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Haji posted:and I imagine that would not be a nice experience for the rat. Might not be a nice experience for the cat either, rats can deliver pretty nasty bites if they want to.
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Ssthalar posted:Might not be a nice experience for the cat either, rats can deliver pretty nasty bites if they want to. Glad I kept them apart for everyone's sake then. No damage done to anyone, but my cat's feelings were definitely hurt that I took away the biggest mouse he's ever seen.
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Could also have been a wild rat that ate poison? Here in Europe at least, the laws about the type of poisons they are allowed to use did get more strict, because that poo poo gets into the ecosystem. The downside according to the exterminators is that you get a lot of rats running around in a daze for a long time before dying. ... Or maybe it just had a cold 
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Actually, we've started graduating from rat poison to Saw-style nightmare impalement contraptions in the sewer pipes.
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Ugh! That's terrible.
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Keep in mind that if it's a wild rat and it's trying to get into your place, just putting it back outside achieves literally nothing.
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well, Ted's dead. No idea why. He was fine for 3 months, he was drinking last night, but he died within the last couple hours since his body wasn't even stiff yet when I went to pick him up a minute ago. I wish I could have been there for him.
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Captain Invictus posted:Keep in mind that if it's a wild rat and it's trying to get into your place, just putting it back outside achieves literally nothing. It end up just randomly running around the front yard forever as if lost. So we caught her again and relocated her to an abandoned building in our neighborhood. A bank owned house that is falling apart. It's a real wreck but it's a good shelter for the rat. I also learned the lesson that I shouldn't just leave my front door open all day. Wild animals will come inside. So.. Rat successfully relocated and reoccurrence less likely.
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I'm going to be moving in a week. Is there anything I should know about how to make this move as stress free as possible for two hamsters? They will need to be in the car for at least an hour.
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Keep ac on, don't put a water bottle in the carrier as it will leak and, throw a slice of cucumber in the cage for hydration.
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Mar 26, 2017 06:08
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Cover cages with sweaters or blankets. An hour is no biggie, they'll be fine.
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Mar 28, 2017 21:21
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I feel like I haven't posted my new wee babe enough, tbh I still miss my special girl Cc and I haven't been giving Obi the attention she deserves, she's excellent and has come on so far from the scared little girl we adopted   Wee dwarf (deaf-blind) ham Poe is old and bald and wobbly so I don't want to post pics of him but he's doing his best 
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Both hams are moved safely. They both didn't like the idea of waking up during the day to go into the bottom part of their cages for transport. Clover was straight up ready to fight. But they handled the car trip and the setup at the new place well. I m going to give them a few quiet days to get adjusted.
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I don't normally get to gush about hamsters where it would be more appreciated, so I hope people don't mind a bit of pic spamming. I have two Chinese hamsters gifted by my girlfriend and I've had them for a little over 1 1/2 years now. Seeing them active at night always brings a little joy and hearing them run on their wheel helps me go to sleep. They're also the chillest hamsters I've had to date, though they're on the shy side.  Here's them just chilling next to each other! You can tell which one is more reserved,  and she usually likes to just chill around my neck and flop like a pancake.  I hear Chinese hamsters like hiding around the neck area for some reason, and these two are no exception.  This one is not only an escape artist, sometimes I'll catch her sitting upright, washing her paws.  I also discovered they like to sort of just hang or cling onto you like koalas. It's super cute!  They just sort of hang there quietly and stare. My dwarves never would've stayed still for a picture like this. 
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If you have a cage mounted wheel for something like a chinchilla, make sure you have enough space on either side of it for a chilla to slide off. Pippette the Chinchilla got crushed last night, breaking almost every bone in her body because her sister ran in the wheel when she was on top. It still doesn't feel real. I want to prevent anyone else from the same heartbrrak.
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What the gently caress
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Say hello to Barry
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Hello Barry!
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I don't like the look Barry's giving me, he's clearly up to no good.
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Captain Invictus posted:Say hello to Barry First I'm gonna get free. Then I'm gonna gently caress you right up, human. 
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Apr 24, 2017 18:23
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Please tell Barry from me that he is a cutie pie tiny fuzz man and I like his face
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I clipped Barry's teeth the other day and he went full crazy panic and aerial peed all over me and started machine gunning poops out all over the place. "If you're gonna make me uncomfortable I'm gonna piss and poo poo allllll over you human", basically. Gonna take a picture of Boobie, so named because his first action upon crawling into my shirt after i got him was to bite my moob as hard as possible He's way more chill now though and a real sweetie, he's all black except his paws which are white, and he's got a white streak down his belly
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Captain Invictus posted:Say hello to Barry He looks super cute. Here's a picture of a cute mouse I saw playing mini golf in Brussels.
