Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / November 2005

I finally picked up a box of Cheerios today to share with our rats,
after reading the recommendations here to use them as treats instead of
yoghurt drops.
I was a little surprised to find they're very high in sugar, given the

 Oh God!!
My wrinkly little Ninja is very poorly really struggling to breath and is quite cold to the touch, my son Ben has him covered up in his hoody to keep him warm.
I am glad that my Vets are open tomorrow Saturday as I think his time has come too.
I am just so pissed off ...

 My little mate Wilf, the one left on the doorstep is having a hard time of
it at the minute and he has two seizures in the last fortnight and another
yesterday. It can go on from 15 minutes to an hour before he is back with
me.  He has a struggle breathing and he is getting ...

We (ratties and I) return after an extended period without a computer.  Our
hearts and condolences go out to those who lost loved ones, healing light
and prayers for those who are sick, and congratulations to all who have
added to their families.

I completely forgot to post about this!
Smudge turned up about a day after my last post. My father was out in
the yard working on one of our cars, and looked up to see Smudge sitting
on the concrete step outside one of the barns, looking right at him!

No need for the vet he has just died in my arms 21.45 my little Ninja gone to the bridge. I am hurting really bad and it was not a nice experience by any stretch of the imagination.
Speak to you tomorrow

i don't entirely know what i'm doing but feel welcom to email me and
what not at my email address:
catinthehatwatch@hotmail.com

Hi all. I'm brand new to Google Groups and imagine I'll have trouble
taking advantage of its features. I've been "owned" by ratties for over
50 years. I'm "second generation".
 I "hobby breed", that is I have never sold and only rarely allow any

Hi there!  I'm new to the group and wanted to introduce myself and my
Furkids.
I'm Kim.  I live in the Columbus, Ohio area.  I have two kids aged 11
and 4 and four Fur Kids, Daisy, Nicodemus, Cappy and Scarlett.

I've noticed this with a couple of older not-so-fit-anymore rats. The
behaivour seems to consist of spending long periods of time sitting or
sleeping in the food bowl, and then suddenly throwing huge amounts of the
food out into the cage, as if hunting for a special morsel, ...

Evening Everyone!
Just wanted to pop in and let you all have a gander at my new boys!! :-)
I went and collected them this afternoon, and the previous owners very
kindly let me have their cage so I have re-vamped it a little as it was

I've inherited two male rats to save them from being put down. How do people
feel about giving them dog biscuits as part of thier diet. We currently give
dry rat mix plus fresh fruit or veg per day and they look really well
David

Thought I'd share a few pics of Artaius and Taranis (Art and Tar for short)
I brought them home from a local pet store two weeks ago and they are
getting tamer by the day.
Tar I have to say is completely nuts and Art is the slightly shier of the

Thought I'd let you know about Art and Tars first 'gooey' treat.
Mixed them up a small dish of yoghurt, rocket and cheerios, Art grabbet a
rocket leaf covered in yoghurt and dragged it accross Tar who then jumped
onto me , up my arm, onto my shoulder and hid in my hair.

Oh man! How long have I been saying "No more rats! My heart can't take the
losses?" - Well, my heart can't take the thought of ratties being unloved
either!!! LOL
I usually only browse around the rat rehoming page, I'm only keeping