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Thanks Lilspaz68 for re-posting this video! I haven't fostered rats for some time, and just took in a very sick little girl who needs meds. I am so glad ratshack is still here! And so happy to find your video again.. it was just what I needed.

..deleted original post.. sorry!! want to mention, though.. have you heard of ResQwalk? a great way to raise funds for animal rescues. If you're so inclined, Ottawa Pet Rat Rescue is registered, and if you download the app, and turn it on each time you walk, you can help fund the rescue!

Just an update.. the boiler company went back to the house again, and they had to replace another part.. apparently something else that's not the boiler but that the boiler uses to function. This finally did the trick.. AND the company decided not to charge us for it. So in the end, they made...

yes.. they are BBB accredited and have an a+ rating. That's why I thought I'd file a complaint with the BBB. There have been complaints against them during the past few years, but all were resolved so they maintained their A+ rating. We are sure they're doing the work, because our RE agent has...

excuse my ramblings... Need to vent!!! My mom is 88 and lives far away. She finally decided to downsize and move to an apartment, so a few months ago, my siblings and I all flew in for a week, helped her move, cleaned out the house and got it up for sale. It was getting chilly, so we put the...

Hi all! Just wanted to let you know that the annual fundraising calendar for the Ottawa Pet Rat Rescue (OPRats) is now available. Lots of beautiful photos and short stories of the rescued rats. A great gift for any rat lover, or for yourself! Here's the link if you wish to purchase. (I've...

I've been using fleece to line bottom and top shelves of my CN. But a few months back I fostered a group of 5 baby girls and they chewed a big hole in the corners of the plastic shelves both top and bottom. My next group of fosters were older, and so I just covered the shelves with...

Sadly, there are no retirement packages. I could wait around and hope they'll lay me off, so I could get severance pay, but it's not likely they'll do so.

I feel like I've come to the end of my tether now with this job. Usually Friday afternoons I'm feeling pretty good that it's weekend time. This Friday I just felt dread knowing that in two short days I'd be back at work again. So I had a chat with my husband about the finances tonight, and I've...

Agreed.. but I really don't want to add all that aggravation into my life. Frankly, I don't want to just leave after 10 years either, but this weekend I did my calculations, and looks like I can retire in about a year.. so.. I'm going to look for a one-year contract somewhere else.. and in...

I'm very glad I met with my former boss. He suggested that I speak to the other people who were nearby last time my new boss tore a strip off me. That's to get confirmation that they'd heard what I heard, and also because if so, I could mention that "other people have heard" my new boss speak to...

I've been looking around internally to see if I can move to a different job, but I work in a specialty area, and have always been one of a kind there, so it's gonna be hard to do.. I'm meeting with my former boss (left the company last July) this week for lunch, and I'm hoping he can offer some...

It's that long awaited Friday night -- the one night of the week I could be sleeping in, but I can't sleep. I'm starting to realize that I'm on the cusp of a major life change.. I've worked the same job for 10 years, but it's almost time to move along now. I have really loved working at this...

So much going on at the rescue these days.. I couldn't possibly post it all.. but to my good fortune, I am fostering for only a few days, one girl rattie recovering from tumor removal surgery, and her rattie girl friend. They are afraid of people, but they are very close to each other. The...

So glad your son and his friend are okay. Fortunately I was able to work at home today.. giving me a much needed chance to catch my breath. Watching the news still, it's sounding more and more like the shooter was a deranged person rather than a terrorist.

Anyone else downtown Ottawa today? I work just a few blocks from the Parliament buildings.. We were on lockdown and it was pretty nerve-racking. Glad/grateful to be home tonight.

Just catching up on where I left things.. Buddy has long since become part of a colony and is a very happy boy. It does my heart good to see him whenever I stop by the rescue :-) In the meantime, I'm picking up a colony of four boys tonight to foster just until end November. These boys are...

Today I went back to visit the ever diminishing goose family. It was non-stop stupid people stuff happening. At one point I pretended to be on the phone with the police reporting someone before they finally walked away. I yelled at two kids, one was trying to step on a frightened duck's tail...

I was out of town for 9 days, just got back this evening, and ran over to the park to check on my favorite goose family. I hardly recognize them. It seems mama's foot is okay now, but there are only two babies. I looked around, but there is no other goose family I know of at that location.. So...

So distressing.. my husband has suggested I write an op-ed piece on this.. and I'm going to! (though I'm not a writer).. I've been going to the park most days to check on my little geese family. They're still doing well. But the humans... I'm SO disgusted by what I've been seeing. Children...