Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / May 2004

Thanks for all your kind words and helpful hints. Unfortunately,  there has
been so sign of our rat for a week now. It's as though she has disappeared
off the face of the Earth -- nothing has been nibbled or chewed, and there
are no signs of droppings.

Well the boys are still fighting and poor old Stuart is bearing the brunt of
it all with quite nasty bites around his neck. He is the smaller of the 3
and is such a sweety and so good natured I am now wondering whether to split
them up and get Stuart a new friend. I still have my ...

I would like to invite you all to have a look at our babies, well they are
not so young now... Let us know what you think of them....
http://community.webshots.com/user/bcordery

where is everyone from?

whats a good sort of toy to have in a cage to keep them occupied ?
Need something to entertain them when i'm out and let them play with
when I'm busy

just for the heads-up we are in the process of having babys  it is
5:42 central time and we have just had our fifth baby.  Avalon is
having babys at this time and it is so nice to hear the little ones
squeek and just so nice to see her act like a mommy.  Avalon just

Ok I have posted a couple pics of Harry being very cute indeed..:)  One of
those rare times when you manage to catch something special.  Have a great
day all and scritches to the Ratties in your life..:)
Regards Kate

 I'm one of those people that waits for the right name to come along,
whether the animal tells me or one just fits.
 After 2 weeks my self bought Mother's Day gift has a name!  I was getting
the boys for some out time  and said, 'Come 'er Quixter and....  (wishing I

Is it a good idea to stick you're rats in a bath of water, I've seen a
few pics of ppls rats in baths, do they like it, is it a weekly thing
or a monthly thing?
Many thanks

just to let everyone know we are done having babies and have 13 as of
6:30 central time.  we will keep everone up to date on thier progress
and try to show as many pics as we get when we get them.  we would
like to thank everyone for thier help.  also how soon would we be able

If you didn't already read it, today's Pearls Before Swine (featuring
Rat of course) is funny:
 http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls/archive/pearls-20040518.html
Any other good rat comics?

I took a couple of quick pics of  Harry and Earl... Earls coat doesn't look
as yellow as these pics make out though..:(

It's been a while, but I thought I would update everyone on the saga of T
"R" U and ratzrus.co.uk.  It took so long for them to get back to me that I
thought I was actually going to get off lightly.  Alas, no, the solicitors
are obviously just quite slow to respond (pity they don't ...

Hi, we have a semi-tame pet rat which has escaped from its cage, and is
god-knows-where in the house. Does anyone have any advice/tips on how to
tempt her out into the open, so we can catch her and return her to her sad
little boy owner?

Hi. This is my first posting to the group.
A year and a half ago I acquired 2 companion rats, Chocolate and
Biscuit. They were 3 months old and their reason for coming to me was
that their owner had become aware that her daughter was allergic to