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  1. Roxymachado

    Lone depressed rat

    I want to know that I keep rats and care sent me a link to a listing on Craigslist of a rat that was left during a breakup. It said that if no one came and got it it was going to be going to the shelter. Even though I wasn't looking for a new rat I had to take it I felt like someone who was...
  2. Roxymachado

    Bad battle wound

    Two of my girls got in a fight this morning, and one of them came out with a pretty bad wound on her eye. They have spats all the time but never actual wounds. When I noticed the fight I separated them then I saw the blood. I took her out, treated with peroxide and put Neosporin on it. I...
  3. Roxymachado

    Mammary tumor

    One of my female rats I believe she is just a little over a year old has developed a tumor about 4 weeks ago. Already it's the size of an egg, two weeks after discovering it I took her to the vet. Just the office visit alone was $80 they told me if I had her tumor removed more than likely it...
  4. Roxymachado

    Revolution for rats

    So on the rat guide it says the difference between the dog and cat revolution is potency. Can i take a dog one and dilute it down to the cat potency?
  5. Roxymachado

    Worms?

    My girls absolutely love the weekly worm treat time we have, they go crazy for the wax worm especially! Petco has been out of the worm selection for a few weeks now, so I've found a nice online vendor. But they have such a huge selection, that I'm thinking of trying some new worms out. I'm...
  6. Roxymachado

    Baytril dosage?

    I just got my baytril that I got off a bird site, linked from a rat site. Its 10% My rat that needs it weighs 290 grams(actually 289). I'm wondering how much to dose. I think I read to mix 1ml with 3ml water, if that's right I don't know where to go from there.
  7. Roxymachado

    Adopting a hairless

    I've found a hairless breeder in my area and I'm thinking about expanding my mischief. What I'm wondering is the care of a hairless ALOT different the rats with a coat? Are there things I should know? Precautions?any extra habitat things I need to check and adjust for a hairless? P.S. are...
  8. Roxymachado

    Combined cages

    I spent my days off putting all my rats together. Yeah! I left work on Tuesday around 2pm got home and slept till 5pm. From 5pm to around 5am I was sewing nonstop. I had to make all new hammocks and cage liners, I could not have any remnants of any rats scent. Then I took a 15hr break to sleep...
  9. Roxymachado

    Oxbow? Which one is best?

    Oxbow Garden Select Adult Rat Food, or Oxbow Essentials Regal Rat Adult Rat Food? What's better health wise? Taste? Anybody with personal experience with these? I would love some insight.
  10. Roxymachado

    Rescue with odd coat

    In the pics below, you can see the coat is kind of balding in spots. I know she's a Rex, but I'm wondering if maybe her balding and uneven coat is because of a bad diet. The people who gave her to me, gave me the cage she and her cage mate were living in(nice cage), along with two bags of food...
  11. Roxymachado

    Rescued rats BITING

    I rescue 2 rats off of Craigslist, that were marked as free. They seemed a little scared, they have been handled, but I don't think in a while. They came in their own cage, so I'm not going to introduce them to my rats for quite some time. They came with a prevue hendryx 40 inch tall cage, $100...
  12. Roxymachado

    Two young pairs(females) introduction?

    So I got my first pair of girls at the very beginning of December, they are about 5 months old now. I just go another set of girls that are about 4 months old. I've read a bit about introductions, but my question is since nobody really has had time to settle in that long will it be easier...
  13. Roxymachado

    Beans?

    Can rattles eat beans(like garbanzo beans, and lima beans, or black eyed peas)? I read somewhere that beans are not ok. But I'm not sure it That's dried beans, or what. My friend gives her boys garbanzo beans and they love them. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
  14. Roxymachado

    URI??? Help

    Ok so I bought a couple of girls from a feeder breeder turned pet breeder(no socialization done), when I got them they were(as I saw) kept with wood bedding. One of my girls came with a URI. I gave her meds for a week and the wheezing went away. But now when I have her in my hood sometimes she...
  15. Roxymachado

    Covering cage?

    On another Forum someone told me I shouldn't be covering my cage. I'm going to have pictures at the bottom of what I'm doing, I cover the cage because my rats are not comfortable eating or drinking while they're exposed. I've only had them for a little over a week they're feeder rats so they're...
  16. Roxymachado

    Adopted from feeder breeder

    I got my two girls from a breeder who said they were socialized, but when I got there I realized real quick by her wall breeder tubs that she was a feeder breeder(snakes gotta eat too, I know!). So my issue is I was trying to use treats to buy their trust, but they WILL NOT take food from me...
  17. Roxymachado

    Bin cages for rats?

    So I just got a pair of lovely girls. I haven't had a rat in over ten years, and my old rats were f tee range, who only slept in the cage. I work all day so these ones will be spending a lot of time in there cage. The cage I got is too small, I wanted to make a bin cage, and needed some advise...
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