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My landlord COMPLETELY dusted my apartment with GreenEarth Bed Bug Killer Dust and it is EVERYWHERE. We got treated last Sunday by professional pest control and I made arrangements for Danzig at the time. My landlord messaged me the other day saying she wanted to follow up by applying bedbug...

I came across a thread on social media where two cats, littermates, were separated when one was adopted from a pet store without the other. The one left behind was in distress so an employee wrote off a Snuggle Puppy and put it in his enclosure, and it worked for the lonely feline. The toy has a...

I got Henry during a very difficult time in my life. He was just a little baby. I didn't know he was carrying a lethal disease. He didn't know I was an addict and in a toxic relationship. We pulled through together. He was there for me - always non-judgemental, licky, bouncy and stubborn as a...

Henry seems awful this morning. I heard him moving around when I woke up and checked on him. His eyes were goopy and he was having a really hard time getting around. I cleaned up his eyes and put him on my bed to change his blankets. He just seems like he's really struggling. He still tries to...

I don't have any experience with pituitary tumors, so of course it's Henry that gets one. He's my heart rat... He can't hold food at all anymore. As of four days ago, he doesn't even try. He'll eat softer solids (carrot, bell pepper, etc) if I hold it but with some difficulty. He has a wicked...

Gosh, it's been a long time since I've been here! I'm wondering if anyone has some tips on helping rats with anxiety or even PTSD. Danzig, 24 m/o male, has some interesting idiosyncrasies. He was traumatized during intros with Henry Rollins - everything was fine, it was their second intro, but...

I have no idea what is happening and I am freaking out. I adopted 4 boys last December from a rescue in Guelph. Ages then were 12 months, 18 months and 24+ months. In July the oldest boy Johnny had mammary tumors removed and got through surgery just fine. In August I took one of the two...

Hello again everyone! I've been around, just lurking and being my antisocial self. It's so good to see the forum being active! But I am ready now. I healed up my heart after the boys, have moved, made some changes, and I desperately want to feel rats in my hands and on my shoulders and I want...

Hello everyone. My rodent adventures have begun again, now starting with mice! Yesterday at the hospital a lady brought in a box. She had been throwing her grass seed on her lawn and accidentally tossed a mother mouse and her litter who had nested in it. One of their pets got to the mother...

Sammy was not mine. In fact I knew and interacted with Sammy for under two minutes. But I feel she deserves a memorial, and I'll be brief. Little Sammy was abandoned at the animal hospital I work at some time last night. I am unsure of the whole story, but one if the kennel staff took her home...

It is much harder to lose a baby without other babies at home. For almost five years I've been able to find solace in cuddling another rat and continuing to care for cagemates left behind. Waking up to an empty cage was a lot more painful than I had anticipated. The worst part is the...

The very first time I saw that little face I was still working at PetSmart and it was receiving day in Pet Care. Every week I was the person responsible for the new birds and small mammals. I opened up the box with six baby rats in it and first face I saw was that one up there. I loved him right...

Alduin came to me when I worked at PetSmart. I unboxed him during our receiving day and saw straight away that his right ear was ripped, but already healed. I said nothing, but days later another employee saw and he was taken away from his friends and brothers to be placed in the isolation room...

I know generally we make the call when the rat has lost its appetite, but I am on the fence with Alduin right now and not sure how to proceed at the vet tomorrow. He has a thread called "Alduin & Klaus" which is mostly for him, but here I'd like to discuss the possibility of letting him go...

My mischief of five has dwindled to two. Rupert went to Shelagh first and was there approximately two months before he passed. Bear and Bruce are missed as well - they went to Shelagh today, too. They should do much better though and I am eagerly waiting to hear how they are adjusting :missu...

:xmasrud::xmasrud::xmasrud: Merry Christmas Rat Shack! Thank you so much for all the help and advice this past year and years previous. I hope Santa was good to all of you and that everyone's ratties are snug as bugs with full tummies tonight :tumkiss: I wish you all a great new year full of...

I am not sure where to post this but Shelagh (lilspaz) suggested I post about it. I have two chronic respiratory rats, Klaus and Alduin, and I can't afford to go to the vet every two weeks for meds. However I am Canadian and I believe it is illegal for me to order them myself. I was...

I feel like I have lost control. All of my rats are ailing, except for his highness Bruce, who is now a problem too. I love my boys for the individuals they are, but I am struggling to keep up with everyone's needs. Alduins respiratory issue flared up bad and Bear hasnt had a seizure since I...

Bear has developed some respiratory symptoms in the last week. I just heard the boys fighting and went to look and found Bear acting absolutely terrified. He won't let anyone near him, and it took some consoling before he would let me touch him. He seemed fine until his brother Bruce approached...

((My own laptop is so broken it won't even boot, so I will add pictures later. He took the best portrait shots, his beautiful face needs to be here)) Sometimes the tools needed to help our companions are just out of our reach. Sometimes we keep trying and nothing seems to pull them out of...