Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / March 2005

Sorry it's been so long! Had nightmare home life and work life and just
didn't have time to reply to all the topics that have been raised over the
last couple of weeks - I've lurked and read many of the posts though and did
a quick reply where possible. Hope your all well x

Good morning, group.
At approximately 8:45 this morning, Louie, less than 26 weeks old, died.
He gave a rather loud squeal which woke me up, but as soon as I'd got to
him, just a few seconds later, there was nothing I could do.

I'm not sure what to make of this...
One of our rats, Stardust (15 month old male), was very ill yesterday
-- he slept for most of the day, when I gave him a food block, he
initially showed no interest, then very weakly chewed at it, taking

Finally got around to taking some pics of Louie!
http://www.atlanticrealm.com/misc/louie
He also has an "M" shaped white patch on his chest, but won't stay still
long enough for me to take a picture! Maybe one day...

I have just read a post on another group, that somebody from the USA has
found a warning on the packaging on the side of the Original Carefresh that
says it may cause blockaging in the intestines of some small rodents.
Has anybody else seen this warning?

I have read now about ultrasound and audible vocalizations of rats. I
observed myself all kinds of chirping and squeaking sounds from rats.
Now I observed something strange. The females sometimes make humming
sounds, actually all in the same frequency, the small ones and the big

Hi group,
Question about Louie's behavior.
Sometimes he is completely hyper and un-managable. Sometimes he's really
 calm and loves being handled.

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i pre-meditatedly went to the petstore that has rats "to buy catfood".
oh dear god she had two litters of black and agouti high whites and
some berks and irishes. (and a litter of dumbo high whites with two
BEWs!! in the back room, eyes just barely open)

A Strasbourg Germany study at the Institute for Cancerous Diseases of the
Intestinal Tract in Strasbourg has concluded that the consumption of
apples protects rats (& therefore probably humans) from colon cancer,
because antioxidants found in apples functions as a prophylatic for ...

Last night while I was out with my boyfriend, I decided we should go have a
looksie in Petlands. I was roaming around for about 10mins petting
everything warm and fuzzy I could find with the exception of hamster cuz one
has bit me and now Im scared sh*tless! So I as the woman got ...

Greetings, group!
I was looking through the Usenet listings from my ISP, and found this
group. Hopefully I'm in the right place to ask all sorts of questions
about my rat!

AFP Story, March 25, 2005:
A mother and her 10-year-old daughter lived several months in a filthy
two-room apartment in the company of more than 100 rats, German police
said. The police were alerted to the situation after neighbours complained

I have 5 wonderful cats and 3 wonderful rats but obviously they don't play
together.  When my rat kids have their out time they go into the master
bathroom, where they have an elaborate little world set up around the
jacuzzi with a Barbie dreamhouse, oatmeal box tunnels and ladders ...

John W. Troy, age 48, of Yoncalla Oregon, is being taken to court over ten
charges of animal neglect made three years ago, as the wheels of justice
grind slowly onward. The slowness of the case was the result of a
paper-shuffling error as John Troy was just never assigned a court ...