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Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / June 2008Bertha update
Surgery went well. She doesn't bother the stitches (is this unusal?) She's working off the weight quiet nicely. The foster lady (sortakinda) was only familiar with hampsters...so bertha got a lardish on hampster feed. The temporary cage we are using came with her is a hampster cage and I suspect that she snaged her tail on it some how. The best clue is that the skin from the tail was in the cage. It's been a couple of weeks now since we got her. Guess it's time to introduce all the ladies to each other, or not. -- Keith <3( )~~~<3( )~~~<3( )~~ I was just going to post to find out how she was. Amazing that she is not bothering. My rats won't leave anything alone (even each other, LOL). Admittedly, my babies are a bit on the heavy side. But I have ratties who have never liked what they are supposed to eat. And in my area, it is hard to find a decent food for a price that does not put us ALL in the poor house. AND, they do love my cooking...hanging head in shame, giggle. Last night they got to have green beans, new potatoes and green grapes. Oh the squealing that was heard! I do hope that the intros go well! I was so lucky with our girl Pichu when she met the boys...She moved in the very next day. It was amazing. She is an older rat girl and had lived with her brothers before we adopted her. I got REAL lucky! Happy Days ahead, Lynn Surgery went well. She doesn't bother the stitches (is this unusal?) She's working off the weight quiet nicely. The foster lady (sortakinda) was only familiar with hampsters...so bertha got a lardish on hampster feed. The temporary cage we are using came with her is a hampster cage and I suspect that she snaged her tail on it some how. The best clue is that the skin from the tail was in the cage. It's been a couple of weeks now since we got her. Guess it's time to introduce all the ladies to each other, or not. -- Keith <3( )~~~<3( )~~~<3( )~~ > Surgery went well. She doesn't bother the stitches (is this unusal?) > She's working off the weight quiet nicely. The foster lady [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > It's been a couple of weeks now since we got her. Guess it's time to > introduce all the ladies to each other, or not. I wonder if rats that have had part of their tails amputated suffer from the "phantom limb" syndrome that people can sometimes experience. Glad to hear Bertha's doing well. Rosemary > > Surgery went well. She doesn't bother the stitches (is this unusal?) > > She's working off the weight quiet nicely. The foster lady [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Rosemary I don't think we'll ever know the answer to your question. -- Keith >> > Surgery went well. She doesn't bother the stitches (is this >> > unusal?) She's working off the weight quiet nicely. The foster lady [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > I don't think we'll ever know the answer to your question. No, it doesn't seem likely :-) Mind you, they're doing some amazing things in the neurology and psychology labs with rats these days - it might be possible one day to do scans to find a physiological basis for the syndrome. :-D How's it healing up? Rosemary > >> > Surgery went well. She doesn't bother the stitches (is this > >> > unusal?) She's working off the weight quiet nicely. The foster lady [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > syndrome. :-D > We'll find out when we find out. Though I wouldn't doubt it's a throw back several million years when limbs could grow back. ;^) "unnnh, legs shold grow back soon uhnn" > How's it healing up? Nicely, she hasn't messed with the stitches at all. -- Keith <snip> >> >> I wonder if rats that have had part of their tails amputated >> >> suffer from the "phantom limb" syndrome that people can sometimes [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > back several million years when limbs could grow back. ;^) "unnnh, legs > shold grow back soon uhnn" :-D I've heard sometimes they can use the phantom limb thing to help in the process of getting used to a prosthetic limb., so what you said makes perfect sense to me. >> How's it healing up? > > Nicely, she hasn't messed with the stitches at all. That's great! I guess it's lucky that most rats seem to ignore their tails nost of the time - although it does mean they never get cleaned (shudder). Rosemary > <snip> > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Rosemary There is a solution once your ratties grow up...though I think starting to train them early helps a bit. Everybody takes a bath together! Rats you, maybe some tub toys for them to climb on. Helps if you remember to use an emery board on their nails though. DAHIKIJK ;^) -- Keith On Jun 11, 7:57 am, Rosemary <mentally_subnor...@hotmail.com> wrote: > "Ratticus Rattus esq." wrote: > > Rosemary wrote: [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Rosemary There is a solution once your ratties grow up...though I think starting to train them early helps a bit. Everybody takes a bath together! Rats you, maybe some tub toys for them to climb on. Helps if you remember to use an emery board on their nails though. DAHIKIJK ;^) -- Keith about once a week my little friends get tossed into the bath bucket for some swimming and shampoo. they're not crazy about it but they have had to do it since infancy so they put up with it. treats always follow. <snip> >> There is a solution once your ratties grow up...though I think >> starting to train them early helps a bit. Everybody takes a bath [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > have had to do it since infancy so they put up with it. treats always > follow. I wash my guys fairly regularly, but one of them always squeaks loudly and piteously from the time he's brought anywhere near the water to the time he's finished being towelled. He's such a whinger - I've never heard anything like it before in my life. Rosemary > On Jun 11, 7:57 am, Rosemary <mentally_subnor...@hotmail.com> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Ah but it seems to be confidence inspiring to the ratties if you are in there with them! Tub time is fun...and you really need to trim those toes before going in. 8^) -- Keith On Jun 11, 3:31 pm, "The Rat Lord" <ratl...@yahoo.com> wrote: > "Ratticus Rattus esq." <stevenkei...@hotmail.com> wrote in > messagenews:9f8157fd-5f21-4772-b09f-cb5b827c89fa@r37g2000prm.googlegroups.com... [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Ah but it seems to be confidence inspiring to the ratties if you are in there with them! Tub time is fun...and you really need to trim those toes before going in. 8^) -- Keith lol^2 > On Jun 11, 3:31 pm, "The Rat Lord" <ratl...@yahoo.com> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Yes it is kind of funny, but it works. <shrug> go figure. |
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