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Hi Nynke, thanks so much for your lovely words you really have made me feel so much better. I’m so sorry about your little girl it really is so horrible to think they’re suffering :( with James’ brother William the decision to have him put to sleep was so easy because his respiratory disease was...

Hello everyone :) Bit of a sad one here and I hope nobody here will judge me too harshly cause I truly feel like I’ve been an awful rat mum. My boy James is nearly 3 now and his brother died a long time ago. I have 3 other boys who I adopted for siblings for him and they are all perfectly...

Hi everyone! my 3 rats unfortunately have lice. I’ve got an appointment at the vet for them on Friday to get revolution cause i’ve read that’s what works best. I was just wondering if anyone could help me with what to do with their hammocks and houses in their cage after treatment? shall i wash...

I don’t think i’d changed anything but who knows haha. that actually makes sense though because Patrick, the one who acted nervous, is very light in colour and sometimes I think his eyes look slightly red in a certain light although they are very dark and he does sway side to side sometimes

thanks for your replies :) it was just a strange one off luckily but i’m still not too sure why haha. I got them out the next day and he was completely back to his normal self which I’m so happy about. I think he might’ve just been a bit tired maybe

Hi everyone! my 3 rats will be 3 months old next week and all of a sudden one of them seems like he’s scared of me? yesterday i had them out during free run time and he was completely fine and nothing happened. I went to get them out again today and he was very reluctant to come to me which...

Thanks for the reply. I had a dehumidifier cause of a patch of mould on the wall I’d washed off but I won’t use it again. They have a dust free cat litter bedding so it might not be possible for me to change it every day but I change it often :) thanks for the tip

Hi guys it’s me again hahah back with my paranoia over my boys as always. As mentioned in my previous post i have 4 rats (1 solitary 3 year old & 3 babies) and the elderly one, James, has respiratory problems. James’ brother William also died of a respiratory disease so I’d like to do anything I...

He’s a very timid and gentle boy but he spends most of his time sleeping at the minute:) i’ll definitely think about introducing them

Thanks for the reply :) James is nearly three and he’s had the sneezing and breathing problems since he was around nine months and has been on and off antibiotics. I originally got the babies for him so he could have some friends but he took a turn for the worse and the vet advised me to keep...

Hi everyone :) I recently adopted 3 baby boys at 6 weeks old and they’re now around 10 weeks. I also have a solitary elderly male, James, who doesn’t live with them as he has severe breathing problems which i’m treating but I don’t want him to pass it onto them. They’ve never met him but today I...

thanks for your reply i’m sorry for your loss as well. i have tried listening to his lungs and as far as i can hear there’s no sound coming from them. He’s just recently turned one and i got them when they were 3 months old. my cage is the biggest one from pets at home i’m not sure what it’s...

Hi everyone:) i’m sure you’re sick of hearing from me by now but i just don’t want to take any chances. as i’ve said many times, my poor baby william was put to sleep last week due to a severe breathing disease which caused him to struggle breathing :( i’m now left with his brother james whilst...

thanks for all the replies everyone :) you’ll be happy to hear that james is absolutely fine so far! he’s not shown any signs of withdrawal or loneliness and is still active and eating and playing but of course i am looking for more rats to rescue as soon as possible as i will never buy from a...

going back to the lice, i’ve been given a product called xeno 50/ ivermectin will this treat them? and i’ll definitely start thinking about getting james a friend :( just feels wrong to replace my baby

Hello thanks for your reply :) i’m just wondering how soon after the loss of your rat did bobby start to stop eating and show signs of illness? i’m just concerned because james currently has lice (which we are treating) and i wouldn’t want to introduce a new rat until i’m sure that they’re...

william, from the moment i saw you in the pet shop and you looked back at me with your beautiful red eyes, i knew you were special. whilst james came freely out of the tank and into his box ready to go home, you had to make a statement. i’ll never forget the look on the pet shop workers face as...

hi guys, yesterday i had to say goodbye to one of my beautiful boys due to a respiratory disease :( he lived with his brother and they’ve only just turned one this month. so far, james seems to be doing ok. he was looking around my room for william for about half an hour after he died but now he...

Very sad update, beautiful william has been put to sleep tonight. he’s been improving over this past week but i got home to find him stood gasping for breath and had to rush him to the vet where i let him go forever :( i’m horrified and devastated but i couldn’t let him continue to suffer so...

that’s what the vet told me to do as well i’ll definitely try that :)