Fancy Rats Forum

Hi all! I'm Rowan, I run a pet sitting business,Pads And Wags, with my partner Dave in the fenland area. We are located in Chatteris and cater to the surrounding area. We are fully insured for pet sitting and dog walking, and we are DBS checked. You can find more information about us, our services a...

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She's out! We basically destroyed our bath side un-peeling it and stuff but it'll all easy to fix :) She's back with her buddies and Im gonna make her some extra nice food!! Did you get her out? Bathrooms and kitchens are both big no-nos in our place for rats free-ranging, too many holes. I once had...

Firstly keep your loo seat down at all times. Secondly bath panels are really easy to remove. They will either be screwed on - possibly with caps over the screws which pull off - just remove the screws and it will come off. Some more modern ones which are just plastic are pushed in and will come aw...

Hey everyone! Toast has got herself into a dilemma and I need some advice. She's recently started hitting the floor, roaming around, having fun. I thought everything that was dangerous was blocked off. However last night she disappeared, we looked everywhere. Turns out behind out kitchen unit there'...

Down for me too Been trying to get some of my past ratties photos as I can't find some of them on my computer!

Completely forgot to add the vets I found in Ashford on here. They're amazing! Really friendly, reasonable priced and pretty knowledgeable plus they listen to you! Practice Name: Montgomery Vets Address: Evegate Business Park, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6SX Tel: 01303 813756 Fax: 01303 813759 Email...

I'll be able to foster from Novemberish I have an abode cage, lots of toys etc and a good vet nearby.

I also don't currently own any of my own so could be used as a go between if they need quarantining etc I'm near Faversham, Kent.

It's really interesting reading these replies, especially as some people have noticed a smell and others haven't. Weirdly, my Oz smells bad to me at the moment - a bit 'off'. My boyfriend can't smell it though so Im not sure if Im really smelling something different or not, but I do sniff the boys a...

Well, yeap now I feel weird/silly asking

It is possible that there were some underlying issues causing it but if that were the case I didn't notice any other symptom other than the smell!

Thanks for the replies

Hi everyone this has been something I've been thinking about for a while it was just so weird I never got around to posting it, plus at the time I felt like I was losing rats left right and center :( Have any of you noticed your rats seem to smell 'bad' before they pass away? The first rat I noticed...

I'm so sorry he didn't make it But remember you did everything you could for him

I think Dandelion might be missing a brain cell he will always eat Septrin in whatever it's mixed with but afterwards he always does this funny mouth thing were he things "Urgh". Silly boy, will still eat it the next time though

His spleen isn't as enlarged anymore, the vet was having a feel apparently and said it doesn't feel as large! :D So he's finishing of the course of antibiotics and I think from what my parents said he'll see him again in two weeks. Unless of course he gets bad again and then he'll go back sooner :lo...

Just to let you know I believe that ACE inhibitors shouldn't be given with NSAID pain killers. I was told not to do this when I had someone on both before :oops: Should be fine with ACE inhibitors, but NSAIDs can reduce the effectiveness of diuretics. Well, according to my vet - I asked this exact ...