RKbusy
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We just got back from the woman's place a few hours ago.
The cage they were in was DISGUSTING. Literally, it was the worst I had ever seen, although ratmondo said she had seen worse. The shelves were literally slathered with dried urine and feces. The pine they were in was half black with poop pellets. The entire thing really really reeked.
I picked up the sickest boy, and my hand was immediately caked with a thick layer of filth. I rubbed them under water and it was slimy. THAT'S how gross it was. While Anita was occupying this woman getting the bathtub ready to clean one of the cages, I did manage to snap some pictures. GAH. :sick2:
So basically, this girl was 5 months pregnant when she first "rescued" these rats (there were originally 7). She apparently took them to the vet a long time ago when they had a "cold" and this vet at Bell's Corners apparently told her, 'they would get better on their own, just keep their cage clean'.
From what I can tell, they all have some mild URI's, no audible sounds (except from the sickest one), and apart from being LICE INFECTED, and filthy as all hell, they were OK. There were a few sneezes, but nothing that would have made us panic. Every single one of them has scabs all of their bodies. There's ONE agouti boy, and he's DEFINITELY the worst, when it comes to the scabs. His entire back and sides are dotted with them. 2 of the black boys, both have bare spots on their backs, where it looks like there may have been a large open scab, but it had recently healed over. One of the black boys was completely skin and bones, did not move, was so thinly furred and breathing so laboriously, that I just knew he wouldn't make it if we didn't take him. there were two other black boys who seemed alright, although the skinner black boy did seem to be breathing a little faster than the rest.
In the end, we left her with clear instructions and 4 rats in a bare, but now CLEAN cage. They have all been treated with Revolution and I have the sickest boy, as well as the skinny, fast-breathing boy here with me at home.
I took a quick picture, but didn't want to disturb sick-boy:
What REALLY pissed us off about this woman (who really, was more like... a GIRL... she was probably in her early 20s at most!) was how she kept on SAYING things like "I'm vegan!", "I'm TOTALLY against breeding!", "people need to stop being idiots and realize that they can rescue any pet they could ever want!", and "I really love my pets, and I do my best with them."
And THIS is how HER so-called beloved pets were living! I mean. Okay. This girl didn't even have NAMES for these boys! And they've been with her at least a year! She said she got them when she was 5 months pregnant, and now her baby is 8 months old. -__- I F*cking HATE hypocrites like her. And she wasn't apologetic, didn't seen guilty, didn't even OFFER to help us clean the cages. She was surfing the net the whole time.
And then this poor, nameless boy, whom I'm really not sure if he will make it. Dr. Mobarak is apparently away and can't see me. If he survives this weekend, I will be taking him in on Monday. But for now, he's getting Baytril + Doxy + Revolution + lots and lots of baby food and nourishment.
He's surprisingly scab free, but I'm guessing part of it also has to do with the fact that his nails were SOOO LONG that they actually were curling under his feet. -__-
GAH. I SERIOUSLY HATE THIS GIRL!!! What a B*tCH. And you know, she was telling us that she had no money to get vet care, yet she had salon died hair (<$100), an entire RACK of fancy looking shoes, and one of her cats had been specially groomed to look like a lion. -__- Right. So you can go and afford to dye your hair, and give you cat a fancy haircut, but you can't aford to see a VET?! GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Okay. Well. For now, the sick boy and his skinny brother are sleeping. Poor sick boy ate all his medicated baby-food. We'll have to just keep an eye on him until Monday.
We just got back from the woman's place a few hours ago.
The cage they were in was DISGUSTING. Literally, it was the worst I had ever seen, although ratmondo said she had seen worse. The shelves were literally slathered with dried urine and feces. The pine they were in was half black with poop pellets. The entire thing really really reeked.
I picked up the sickest boy, and my hand was immediately caked with a thick layer of filth. I rubbed them under water and it was slimy. THAT'S how gross it was. While Anita was occupying this woman getting the bathtub ready to clean one of the cages, I did manage to snap some pictures. GAH. :sick2:
So basically, this girl was 5 months pregnant when she first "rescued" these rats (there were originally 7). She apparently took them to the vet a long time ago when they had a "cold" and this vet at Bell's Corners apparently told her, 'they would get better on their own, just keep their cage clean'.
From what I can tell, they all have some mild URI's, no audible sounds (except from the sickest one), and apart from being LICE INFECTED, and filthy as all hell, they were OK. There were a few sneezes, but nothing that would have made us panic. Every single one of them has scabs all of their bodies. There's ONE agouti boy, and he's DEFINITELY the worst, when it comes to the scabs. His entire back and sides are dotted with them. 2 of the black boys, both have bare spots on their backs, where it looks like there may have been a large open scab, but it had recently healed over. One of the black boys was completely skin and bones, did not move, was so thinly furred and breathing so laboriously, that I just knew he wouldn't make it if we didn't take him. there were two other black boys who seemed alright, although the skinner black boy did seem to be breathing a little faster than the rest.
In the end, we left her with clear instructions and 4 rats in a bare, but now CLEAN cage. They have all been treated with Revolution and I have the sickest boy, as well as the skinny, fast-breathing boy here with me at home.
I took a quick picture, but didn't want to disturb sick-boy:
What REALLY pissed us off about this woman (who really, was more like... a GIRL... she was probably in her early 20s at most!) was how she kept on SAYING things like "I'm vegan!", "I'm TOTALLY against breeding!", "people need to stop being idiots and realize that they can rescue any pet they could ever want!", and "I really love my pets, and I do my best with them."
And THIS is how HER so-called beloved pets were living! I mean. Okay. This girl didn't even have NAMES for these boys! And they've been with her at least a year! She said she got them when she was 5 months pregnant, and now her baby is 8 months old. -__- I F*cking HATE hypocrites like her. And she wasn't apologetic, didn't seen guilty, didn't even OFFER to help us clean the cages. She was surfing the net the whole time.
And then this poor, nameless boy, whom I'm really not sure if he will make it. Dr. Mobarak is apparently away and can't see me. If he survives this weekend, I will be taking him in on Monday. But for now, he's getting Baytril + Doxy + Revolution + lots and lots of baby food and nourishment.
He's surprisingly scab free, but I'm guessing part of it also has to do with the fact that his nails were SOOO LONG that they actually were curling under his feet. -__-
GAH. I SERIOUSLY HATE THIS GIRL!!! What a B*tCH. And you know, she was telling us that she had no money to get vet care, yet she had salon died hair (<$100), an entire RACK of fancy looking shoes, and one of her cats had been specially groomed to look like a lion. -__- Right. So you can go and afford to dye your hair, and give you cat a fancy haircut, but you can't aford to see a VET?! GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Okay. Well. For now, the sick boy and his skinny brother are sleeping. Poor sick boy ate all his medicated baby-food. We'll have to just keep an eye on him until Monday.
Yay!
