Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / March 2008

My pet rat just had surgery to remove a small lump. No problems with
the surgery or the stitches; however I noticed about a week after
surgery, she's scratching around the cut a lot (not the stitching
itself), where her fur is shaved.  There are small wounds, no bleeding

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This rat works in the mediums of paper, food and electrical cables.
-Marlo

I watched this TV programme the other day (on the BBC, I think) presented
by John and Dan Snow. The subject of the programme is pretty obvious, and
it involved Dan Snow trying out various jobs for a day, one of which was
sewer flushing.

Hi everyone. I would like to ask for some suggestions on how to tame
down our new wild boy, Bernard, estimated 1 year old. We brought him
home from the Humane Society. He was given up bc he was aggressive with
the previous owner's other rat(s), and she couldn't spend enough time

Hey there all,
My son has 2 male rats. The older rat has some scabs around his neck
under the chin which i assume are from them "playing'. They seem to be
doing this a lot.  Is this aggression, or just normal play? Any ideas

Awhile back I posted about my rat, Fin, who started showing signs of
hind leg paralysis. While there was  a lot of concern; he seemed to
have no problem moving around, eating, etc. His quality of life was
still fully intact. There was no reason to put him down when he was,

Little Black Fire Passed on This weekend. She was only with us for 11
months, but she left an indelible mark. She was 3 years and 5 months old.
She was the longest living rat we have ever had. She was awesome. Her 5 boy
cagemates seem a bit at a loss. She was such a cuddle bunny ...

Rescued Rat is Star Attraction
By Victoria Ashford
Thursday 21st February 2008
An abandoned pet rat, which was dumped in a box at Longleat Safari

OK, I just saw a preview for some new series titled "Unhitched" on
FOX.  In this clip, a rat jumps into a microwave, the door is shut,
and the microwave is turned on (it doesn't show how.) The next thing
we see is a group of men standing there with one commenting on how