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Hi Shackers - Moose is not well at all. I posted in October about his weight (http://www.ratshackforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31410&highlight=Moose), and in September about him being "off" (sleeping with his eyes open and just indescribably off...) He is getting worse and I'm suspecting...

About a month ago I was contacted on FB by a woman from our local-ish rat group. This poor PEW boy had been spotted under someone's porch and after 3 weeks he was caught. He was looked after by Aria Rattery in Florida, but she wanted him to be in a home where someone could work with him and help...

Over the weekend I noticed a small lump in Mariel's right lower abdomen. You have to poke around to feel it, but it's in there, internal. Small, feels almost like a cluster of smaller growths. I also found two other bumps - one turned out to be a keratin cyst on her elbow. The other is pea...

Hi Shackers. Hope it is okay that I started a new thread on this. I posted previously about Moose, but having computer/internet issue and having trouble with certain search/thread features on the Shack today :/ Moose was neutered 7/31/14 for his bad behavior - total bully, super puffy around...

Old Ox got his foot caught in the FN ladder the other night, heard commotion in the cage and found him hanging upside down by his foot. Unhooked him (and got bit all to hell for it, he's usually very nice but obviously scared and hurt). He has been getting metacam for pain but would not let me...

Most of my crazy boys settle down within a couple of weeks after a neuter. Moose and Mo were neutered 7/31. Here we are over a month later and Moose is still batsh*t crazy. He immediately puffs up when I let him out on the floor, and even after I let him see and smell my hand before touching...

Saint Nicholas Mouse Rescue has been approved as a non-profit organization. I am sharing the link to our site and FB here because we are not just a mouse rescue - our residents include ferrets, mice, gerbils, hamsters and RATS . The rats actually account for most of the population right now...

Sid passed away at home on Tuesday afternoon. He showed a small response last week to his treatment, but quickly declined within a few days. PT is really just a dreadful thing :( Like so many, Sid began life in the feeder bin. Bought, dropped in with a snake, spared, and passed on to a former...

Eugene was helped across a little over a week ago. He was fighting lower respiratory issues and xrays had confirmed pulmonary abscesses. Dex and abs helped him be comfortable for a while, but it was time to let him go last week. I honestly did not know Eugene very well. He was part of an...

My vet told me it was okay to go ahead and start a couple of my boys on this and whipped up a big batch of it for me to pick up when I was picking up Eugene from necro. I got weights on the kids and pull up ratguide dosing and am totally confused. I already left a message at the vet, but he is...

Apologies in advance for typos length run ons and rambles. Bit frazzled posted earlier in the wk about Sid's itching the past month. Have treated for mites w Revo, olive oil oral and topical for dry skin, humidity in rat room, and Benadryl. No response. I mention this because, while I don't see...

The boys are going in this morning to finally have those troublesome gonads removed. Hopefully Dr P will be able to remove Mo's tumor as well. Here they are, showing off the torpedoes one last time

Sid has been itching up a storm the past month. I treated him at the end of June with Revolution, and again this evening since he's still itchy. Never saw any nits or lice. No scabs. Dandruff. The humidity here is pretty high, not dry in the house but I may buy new humidifier anyway and run it...

Mister Moose has a grape size lump just above and right of his winky. It feels hard and round and kind of moveable. He's had 2 abscesses (not from any apparent injury) on the other side of his winky this year, both opened and drained and healed nicely. Just a touch concerned because this one us...

Hey guys - I would love to see your then/now or before/after photos. Pics of your rat as a baby and as an adult, pics of poorly conditioned rescue rats and their amazing transformations after some TLC, or before/after of major surgeries (tumor removals or amputations). Even your double rexes...

Basically, if the tumor isn't very attached, could it be removed at the same time as the gonads? Little Mo saw Dr. P awhile back for a small lump developing over his shoulders. A needle aspiration didn't turn up anything. It is slow growing, and so unattached you can almost flip the whole...

As many of you already know, sweet Lucky lost his fight last night after a week long battle with complications from what likely began as a tooth abscess. So much happened this past week, but his life story had so much more to it than this recent sad ending, and I wanted to share it for anyone...

My handsome little halfling men Saffron and Oxeye turned 2 years old today. Don't worry - the icing was mostly scraped off after these pics and the cake cut to feed the whole ratroom. My mom even got them a card and new fleeces. Happy birthday my darlings <3

This is so so so sooooo subtle. His right eye (on our left). Right beneath his eye and the eye itself. The blurry photo may actually show best how it's a touch off. I run my finger over his head and feel the right eye sticking out more. Pupils are normal, saw no scratches/damage with shining...

My sweet little MooShu died at home last night. He had been losing the battle with pulmonary abscesses for a little while now. I knew this week that it would probably be time to let him go. I came home from work and he was in the hammock with his two brothers, odd because neither of them ever...