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Thanks for this. Our aforementioned little fart (Rat 1 above) is no longer responding to Baytril/Doxy at the above dosage, still making monkey sounds after 2.5 weeks of abs. Not sure if he's gotten resistant or what. We've had poor luck with Zithro in the past due to it upsetting rat tummies...

Wow, it's awful watching a rat have a seizure. Or several in a row. Backstory: week or 2 ago Dimo (guesstimate of 21 months) was super lethargic for a day or two. Then started behaving mostly normal again. We suspected a potential mini stroke but he seemed back to 80% or so of normal once he...

We had a champagne (beige) colored boy with ruby eyes, he "danced" all the time trying to see better.

Justin - 18 Gregory - about 30 Jonathan - 29 Justin - 32

We've had 7 males. Jacob and Jonathan died from PT. Gregory had multiple abdominal tumors that required us to have him euthanized. Justin was euthanized due to an inoperable jaw tumor. Dominic, Quilt, and Jenner were tumor free. So, in our case about 50% of our tiny sample of male fuzzballs...

Between 18-24 months for most of ours. Some were pretty cuddly from the get go, and others it was quite the change.

True. We have had a few enthusiastic groomers though.

Yup, they are treating you as Giant Odd Rat. Most of mine have played with and groomed my ponytail and beard when I had one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U4E7ONGFD0 Here's an example of bruxing (chattering) and bogling (eyes). This is apparently a rather happy furball.

Baytril and doxy is a good combo. That being said, a few of our crew spent their final months on them as they were chronic respiratory rats.

I may have never seen a more adorable rat pic. Also, woot on the 37 month old fuzzball! Always great to break the 3 year mark.

We had a few solo experiences. A short one with Dominic when his cagemate died of PT while we were starting intros with Greg and Quilt. He was alone in his cage for a few weeks until they were all settled in together. His coping method was to live on the couch with me as much as he could, I...

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We used fleece liners (made by MomRat) in our Critter Nation. Our average colony was in the 3-5 rat range and the liners got washed weekly along with the hammocks. Our fuzzballs were mostly literbox trained (Yesterdays News) but the liners still needed washing. More rats per space will need...

I know the feeling. We've been rat-less since July 1, and I dunno when we'll be getting them again due to living arrangements. I miss my fuzzballs.

Huh. Out of the 10 fuzzbuts we have had so far, you'd have thought the Harlan 2014 was made of awesome the way they would go after it. Everyone loved it, and most would accept it like a treat (wait for a piece handed to them, then run off to eat or stash) when it was bowl refilling day...

I have long hair. I've had some fuzzballs who seem to find great thrill in playing with my ponytail. Very aptly named as a rat's nest, after they have groomed me.

Baby food, rice cereal, smashed banana.

MomRat is still alive. This week involves a lot of rehearsals and some choir performances for her, so I've barely seen her recently as well (and we live together!). She'll be checking back in this weekend, most likely.

Jayden at rest.