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- Sun Apr 03, 2016 9:10 pm
- Forum: Behaviour
- Topic: Female intro help!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1991
Re: Female intro help!
Thanks for the replies. Caza66, she seems very healthy, no obvious signs of illness, and I'm not 100% sure she is 2, she definitely seems younger as our older girls don't come into season anymore. Its good to know you've had positive experience with a spay :) Amy, Mina lived with a big group of rats...
- Sat Apr 02, 2016 10:59 pm
- Forum: Behaviour
- Topic: Female intro help!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1991
Female intro help!
Hi everyone, I'm after a bit of advice re female intros. Me and the OH picked up an older girl Mina as company for our old girl Nema a month or so ago when her other cage mate passed away. Mina and Nema traveled home together (approx 2 hours) in a carrier with no issues at all and we thought great, ...
- Fri Mar 25, 2016 7:57 am
- Forum: Show your set up
- Topic: SRS/Explorer/Ferret & Critter Nation/Aventura style cages
- Replies: 83
- Views: 65366
Re: SRS/Explorer/Ferret & Critter Nation/Aventura style cage
Wooo so after 8/9 years of keeping rats I've finally done away with the furret towers (which are great spaces but a frickin nightmare to clean!) and got the SRS! I've wanted one for soooo long and I'm not disappointed with it. The access is great and our girlies are loving the space! Still got a few...
- Thu Aug 15, 2013 9:42 pm
- Forum: Health
- Topic: Too old for an op?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2279
Re: Too old for an op?
Thanks all, and fingers crossed for your oldie Daffee 

- Thu Aug 15, 2013 1:19 am
- Forum: Health
- Topic: Too old for an op?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2279
Re: Too old for an op?
Just to update, Tifa went in for her Op last week, her lump got rather large quite quickly and she sailed through, there were 2 lumps growing next to each other apparently! Shes absolutely fine now and back to her cheeky old self again. Altho she really hates having her meds and squeals at us, but b...
- Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:24 am
- Forum: Health
- Topic: Too old for an op?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2279
Too old for an op?
Yesterday I found a mammary lump on Tifa, my oldest girl. She's just over 3 now which is amazing. I'm in a bit of a dilemma about whether to chance an op or not. I know the risks of any op and being older the risks will be higher. Tifa is the healthiest rat I have ever owned. She has never once show...
- Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:09 am
- Forum: Health
- Topic: Why are tumors like buses?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1548
Re: Why are tumors like buses?
I'm very very relieved to say both Boo and Agnes sailed through their ops today and are snuggled up together tonight.
Now I just need to hope they leave their stitches alone!!

Now I just need to hope they leave their stitches alone!!


- Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:51 am
- Forum: Health
- Topic: Why are tumors like buses?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1548
Re: Why are tumors like buses?
Our Booboo

Agnes in the middle

And Winter


Agnes in the middle

And Winter


- Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:29 am
- Forum: Health
- Topic: Why are tumors like buses?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1548
Why are tumors like buses?
Not had any for a good 6 months (yay!) and now we've had 3 pop up within the last couple of weeks. Winters already been in and had hers off last week shes done really well and was pinging in the hospital cage a few hours after we bought her home and its healing nicely :) Boo and Agnes are booked in ...
- Sun Sep 09, 2012 2:26 pm
- Forum: Health
- Topic: Depressed post op rattie
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2008
Re: Depressed post op rattie
We lost her last night!
I can't beleive it.
I thought she was just a bit depressed but it looks like that last op really took it out of her. I feel so bad for putting her through it all now.
Good bye my precious little girl, we tried our best for you xxx

I thought she was just a bit depressed but it looks like that last op really took it out of her. I feel so bad for putting her through it all now.

Good bye my precious little girl, we tried our best for you xxx
- Sat Sep 08, 2012 10:41 pm
- Forum: Health
- Topic: Depressed post op rattie
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2008
Re: Depressed post op rattie
She was very out of it when we picked her up yesterday (her op was fairly late in the afternoon and lasted a long time apparently). But she hasn't picked up today like most normally do so can only assume shes been through so much and with the new cone really is feeling fed up! She's on Loxicom for p...
- Sat Sep 08, 2012 6:54 pm
- Forum: Health
- Topic: Depressed post op rattie
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2008
Depressed post op rattie
My girl Stitch (who is very aptly named!) is not a happy rattie right now. She's had 3 lump removals in about the last month and a bit, 2 of these in the last week. She had to be re stitched twice more on one of them as she keeps pulling the stitches out. The vet even put in staples but she'd had th...
Re: Seizures
I'm not sure if I should take him back to the vets on account of "he had zithromax and it's not worked, try something else" and pump him full of more medication, or just kind of leave him to it. I'd definately suggest going back to the vets to advise this. There are so many unlicensed meds for rats...
Re: Seizures
David said that Thor never seemed to react badly to the Zithromax before, when he was fostered with us while you were on holiday. He was being syringed by mouth with his dose daily, always took and ate a choccy straight after and never showed a bad reaction to the meds. Is it possible to build up a ...
- Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:48 pm
- Forum: Health
- Topic: Yet more questions about resp issues...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3387
Re: Yet more questions about resp issues...
This is very true!SadakoStacey wrote:You'll find that if you only have shredded paper on the base of the cage that it'll vet very soggy and extremely stinky quite rapidly!!
