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Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / September 2005that sticky feeling around the rat cage
just wondering what that sticky feeling is that seems to be on everything near my wire type rat cage? is it splashed water or... > just wondering what that sticky feeling is that seems to be on everything > near my wire type rat cage? > > is it splashed water or... I'm more inclined to say it's the "or..." See if you can put a towel down in the area they go. They may limit themselves to just the towel. My sister used to put paper towels in the cage and her girls would only pee on the paper towels, then when my sister would open the cage, they would bring her the soiled paper towels. Now that was easy clean up. lol Joanne Owned by 14 rats >> just wondering what that sticky feeling is that seems to be on >> everything near my wire type rat cage? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Joanne > Owned by 14 rats I would go for the "or" as well...LOL Regards Kate  SignatureToday I may meet with injustice, ignorance, denial, all of which are due entirely to the other's lack of knowledge of good and evil and the difference thereof. http://community.webshots.com/user/ollieogg Chance is the path God takes when he wants to remain anonymous Albert Einstein. and here i was thinking that girls didnt do that sort of thing, >>> just wondering what that sticky feeling is that seems to be on >>> everything near my wire type rat cage? [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Regards Kate [splashed water or...] > and here i was thinking that girls didnt do that sort of thing, Times move on. See most town centers late on a Friday or Saturday night. SignatureMichael m r o z a t u k g a t e w a y d o t n e t yeah i know that all too well unfortunetly - im a police officer > [splashed water or...] > >> and here i was thinking that girls didnt do that sort of thing, > > Times move on. See most town centers late on a Friday or Saturday night. >> Times move on. See most town centers late on a Friday or Saturday >> night. > yeah i know that all too well unfortunetly - im a police officer ROTFLMAO Erm, you know what I mean :) SignatureMichael m r o z a t u k g a t e w a y d o t n e t so were you talking about public urination or what? >>> Times move on. See most town centers late on a Friday or Saturday >>> night. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Erm, you know what I mean :) > just wondering what that sticky feeling is that seems to be on everything > near my wire type rat cage? > > is it splashed water or... "Or." My rats have an amazing talent for "projectile peeing". I happened upon dried up riverbeds of it once on the wall behind their tall cage. A nice wash-down of the wall was all it took to get it looking and smelling fresh again. I started with great intentions of training them to go in the pan, and they do actually put most of the solids in there, but the liquids? It's a free-for-all. Meghan > just wondering what that sticky feeling is that seems to be on everything > near my wire type rat cage? > > is it splashed water or... I'd say it's dried pee. :-p Almost everything my boys walk on gets this sorta sticky after a while (the window sill, cardboard boxes, the book shelf, the cage wiring, pillows on the couch, etc. etc.). The good news is that it's pretty easy to clean, but you will have to do this from time to time. - Tale -- "Oh, rats!" http://www.taletn.com/rats/ Hmmm...I thought that was one of those embarrassing subjects, like farting in church, it gives us the titters but you don't discuss it...this post cracked me up because my husband had such a negative comment about that sticky feeling a couple weeks ago! Last summer I bought an old coffee table to put a cage on for the boys to crawl on, play on, etc. Recently we did some rearranging of furniture, when my husband picked up that coffee table he encountered that sticky feeling and of course I heard the "Oh my God what is that sticky crap on here?" Well, I was quiet and started to choose my words carefully, he looked at me and with such incredulity on his face said "Is that pee from the rats?" I didn't even have to respond -he knew. He then commenced to clean it, but he claims he needs to sand blast it before he'll use it for the cage shelf again. I couldn't help but laugh because we've lived with rats for almost three years now and they've crawled all over our bed, couch, floor, and even though they have piddled on his arm or leg, it never occured to him that they were also piddling wherever they walked. My husband, bless his heart, he loves the ratties. > just wondering what that sticky feeling is that seems to be on everything > near my wire type rat cage? > > is it splashed water or... > Hmmm...I thought that was one of those embarrassing subjects, like farting > in church, it gives us the titters but you don't discuss it...this post [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > they were also piddling wherever they walked. My husband, bless his heart, > he loves the ratties. That is just too funny!! My hubby is always telling me he doesn't want the rats on the couch because he knows of the walking dribble. But what he doesn't know is that the ratties are on that couch when he's not home. lol What he doesn't know won't hurt him. ;) Joanne Owned by 14 rats >> Hmmm...I thought that was one of those embarrassing subjects, like >> farting in church, it gives us the titters but you don't discuss [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Joanne > Owned by 14 rats Lol! My sentiments exactly, Joanne! Tracey >> Hmmm...I thought that was one of those embarrassing subjects, like >> farting in church, it gives us the titters but you don't discuss [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Joanne > Owned by 14 rats LOL... My Hubby hasn't cottoned on that they even do that... guess I neglected to tell him..:)) Regards Kate SignatureToday I may meet with injustice, ignorance, denial, all of which are due entirely to the other's lack of knowledge of good and evil and the difference thereof. http://community.webshots.com/user/ollieogg Chance is the path God takes when he wants to remain anonymous Albert Einstein. |
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