Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / October 2006

Sadly I made the decision yesterday to have Houdi PTS.  His bumble foot
was showing no signs of improvement and was getting worse to the point
that his feet couldn't actually touch the floor because of the bumbles.
 On pain killers he showed my sign of not being in pain as he ...

Ok this is a little weird to explain but bear with me.
On UK BBC Radio Five Live, from 03:00 to 04:00 on Thursday mornings,
listeners can ask science questions to Doctor Karl, an Australian
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I can't go into the full details but a personal situation with my daughter
is forcing me to rehome all my precious boys. I am so sad and angry but
there is little I can do. Is anyone in the South Wales or UK at all that
would like the boys on. I can't say much as i'm devestated ...

can humans pass on lice to rats? I was unable to find any links for
this question. :(

Hi Ya,
How do you get on with your Ferplast Aviary? I have one just the same but in
blue and red.
They are lovely and big, and crickey you have a lot of stuff in yours.

Well I'm taking Mr Tiddles to the vets tommorow as he has lots of little
marks on his back, i'm presuming it's mites. I have checked the other boys
and they all seem okay other than Mr Chips who has a few on him. I phoned
the vets up yesterday, normal vets not the RSPCA one and ...

Well today was cage cleanign day so what I did was allow My Billy Bear to go
in his little hidie box and then I placed him on the sofa while I emptied
and cleaned the base of his cage. I then didnt rush to put Billy back in the
cage but I sat there for a while with the toothbrush ...

Sorry I have not been on line for a while. I have been so busy at work
lately I have not had time to breathe. I have just been given a job change
to Payroll and Site Admin at work so it has been a bit brain boggling to say
the least, lots of new work to do and things to learn.

Thought I would follow up my response to the Billy Bear post with some
recent pictures that I have uploaded to the new Google Picasa Web
program.  You can view them here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/nessie1

Well tonight we really moved in a positive direction, whilst watching TV in
the lounge I decided to pop Mr Billy Bears cage on the floor and touch him
using the toothbrush, he didnt really like that and  tried biting the
toothbrush a fair few times but then I turned it into a ...

I would like some advice on Mr Billy Bear, I have been trying to work with
him to get him friendly to no avail. I think I told you a while back that I
got Mr Billy Bear and he is quite a nervous rat and short sited so I
believe. I brought some nice strong gloves so that I can try ...

Hey, I have a couple questions if you wouldn't mind me asking.
1. Recently, I switched the bedding in my rats cage from Pine shavings
to papertowels. Originally, I used pine shavings but I read somewhere
they are hazardous to the rats' health because they can scratch them and

HI, i just got 5 new female rats. One of them has a bad cold ans
sneezes a lot. I put it on
tc (tetra-cyclin), and antibiotic. Do you think i should treat it
diffrent? Would there be

She was the sweetest, most human-oriented rat I've ever had. The
remaining three are all vying for the champion title, but she had it
first.
She went pretty peacefully; she was 38 months old, and had been