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Can anyone here help or advise? There's a YouTube channel which was made specifically for causing extreme suffering and torturing animals to death for entertainment. The guy who uploaded the videos also commented in them what else he did to them. I know that it’s an uphill battle protecting...

Good luck with the little sweetheart! I'm sorry for the neglect he suffered with the last humans. Thankfully he's loved and safe with you now. ^.^ and that you've given him meds already. Forever I'll regret not taking Robert to emergency and waiting the day or so for the vet appointment. His...

In Canada: I regret not having gotten the Double Critter Nation sooner for the ratties. It made all the difference in their quality of life. It was also easier to clean and set up their stuff. I found a used one on kijiji for 175$ I think. I cleaned it very well. I got second hand fleece...

Oh no so sorry for precious Daisy. I'm grateful she had you there with her now and during her life. When a rat stops eating I think it's usually from being sick and not their meds. I'm not sure about ensure. I used to feed my kiddos mushy red lentils, their favourite thing to get them to take...

So sorry for the trouble getting the meds. Been a while for me but iirc it's a combination not either or, so Baytril and the Doxycycline or the others listed. I hope you're able to get a hold of some other vets. Cat/dog vets don't always know what they're doing with rats. I learnt this the...

The entire living room was barricaded for them to roam safely and enter and exit their cage as they liked (Double Critter Nation, on the ground). They didn't have access to the bathroom, bedroom, any heating vents etc. The living room was a hard wood floor which I covered in fleece blankets so...

Awe so sorry for their passing. Little sweethearts rest in peace. Keep all the good memories.

Aw he's cute! One of my first ratties' name was Remmy <3 (the darker one cuddling in the photo) thanks for taking the time and care to research about intros and for getting them the Double Critter Nation. It made a big difference for us, I wish we'd gotten it sooner. I'd like to suggest, to...

Bumblefoot is hard to get to go away entirely, so don't be discouraged. One ratty I adopted had very bad bumblefoot and it never went away, but I treated her lil feets daily for it and it got much better. That for sure improved her quality of life. She had the bumblefoot because she'd been kept...

Many moons ago I worked at PetSmart as a dog groomer. Not only were they completely unconcerned for the quality of life of the smaller animals there, but I wouldn't trust anything there to be good for the animals just because it was made "for" them (to profit off of them). The cages and "rat...

My ratties even the picky ones, even when they wouldn't eat medicine hidden in mushed banana, would almost always eat it if mushed into red lentils. It might take some coaxing and playing with the concentration of medicine vs red lentil mush so that they aren't too full before they're finished...

Poor little angel, so glad that she's with you for her golden year(s).

Haven't posted on here for a while but I wanted to thank the admin for all you do to help ratties. Please David Swygart try to find it in your heart to no longer breed animals. There are so many who already need good homes. It's never good for the rats, to breed them. That you've taken in other...

Wash and dry all their fleece stuff on high heat too, yes?

..If anyone still has any info about suddenly shaking hind legs and stiffness like this, please let me know. I'd like to find out about what happened to her.

Oh no I made her comfy and went to take a nap waiting for the vet to call. Woke up and she's gone. I feel bad that I wasn't with the sweet angel as she was passing away and that we didn't get her pain meds. :cry5: Can't believe she's gone.. she was ok last night. It can happen so fast...

Hey, for the Revolution I don't know whether it's dangerous for them if it's not mites - I don't think so, but your vet you get it from will be able to tell you. Had to treat my kids once for it, they did have scabs and there's some hair loss. For bumblefoot, you can get a special cleaner and...

This morning, Bibi Sanders (estimated 2 years, 11 months) her hind legs are shaking and both her hind and front legs are fairly stiff, and she's half limp - she can hardly get around. Her sides are sucking in and out down by her legs though she has no respiratory illness currently and you can't...

Awwe so sweet!

Oh shoot :( I'll ask him about that for next time. Yesterday it took a real turn for the worst with him no longer to really swallow anything even by syringe. And his breathing was very laboured and he was super lethargic and hardly moving, porphyrin coming out everywhere. I made the soonest...