Fancy Rats Forum

Thank you for the reply, I some alternative bribery food for Polly :roll: We are back at the vets tonight as she only seems to want to eat soft foods, bit concerned about that, she is not eating much seed, so I want to know if anything else is going on with Polly at the moment. I will give the meds ...

Hi, Polly is on a combination of the above for a chest infection, can I give her the two together mixed or would it be better to take them seperate, Polly is getting a bit wise to me disguising them in baby food/a little bit of sponge cake, she will take the first dose ok, just a bit reluctant to ta...

Thank you for the replies

i have discovered a vets surgery close to me that runs a clinic on a Saturday afternoon and a clinic on Sundays, they are also open from 7.30am until 9.00pm Monday to Friday. I am very happy with the vets that I am with and have no thoughts on leaving them, but on a Saturday afternoon they are shut ...

I did some research on here when one of my rats developed a lump and found that people had opted for Galastop rather than surgery. I spoke to my vet and he had recently read a paper on Galastop and he was quite happy to prescribe it.

Have you tried galastop, to see if it slows/stops the tumour growth? It is expensive, but cheaper than an op. Lynne on here has used it with great success. Hi, I have used Galastop quite a few times for my ratties. My last girl who had a mammory tumour was on it for about a year and it did slow the...

So sorry for your loss.

Sorry to hear this Jackie, I have had four lovely ratties from you in the past and they have been fantastic. We adopted Amber and Rosie from you at Alijanes infamous tea party where nearly everyone went home with more than they came with :D and then we adopted Blossom and Ruby from you about a year ...

My neutered boy Ollie is quite lazy, he is quite happy to lay in his hammock and let me hand feed him rather than going to get food himself with the girls

Have you thought of asking your vet for Galastop, it can help reduce lumps or in some cases they can disappear altogether. I have used Galastop for when my does have had lumps and have good results, it saves putting them through surgery.

I would like to give my rats some hay, can anyone recommend a good quality one please?

I like that, off to Charity shop in lunch hour tomorrow

So sorry for your loss.

I am so sorry for your losses, sending hugs xx

I agree with Mary - post-castraton, if his normal cage for now is without friends, I would go back asap. Offer a floor-style bed if you're worried, but I wouldn't bother too much because as said, the wound isn't in a location where climbing will interfere with healing. Thank you acapae_wolf. Puttin...