Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / April 2007

Hi All.  I caught a programme yesterday afternoon about phobias ('Phobia :
Musophobia' - filmed in 2002) and the subject this week was absolutely
terrified of rats.  She couldn't even look at a picture of one without
getting really anxious.  She particularly hated their fur, ...

One of my rats, Munch, is starting to become fat. He's always been
squishy, but he's starting to gain some weight and I am afraid that it
will affect his health in the long run. Nothing has really changed
'cept the fact that I cut down on the yogurt things. I usually give

Hi fellow Ratsters,
I have added a couple of pics of Mater.  I finally learned how to upload my
cell phone pics to the net..:))  Damn phone was full of Bunny pics as well.
No humans to be found..LOL

I cannot properly explain how beautiful they are or their types, just let me
tell you we got 5. Yep, we are nuts...giggle.
We do go to a pet shop, but they get babies from folks that have babies
accidentally or cannot take care, etc. It is just a local business that is

After a few losses, several of which I've been too down about to post,
we've had a couple of youngsters join our lot, which has finally
persuaded me to sort out some pictures.
Here are the pics of our bunch, all taken on 17/4/07 iirc, & uploaded to

Hey guys check out prickles!
http://halbot.haluze.sk/?id=3236

You folks will appreciate this . . .
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2018667354

Found this on alt.pets.rabbits
http://fadeeva.com/index.html

My dearest Junior passed on in the night. He went in his sleep. He had the
rear end paralysis. But that led to him getting a bit sore in the "britches"
and it appeared that he had acquired an infection in the penile area. That
appeared just 2 days ago. Then yesterday his lungs ...

Okay... not sure who does this, but my boyfriend noticed that one of my
ratties, either peanut butter, or jelly... squeaks when he's sleeping...  it
was the weirdest thing as they were both curled up together sleeping and one
just kept squeaking when he breathed out... hehehehe

It's been a while, but I've finally uploaded a couple of new videos of my
rats:
SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY58z3S4u7o

Sorry for the absence I have had terrible trouble getting onto the
group on Tiscali.
I see some of you are are grieving the losses of your little soldiers
and I am sending good vibes that all others are well and lively.

Our last female died about a half hour ago. She was a cantankerous old girl.
She made it to 28 months and 6 days. Like her sister Bo, who died last week,
she was hairless and fighting abscesses. She had also gone blind, but that
was no big deal to her, she was a true strong lady. ...

My old grey hood rat, whiskers finally died while I was away, the rat sitter
was a vet nurse and coundt detect any reason who she died, she was 3 years
old and had been getting slow and sleepy in her later days.
now their was 3 :-(