Fancy Rats Forum

There are some brilliant ideas in these sections... http://www.fancyratsforum.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=49 http://www.fancyratsforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=110&t=65 Most of which I have had a go at making for my lot. Just one thing you may wish to change once the ratties are use to their cage. Change fro...

I am not sure if their is a coat type for "soft fur" but one of our bucks Taz has, what I call, girly fur as his is very soft and silky.

Thank you as ever for the advice. I will do a full cage clean in the morning. I think some toilet roll pinata etc might be in order.

It is not due a clean yet, but as Mario passed away last night the other 3 seem awfully quiet. Luigi is constantly looking in the box where Mario slept and digging about in the substrate as if he is looking for him. Should I clean out the cage today to remove Mario's scent? would it help?

Thank you so much for all that Beri. I will get a urine test done just in case. We have not tried metacam , I was worried about starting it too early, as you say dosing would end up getting higher as time went on. He is booked in for a check with the vet on Tuesday but I do have a test kit so if any...

Hi Beri, I just copied exactly what is on the bottle. We use this for our dog and Mario one of our rats has developed HLD and I just wondered if the ingredients were ok, would it be worth trying a couple of drops (will have to calculate the exact amount of course). It worked so well for the dog and ...

Ammonium propionate E280 1000mg/kg Xanthan gum E415 32,800mg/kg Bromelain extract 76,000mg/kg Yucca Schidigera extract 76,000mg/kg D-glucose 30,000mg/kg These are the ingredients in Inflamex - this is the product we give our GSD who went off her legs nerly 2 years ago and it has given her a new leas...

Stritches to Ollie.

Thank you

Youngsters would be a problem. My son has decided he does not want any more ratties, so we have 4 elderly bucks all 30 months old.

Mario our 30 month old entire buck is loosing muscle tone on his back end :(. I have already re-arranged the cage layout for our Loki (also 30 months). Mario is starting to "shuffle" rather than walk about the cage and it all seems rather gradual. I am going to ring the vet Monday to get him checked...

awwww congratulations - of sorts. I hope all goes well with them.

Great news

So glad she is home. xx

OK I have never done this with rats, but it worked with ferrets. My problem was the ferrets digging at the carpet. Each time I picked on up and told them no, the second they went back down they were at the same spot digging. I was told that the contact was considered a reward, basically being picked...

So sorry for your loss. As said nothing is your fault and you may never know the reason why. Just remember Puzzle was well cared for and loved completely by you and Pocket. xx