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Lost this sweet little guy today, our special Colbert. He had a rough start in life, his parents (Olivia & Olaf) were found one morning in a snowbank by a woman out for a walk. She knew enough to know they were domestic rats and definately didn't belong out in the snow. No rescues would take...

Just posting this because I am so freakin' angry at myself right now!!! While giving one of my rats meds this morning, he was fighting as usual, I had the thought that I hope that didn't go in the wrong way. I had that damn feeling that I pushed the syringe too quickly and instead of going side...

Okay guys haven't been on here in awhile, but my boy Trooper, born in March of 2017, had been on doxy/baytril for awhile for URI symptoms. I took him off for about three days when he presented with a nasty head tilt to the right and he was stumbing all over his cage. Started the doxy again and...

Our sweet girl Flora, passed away during the night. She came to us as part of our "Wheaton hoarder group" that hopefloats rescued. She was one of five we took in. Up until recently she was great, but then she had a URI that was treated quickly, but then developed a nasal issue that caused open...

Got two new boys yesterday ... I really miss my nakers and well I need a pet that lives longer than our ratties - we've had 11 losses this year already. We have no plans to stop having rat children - just added on. Obviously, by now you've guessed their not rats, but you guys are like family so...

So Flora seems to have a URI she is very crackly and has audible respirations. I thought something might be up last week when she didn't run to the cage door like her sisters for food. These girls are fur balls with eyes. A couple days ago she began the audible respirations and today saw the...

Said good bye to our third Buckeye boy today. Hawk was a fighter until the very end. He didn't want to leave us which makes this so much harder. We had been syringe feeding him for weeks now, which was fine with us. We wanted him to pass at home, but that stinker just refused to pass. He had...

We lost another Buckeye boy on Friday... Hank left us to be with Torres. I knew we wasn't looking good and needed syringe feedings that day, but we didn't think we was "I'm going to die tonight" bad. We've been waiting for poor Hawk to pass, but Hank decided to leave first. We'll miss you...

Sadly, as of this morning the "Boris Boys" are reunited. Sneezer peaceful passed away while I cuddled him... RIP my Sneezer Ebenezer ... Mommy and Daddy will miss you as we miss all your brothers and our other babies...

Daddy found a slightly bigger than pea size lump on Apollo's back above his left shoulder the other night. He is a healthy guy so removing it is definitely an option. When we got him he had a very tiny bump on the opposite side that after a couple month I was able to pop and get waxy stuff out...

:b-string::b-string::b-string::b-string: HaPpY 2nd BiRtHdAy Hank, Hawk, Torres, and Weston ... :b-string::b-string::b-string::b-string:

Torres went to the vet today, hubby took him (without me) so things went all wrong again. I really believe he should of been pts and I don't know why that wasn't done. Obviously, for me to say that, you guys know its bad. Brief history, these four boys have had varying degrees of respiratory...

Hawk has been sick for awhile now with some respiratory issue. I know he has another thread for that, but I'm starting a new one for this. Its possible he has a mass in his chest, but the x-ray from months ago was inconclusive. I saw Jorats suggest viagra on someone else'a thread and spoke to my...

Stopped at Petsmart on my way home. 1-I never stop at this Petsmart, but I decided to buy litter. 2-We don't use litter anymore, but I decided to put it in the cages this time and needed more to freeze. 3-Petsmart never has rats. I never would've even known he was there had some people not been...

This one is Hopefloats fault and I'm sticking with that. She put out the call for help on fb and I was available. Seems these girls were going to be given the boot by a homeowner that no longer wanted them in her home. Their owner was moving to a no pet location and couldn't take them with her...

Some of you may remember we had a vet before our current one - as we see it, she killed our first two boys by a series of poor decisions and being undereducated. This was the last contact we had. http://www.ratshackforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28006 Today when I took Eldora to be pts our...

Had to say good bye to this sweet girl today. I'm sure your enjoying the all you can eat buffet with Peanut and Achilles ... Rest in peace baby girl...

I cannot believe I have to post about this again! I've had about 48 -72 hours to process it so I'm no longer using X rated language of the previous days. Sneezer, brother of Newton, has the same damn facial infection starting. No idea what the freakin' heck it is, but we know how Newton's...

I think I have 5 girls, and 2 boys, but not sure on a couple. The babies are 12 days old now so, let's see how I've done GIRL, GIRL, BOY, ? , GIRL, BOY, GIRL

Picked this little girl up Monday afternoon from hopefloats. Poor girl traveled from Ohio to Indiana and is now home in Chicago where we'll be standing by on baby watch. She is so little and just hides out in a corner under a box I gave her. I feel so bad just giving her a box, paper towels, and...