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Hi everyone, It has been a long time since I was here. I am now taking a break from rats and want to give away my cages and rat stuff. I have a Double Critter Nation, a Hagen cage 16" x 25" x 24" high, and two small cages I used for transport. The DCN is several years old so has a bit of rust...

How cool is this?! I do not know who the artist is.

The back story goes like this: Godmother adopted three girls and all three girls ended up being pregnant. Among the three of them they had five boys and thirteen girls. They were born around March first. The boys and three girls came to Windsor to be fostered to help out and to get the boys...

Every spring I discover many areas where colonies of rats and mice have lived over the winter. It is very interesting to see...

Sometimes it is nice to get outside in the fresh air and go snowshoeing with the dogs. Tonight was a perfect evening for such a venture.

I just discovered that if I used a special character like an 'e' with an accent, the post got cut off at that point. Once I eliminated the special character, the rest of the post stayed.

So Kale seems to be the latest buzz these days. I have seen it in the grocery store. What does it taste like? How do you prepare it?

Well, I had a wonderful rattie honeymoon from meds and ailments, but it has ended... The fun starts with Tabi having an external ear infection (stinky ear, no other signs), Toby's respiratory issues flared up again, Jade has an inner ear infection (head tilt), and to top it all off, last night...

While I was working a couple of weeks ago, a lady who knew I had rats told me about this rat. Her daughter was with a few kids and they were tired of this rat and going to throw him outside, so the daughter scooped him up and took him home. She is a busy teenager, and didn't really have time for...

OK, so last December I rescued a group of nakies. I ended up keeping six and rehoming two pairs. One of the girls has died and her sister is now alone. I was considering helping them get two young ones so that when the older girl passed (Gertie) that there would be two remaining, but the cage is...

So Tabitha was picked up the last week in August by Mia9_28, a feeder breeder that was in with two boys. The local Humane Society agreed to take the boys, but refused the female when they learned she was possibly pregnant. I agreed to take her in, knowing she might have been preggo. She...

OK, so I was reading up on Revolution (Selemectin) for my new girl who is preggo, and came across this information: "Bladder worms: In 2008, the Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences examined the effect of topical selamectin against bladder worm infestations in lab rats. These worms live in...

Hope for Wildlife is a rescue organization that helps wild animals, from deer to skunks to crows. Hope is the name of the lady who has started the whole thing. They have an annual open house, and it is tomorrow. I have never been there, although I have watched a couple of shows on them (on...

So today I started my week-long course with Clmntine's mom learning how to make her special beads. When I got to the studio, she had bag for me - it was prezzies for my ratties from Clmntine!! There were hammies and crocheted treat packs, and sweaters for my nakies! LOL Thank you so much...

So now I am looking at Daffy thinking something is off, and suspect I have two rats with a PT, not just one. Her hair coat is staring and rough. She has developed some strange chewing behaviours like nibbling on me, my clothes, and making her own confetti. She is chewing paper tubes to bits...

I noticed the other day that one of my nakies, Dixie, seemed 'off'. Her eyes are squinty and she looks skinny compared to the other nakies, with her sides sunken in a bit. I gave her a piece of cheese and my heart sunk as I watched her eat it - it looks like PT to me. Note that she does have...

Sabrina is officially 42 months old now. She was born Oct 21, 2010. She has HED, a recurring respiratory problem, and a swelling on her face we have decided is a blocked salivary gland. I looked back in my notes and found that the first time I noted the swelling was Feb 22, 2013!! But, overall...

Yesterday I shaved my dogs - they haven't had a hair cut all winter!

So I thought I'd post some pics of the nakies I rescued in December. I rehomed a few, so now I have six, four girls and two neutered boys. So we'll start with the babies who are now teenagers: Jade, who is just adorable: Her blind sister Juno, who is the acrobat of the bunch...