Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / May 2007

I had Dunca (recently 'male' pet shop rat who had babies two days ago)
out last night and was checking out her tummy (coz she has been
scratching frantically) and noticed her nipples. Also noted that she
doesn't have breasts attached to the nipples like dogs and cats. So I

anybody know of an Australian Rat forum?
if not, what do you think about me creating one?

Our GORGEOUS blue boy has passed on.
Two days ago we decided, regardless of his health and grumpiness, it was
time to move all the boys together. Although Yuki was grumpy about it, he
still liked them, and they LOVED him. They so tried to clean and snuggle,

Well this week was an interesting one to say the very least. I took my
boys to the vet for a once over basically. Got lost on the way and
also kicked off the bus even though they were in a pet carrier as
specified by the local metro offices. Anyway, I strolled into Denny's

Hello folks, (sorry if my english is not perfect)
few weeks ago I got rat from a friend that gives rodents to his snake.
The snake didn't want to eat this one rat for two weeks. I felt sorry
for this little creature and finally I bought a wire cage for him and

Hey everyone,
Well as some of you know I found homes for my ratz and we moved down
the to the usa. I managed to find a lady who had an accidental litter
of baby ratberts. I agreed to take her only two boys off her hands. I

Last year I brought a pet rat (Pip) and then read that it was better to keep
them with other ratties as company so I brought 2 more females just before
Christmas (this makes Pip about 3 months older than Bubble and Squeak (Twins).
I introduced them very slowly in the bath tub (empty ...

Love seeing all the new pics and hearing all the wonderful adoption news.
HUGS for you all.

Last week I received and email from an SPCA volunteer. She knows I
rescue rats and she always lets me know when they have some in which is
not very often. Well, a few came in. Someone in my city decided it was a
good idea to dump some rats in the park. My mom was able to take in ...

Last Saturday I bought two rats from the pet store. They had about 15
- 20 rats lumped together and within a week they were down to two.
It's a bit suspicious how they got rid of them so quickly, IMO, so I
decided to adopt the last two rats. One male, one female and both

Sadly, one of my pet rats passed on yesterday. She had a happy life
but had been ill for a while, so it was not too supprising. She lived
with a companion (both around 18 months old) who is now on her own.
I'm not sure what to do, as the remaining rat (Eddie) loved Charles

Hi, I assume most people here with many rats don't buy those 2 lbs bags of
food at the pet store. Big waste of money... So where do you buy your food?
Any good places online?

Pics of my rats for all to see at my photobucket.com page:
http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j70/karl_x_hungus/

Both my ratties came with mycoplasmosis.  Slipper passed away last night and
Dipper is looking well.  I've treated them both through sick bouts with
Bayatril.  My question is about getting 2 new little buddies for Dipper to
hang with.  I understand that many pet rats have this ...