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Here is what I have and have used in the past. The local vets want $80+ per rat just to look at them, which I cannot afford. Uploaded with ImageShack.us I remember it was a small rice sized portion per rat, but is it only once a day or twice a day for a period of time before dropping the...

I brought my group of buddies outside and someone caught mites. I've had success in the past using ivermectin for mites but it has been a couple years and I'm unsure of the safe dosage for the new group, which are different weights. Here is an older picture showing Sneezy, Pinot, miniTux and...

Contacted the local vet clinics. One told me to apply a drop of mineral oil to their ear canals then massage the back of the head and ears once a week until stuff stops coming out of the ears, and this can cure them of mites. I asked about Revolution and was told not to use it for rats ever...

Found some info through a site search (should have done that before starting a post). There is a TSC store here so I should be able to find a medicine with ivermectin if I cannot find revolution through a vet.

Here are pics of my one male showing the open wounds on his neck and shoulders. I'll take a look at the local pet supplies stores here locally for mite treatments. Not sure if I'll have any luck finding the correct medicine or even get correct information from the shops. I'm in Sault Ste. Marie...

I have two males ~10months old. Over the past month they've started scratching neck/shoulder areas more than normal, as well as roughly grooming each other in these areas. As a result they are both littered with wounds and scabs (20-30 red scabs each). It has been a few weeks of monitoring and...

Great idea! One of my balls has a broken lid and you've shown me a new use for it

Only Gimbly is the escape artist. Grey just copies her once she finds a way out :) hmm they are in a super pet habitat defined rat cage on top of a 48x18x24 tank roughly the same size as the martins playpen dimensions i found online. My boys are in a 47x23x20 guineapig/rabbit cage. Is this...

Gimbly has gotten out of the 3 foot high walled plywood box :( (and chewed through it) The females are in an open door cage sitting on top of my 90gallon aquarium and she can leap from the bottom to the top with ease and it is 2feet deep

My dad made 4'x4' with plywood and they spent the entire time gnawing at the bottom and floor and leaping up the walls only to slide all the way back down till eventually they were able to amazingly jump and catch the top edge. They are relentless escape artists

The balls are very large 15inch diameter and the females are eager to get inside. I've been giving them free-range for the past 6months (because I'm tired of all the pooping and cleaning the balls every 5 min). By free-range I mean no restrictions, they explore the entire apt. When I lived at...

I have large exercise balls for ferrets that I put my rats in to freely explore. My females love them and run for hours...but in the first 5min they unload and I have to clean 10+ turds out of the balls. Is this normal? They've been using the balls for over a year and they still defecate in...

My friend changed rat litter products and her breathing problems have stopped, so thankfully she is keeping her rat and little Sophie isn't the problem. Thanks to this site we have both learned the problems caused by woodchips. It boggles the mind how harmful products are sold by "animal...

I feel terrible I can't afford to pay for the spay and surgery. Apparently my bachelors degree isn't enough to get me employed at mcdonalds or tim hortons in this economy :(

WOW, I can't afford that period :(

I need to spay my two females and (hopefully it is nothing) possibly have a tumor removed from the belly of one. Can anyone give me a quote as to the approximate cost of a spay and the cost of tumor removal surgery?

Thanks for the info, my dumbo males are so calm and well behaved I believe I can let them keep their nuts :P Good to know spaying will help improve the health and lifespan for my females.

Which is better, Should I spay the females or neuter the males? Is there any change in behaviour or health? Her genital area was reddened so I'm assuming the deed was done, if so I'll choose to spay the females

One of my females got loose thanks to my roommate while I was out, and she may be pregnant now as she somehow got into the males cage on another table in another room...???? She also has a large grape sized lump on her belly in front of her left back leg. This was NOT there yesterday as I was...

Hoarders Season 3 finale covered a man who started with a female and 2 male rats, who got loose. In the end they removed over 2500 loose pet rats from the man's home. He no longer lives in his home as the rats had taken over. The show recruited the help from rat specialists who captured and...