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...
... Your post shows how you suffered with the little ones. ... Thank you,...it was an ordeal for all of us! But knowing about one more thing to watch for, in...
... It's called "Monoject 412". It is fairly big- at least a 1/2" in diameter but with a long, curved tip that is so fine on the end it can EASILY fit into a...
How to treat a tumour! Apologies for the extensive crosspost, I'm posting this to every rat group and newsgroup that I know, just to try and get the message ...
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It's a long story, one filled with terrible loss, now my new little "cranky" female rattie from the pet store just now gave birth to seven babies,...one died,...
In my experience I kept the females together. They never hurt each other. If they are fighting though it would be best to seperate them, of course. Make...