lilspaz68
Well-Known Member
A very typical story for these girls. Bought as babies from a petstore for a 14 year old daughter, with a cage that was too small for adult rats and never upgraded. Fed seed mix, and kept on cedar. The original toys still in the cage, but eventually the 14 year old daughter's priorities shifted far from caring for her pet rats and the neglect began. It seemed to be a bit fateful when I was going up to my mom's for a couple of days and they were only a 45 minute drive from there, since they were in a place that was going to be almost impossible to reach by a transporter.
The grainy ad pic was disturbing and the dark bedding was either cedar or filthy or both. The cage looked grimy, the girls looked unwell and unhappy.
I sent an email on Wednesday night but never heard back. I ended up calling at 5 pm on Thursday nght and spoke to mom. Found out they were going away at noon the next day for the weekend, so we would have to be there before they left. She also said her daughter would clean the cage and also give the girls a bath...I told her not to bother (unsure if they were sick or not, a bath could be dangerous to their health), and she told me that I would need to bathe them once I got them home. This statement meant they reeked, and the cage was horrific.
When I met the girls the next morning, the cage had been cleaned (fresh cedar bedding) and the girls had been bathed as you could smell the perfume-y smell under the overpowering scent of cedar on their fur. I took out both girls while still at their house to see what they were like normally. Angel was thrilled to come out and was curious and sweet. Shadow was not as happy and kept squirming and clawing to go back to her cage.
I got them home, and plunked them on my mom to hold while I dumped the cedar from their cage, removed the old grimy toys, etc.
Angel was much more active, bright and curious. She just seems to love people, and exploring even wanting to go from person to person, while Shadow hung back and watched. LOL
These girls happily climbed all over people very well but as soon as I put them on the flat couch they flattened and walked very carefully and hesitantly on a new surface. This told me their Out time had been shoulders and climbing on people They soon figured it out though and were just absorbing all the attention and new experiences. Their minds had been starved most of all.
Angel is as soft as she looks.
Shadow looks and acts older, she's a tatty rex but has old-soul eyes. She's the one who will hang back but is brave in her own right. She's incredibly sweet.
Shadow bruxxing
Happy ladies
The grainy ad pic was disturbing and the dark bedding was either cedar or filthy or both. The cage looked grimy, the girls looked unwell and unhappy.
I sent an email on Wednesday night but never heard back. I ended up calling at 5 pm on Thursday nght and spoke to mom. Found out they were going away at noon the next day for the weekend, so we would have to be there before they left. She also said her daughter would clean the cage and also give the girls a bath...I told her not to bother (unsure if they were sick or not, a bath could be dangerous to their health), and she told me that I would need to bathe them once I got them home. This statement meant they reeked, and the cage was horrific.
When I met the girls the next morning, the cage had been cleaned (fresh cedar bedding) and the girls had been bathed as you could smell the perfume-y smell under the overpowering scent of cedar on their fur. I took out both girls while still at their house to see what they were like normally. Angel was thrilled to come out and was curious and sweet. Shadow was not as happy and kept squirming and clawing to go back to her cage.
I got them home, and plunked them on my mom to hold while I dumped the cedar from their cage, removed the old grimy toys, etc.
Angel was much more active, bright and curious. She just seems to love people, and exploring even wanting to go from person to person, while Shadow hung back and watched. LOL
These girls happily climbed all over people very well but as soon as I put them on the flat couch they flattened and walked very carefully and hesitantly on a new surface. This told me their Out time had been shoulders and climbing on people
They soon figured it out though and were just absorbing all the attention and new experiences. Their minds had been starved most of all.Angel is as soft as she looks.
Shadow looks and acts older, she's a tatty rex but has old-soul eyes. She's the one who will hang back but is brave in her own right. She's incredibly sweet.
Shadow bruxxing
Happy ladies
