the price of gasoline at the pumps. She is happy, and eats well,(Too well, I give her treats every time I ...
All I can say is WOW! The "have a heart" traps are not working? Perhaps a change of "bait"..... rattie treats or something like that maybe. Good Luck and God...
My original Milo is still with me. He is almost 2 1/2 years old. He loves to cuddle in bed with me under the covers. Some of my girls who are related have...
I have three ratties now. I am looking for a hairless dumbo. I really want a male, but I just can't make myself trust any vets around here enough to spay my...
Belinda, I can co moderate if you would like since I am back after a long time to being available almost 24/7 for helping rats on the Internet. I sleep right ...
I took Smudge to the vet Friday. Sadly he had to be pts. His tumor involved too many blood vessels and his jaw. He lost alot of blood and the vet said he...
Belinda, We're sorry for the loss of your Smudge. =( Lots of scritches, ~Susie and Brood~ ... tumor ... blood ... likely ... yard ... in ... though....
My first rat Milo passed away yesterday. He was 2 1/2 years old. I will be having him cremated. I was hoping I would have time to get over my father's passing...
I am so sorry to hear about Milo and your father. I'm glad Milo was there to comfort you during your time of need after your father. I think animals can...
I cannot believe my eyes,...I found lice in the bedding, now all the rattties are infected. HELP!!!! I changed the bedding, disinfected everything, bathed them...
You poor thing. I remember when Rattilda and Sunshine had lice. It was horrible. I took me forever to get rid of. The vet I take them to told me to put a ...
My vet had me use Invermectin Solution because I had so many rats at the time. Some how the lice keep coming back so I keep using the solution. ~Susie and...
I feverishly searched for info on the net, and found a univesity site that had photos of the lice and methods of getting rid of them. I went to the best vet in...
i would just use bird mite & lice spray or lice spray for kittens. I used the bird spray from wal mart on my mice for mites. for mites you spray it in the...
Hi again, I agree with Candice that vets charge WAY too much for simple problems with little animals. Any parasite problems (I was going to write, "vermin...
Some very good questions were brought up. When my girls had lice I could see the nits and such and they also had bald patches on them, not to mention the vet ...
Thanks for the freezing tip. I think the bedding is where the lice and mites on my babies are coming from. ~Susie~ Belinda <flambled@...> wrote: Some...
The lice were feeding on my poor ratties, and the "Revolution" drops seemed to work, but took a while. I also washed them in a cat/kitten shampoo from Hartz,...
I tried to join the Yahoo hoo rat fan club, to get helpful information, and they make you tell them in a limited number of words why you should be allowed to...
rmca.org has some good info and http://ratguide.com/care/ is also a good site incase you never visitied those. Glad to hear your babies are doing better. I...
Dear Ipscman, Congratulations on getting rid of the lice! Keep up the good work! Your post shows how you suffered with the little ones. So sorry about the...
Hi, I found a really good syringe for feeding orphans, from newborns on. It's called "Monoject 412". It is fairly big- at least a 1/2" in diameter but with a...
They have been living in the same cage for a bit now and finally I saw them cuddling. I hadn't seen them sleep together or groom each other the whole time...