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  1. Gutsy_Huckabee

    Please Help! I don’t know what to do…

    No offense taken. Not to worry, I can definitely understand where you’re coming from. But just so we’re clear, I wasn’t seriously suggesting euthanasia with the intentions of following through with it, I was only throwing it out there because it was an option, and like I said I don’t have any...
  2. Gutsy_Huckabee

    Please Help! I don’t know what to do…

    Thank you for your input! I’ve owned rats for almost three years now, and these boys aren’t the only rats I own at the moment. So I know what it means to take responsibility for a pet when you adopt. However, I would just like to remind you that he bit me in the face, and because I was looking...
  3. Gutsy_Huckabee

    Please Help! I don’t know what to do…

    Thank you!!! When we checked, it was $40 for the exam fee, since he’s never been there before, and $170 for the actual operation.
  4. Gutsy_Huckabee

    Please Help! I don’t know what to do…

    UPDATE: So, we called the place that our vet recommended and unfortunately, they will not have the proper tools for surgery until January 2021. There are also no other vet clinics around here that neuter rats. We researched rat rescue facilities near us, and were thankfully able to stumble...
  5. Gutsy_Huckabee

    Please Help! I don’t know what to do…

    Thank you! Sadly, we have been trying to save as much money as we can for this trip since we’re traveling a really long distance to visit our relatives by car, and then making the trip back, with the addition of other possible expenses… We were given the name and number of a place that...
  6. Gutsy_Huckabee

    Please Help! I don’t know what to do…

    Hello! So, I adopted three unneutered male rats on September 19 of this year from a woman on Craigslist who didn’t have time for them, they were around 8 months when I adopted them. They all got along very well with each other, until one day when one of them (the biggest one of the pack) started...
  7. Gutsy_Huckabee

    I Took Her Home on a Friday, so I Named Her Friday… and Then I Lost Her on a Wednesday

    When night falls I’ll see you in the stars. When day breaks I’ll see you in the clouds. When I sleep I’ll see you in my dreams. You will forever be in my heart and memories ❤️ This morning, at barely five months old, my baby girl Friday gained her wings. She passed away in my arms shortly after...
  8. Gutsy_Huckabee

    Sudden Lethargy

    Thank you so much for your reply. The vet gave us some antibiotics to treat a severe lower respiratory infection, which is what the X-ray pointed to due to her lungs showing up as gray instead of black on the monitor. The vet even gave her a procedure using a humidifier to open up her bronchial...
  9. Gutsy_Huckabee

    Sudden Lethargy

    UPDATE: This morning we checked on her and were curious if she was eating and drinking properly, so we tried to offer her a bit of cucumber for hydration but she wasn’t at all interested. We gave her water through a dropper and she drank a little bit but then stopped after a while. Her breathing...
  10. Gutsy_Huckabee

    Sudden Lethargy

    Hello!! Okay, so my baby girl Friday is about five months old now. Usually, she is a little ball of energy, always the first out of her three sisters to greet you at the cage doors. However, recently we noticed that she has become rather lethargic. We let the girls out of their cage to free...
  11. Gutsy_Huckabee

    PLEASE HELP: First Time Sexing Baby Rats!

    UPDATE: So, we just returned from our first visit to the vet! We are happy to report that the babies are all in good health, aside from a little case of the sniffles because they need to adjust to their new environment, and we also had them sexed! As expected, Shy is a male while the rest of the...
  12. Gutsy_Huckabee

    PLEASE HELP: First Time Sexing Baby Rats!

    Thank you very much, Dena! They are all indeed very adorable, and very playful as well! Whenever we get the chance, we love to just sit by their cage and watch them all romp around or snooze in a cute pile on their hammock haha! We also had a hunch that Shy was male, but I guess we can’t be too...
  13. Gutsy_Huckabee

    PLEASE HELP: First Time Sexing Baby Rats!

    Also, thank you very much for the reference thread as well as the information SQ! We appreciate your help! :)
  14. Gutsy_Huckabee

    PLEASE HELP: First Time Sexing Baby Rats!

    Thank you very much! As for their ages, we estimate them to be about 3-4 weeks old. They are all very little! We were planning on taking them to the vet to get a more accurate calculation, as well as a health exam for each and have them sexed, but we figured we would skip all the anticipation...
  15. Gutsy_Huckabee

    PLEASE HELP: First Time Sexing Baby Rats!

    Hello all! So, we got these baby rats a few days ago and we wanted to confirm the sex of each one, we have some speculations thanks to the internet but we’ve never had to sex rats for ourselves as we usually get them when they are already sexually mature (this is our first time ever dealing with...
  16. Gutsy_Huckabee

    Rat Has Runny Nose and is Sneezing a lot

    Thank you very much for your response, Fidget! I’ll definitely have to give the jars of water and Liquid Immuno a try, see if that makes a difference! Can I buy the Liquid Immuno at a specific store? It’s strange because shortly after making this thread I noticed that my other boy, Balor...
  17. Gutsy_Huckabee

    Rat Has Runny Nose and is Sneezing a lot

    Hello everyone! So, I recently took my boys to the vet for a wellness exam, and while she said that he was in good health, my boy, Guts, has been sneezing quite a bit lately. Not only that, but his nose gets pretty runny every now and then, which makes his sneezes wet. There isn’t any...
  18. Gutsy_Huckabee

    Oz Walks the Yellow Brick Road

    Rest In Peace Oz. You were very much loved by all, and I hope you have carried all of this love with you to the other side. You will forever be in my heart, and in my thoughts. Aunty loves you, sweet boy. You will be missed. ❤️
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