While cruising Craigslist I came across this ad:
[quoteemCL ad:xsv7572n]Free: Female rat and mouse
I have a female rat and mouse to rehome. Both of which are pregnant(not sure how far along).
The rat is initially a pet rat, not a feeder. She is pretty shy, but not nibbly at all. I'm not sure how far into her pregnancy she is. She is about 4 months old from my understanding.
The mouse is a feeder mouse, however, my snake refused to eat her, so now, she is just taking up space.
I don't particularly care if whoever takes them(or just one) uses them as a pet, or a feeder. Please reply to this email for info, or send a text to *removed* whenever and we can go from there. Thank you.[/quoteem:xsv7572n]
I saw the above ad on CL and had to step in. I texted the girl and was told she was holding both for someone else but they hadn't confirmed a time yet. I managed to talk her into letting me have the rat if I would pick it up asap. So I grabbed my carriers and drove like mad to her place. The rat was being kept in a small critter keeper. As it turns out the girls boyfriend wanted a pet rat and went out to a pet store and got one. He was told it was pregnant. Girl thinks rats are for food but her "pets" weren't big enough (thank goodness) and said it had to go.
While I was there I managed to get her to give me the mouse as well. She told me I wouldn't want it because it was and I quote "in pretty rough shape from being at the store." Of course at that point I certain I wanted the mouse. She said she knew the mouse was also pregnant. When I asked her where the mouse was she said "Oh, I've been keeping it in a bag in the closet because I don't want to look at it." She also told me she tried to kill the mouse by putting it in with the rat but it didn't work. She handed me the bag and without looking I took both the rat and the mouse out to my truck and left.
A few blocks away I pulled over and moved the rat out of the critter keeper into a carrier and the mouse into the critter keeper. I was appalled at the mouse's condition, very bad tail injuries. (Photo in the spoiler.)
They are both settling in now so I'll get better photos later.
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Cute little girl rat
Both have been weighed rat is 98 grams and the mouse is 30 grams. The mouse's tail has been cleaned up with some warm saline and is being treated with clavamox and ibuprofen. I can guarantee the mouse is not pregnant as it's a boy. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the rat isn't pregnant but will be watching her closley and weighing her daily. I will foster both of them, the mouse until he is healed and the rat until I'm certain she isn't pregnant and then I'll find them good homes.
[quoteemCL ad:xsv7572n]Free: Female rat and mouse
I have a female rat and mouse to rehome. Both of which are pregnant(not sure how far along).
The rat is initially a pet rat, not a feeder. She is pretty shy, but not nibbly at all. I'm not sure how far into her pregnancy she is. She is about 4 months old from my understanding.
The mouse is a feeder mouse, however, my snake refused to eat her, so now, she is just taking up space.
I don't particularly care if whoever takes them(or just one) uses them as a pet, or a feeder. Please reply to this email for info, or send a text to *removed* whenever and we can go from there. Thank you.[/quoteem:xsv7572n]
I saw the above ad on CL and had to step in. I texted the girl and was told she was holding both for someone else but they hadn't confirmed a time yet. I managed to talk her into letting me have the rat if I would pick it up asap. So I grabbed my carriers and drove like mad to her place. The rat was being kept in a small critter keeper. As it turns out the girls boyfriend wanted a pet rat and went out to a pet store and got one. He was told it was pregnant. Girl thinks rats are for food but her "pets" weren't big enough (thank goodness) and said it had to go.
While I was there I managed to get her to give me the mouse as well. She told me I wouldn't want it because it was and I quote "in pretty rough shape from being at the store." Of course at that point I certain I wanted the mouse. She said she knew the mouse was also pregnant. When I asked her where the mouse was she said "Oh, I've been keeping it in a bag in the closet because I don't want to look at it." She also told me she tried to kill the mouse by putting it in with the rat but it didn't work. She handed me the bag and without looking I took both the rat and the mouse out to my truck and left.
A few blocks away I pulled over and moved the rat out of the critter keeper into a carrier and the mouse into the critter keeper. I was appalled at the mouse's condition, very bad tail injuries. (Photo in the spoiler.)
They are both settling in now so I'll get better photos later.
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Cute little girl rat
Both have been weighed rat is 98 grams and the mouse is 30 grams. The mouse's tail has been cleaned up with some warm saline and is being treated with clavamox and ibuprofen. I can guarantee the mouse is not pregnant as it's a boy. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the rat isn't pregnant but will be watching her closley and weighing her daily. I will foster both of them, the mouse until he is healed and the rat until I'm certain she isn't pregnant and then I'll find them good homes.