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Captain Invictus posted:Say hello to Barry Hello Barry He looks like he is trying his hardest to pose for the picture.
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I have a question, Sometimes we take our dwarf hamster Mariette out of her cage, but inside her house/nest with the roof off. When you pet her a little while, she starts to make little noises that are hard to describe. Tiny clicking squeaks? It's very adorable, but does it mean "I like this, I'm cosy here in my little nest" or rather "go find your own nest, hairless giant". It looks like she's relaxed (as relaxed as she gets), but I don't know.
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mrfart posted:Here's a picture of a cute mouse I saw playing mini golf in Brussels. How did it hold the club without opposable thumbs?
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Jedit posted:How did it hold the club without opposable thumbs? I'm glad I wasn't the only one who had that as their first thought. I was very tempted to post "So what did it score?" and decided against it.
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Jedit posted:How did it hold the club without opposable thumbs? Yeah that was it's 'handicap'
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I think Jasper has plateaued in growth. He got pretty big though! Babby Jas:  Big Jas: 
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Royal W posted:I think Jasper has plateaued in growth. He got pretty big though! He is very perfectly sized and very beautiful Xpost: teenytinymouse posted:I am better at hams than plants hello child I will open the cage to pet your very soft marbled fur
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I forgot to post pictures of Boobie so here they are. It took about 80 shots before I got a handful of decent ones, basically anytime he was anywhere but my hand, he would immediately start moving. He wanted nothing to do with the camera.     almost every single other one looked like this or worse   everything in focus except the constantly-moving hamster
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Nibbler, you're drunk. Go home.
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So my girlfriend and I have a chinchilla, N00blet. Here is a GIF of her: And as she usually looks:  And one of her bi-pedalling:  Anywho, my GF got her as a rescue in 2010/11, at which point she was pregnant (didn't know that at the time; a friend of ours has her son). Point being, we don't know her exact age, though our (and the vet's) best guess is about 10. We're thinking of getting another chinchilla, and were wondering if she's still fertile (as would be a consideration if we get a male). Do chinchillas tend to stay fertile throughout their lives, or does it drop off around a certain age? Also, on that note, does anyone know of any chinchilla rescues (or breeders) in or around the SF Bay Area? My GF got N00blet from Sacramento, so we're perfectly fine with a half-day drive.
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Yes, she would still be fertile at 10 years old. She would be capable of breeding well into her teens, and likely could get pregnant her entire life. You pretty much have to get another female if you don't want babies and don't want to neuter the male(which is generally not a good idea, they handle surgery very poorly). Getting 2 females to get along can sometimes be tricky though, so be prepared for a long acclimation period. I know you said you wanted to get another rescue, but it would be a lot lot easier to introduce a young, just weened female compared to an adult. Female chinchillas have very strong maternal instincts and will more easily accept a female that they partially raised.
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Probably not the right thread, looking for some reassurance mostly. I have a young guinea pig, about 6 months old, who has a broken hind leg, I took him to an exotics vet, he got a radiograph, the break is right above his ankle. They said that splinting it might cause more harm, if it heals straight, he might not be able to use the leg normally afterwards. They gave him a simple bandage around the joint, and a weeks worth of Meticam. He wiggled out of the bandage the 2nd day, which they warned me would probably happen. They said it was a stable fracture, and that he would probably heal on his own with limited movement. He has been eating, drinking, pooping ect. pretty normally. I've had him in solitary confinement since the break, in a small petstore cage, and he still moves around to eat and drink, so he seems to be doing alright... It's been 5 days since his accident, his checkup is supposed to be July 1st. Does anyone have any advice? Should I ask for another bandage or splint? The vet said that a pin wouldn't be nesessary. I just want to make sure he will heal up and live to his fullest.
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If you're uncertain you should of course ask, that is what you're paying for.
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Thanks for the reply, I guess I was just wondering if anyone else had experiences with broken bones in a small animal. I looked around on some other sites, but alot of the threads I found were from younger people who's parents didn't want to take the pig to the vet at all, so I didn't really find an answer to how well their animal healed. It's not that I don't trust the vet, just that this is the first time I've had guinea pigs, and I've never delt with a broken bone, so I'm probably overthinking it. He has been pretty perky today, wheeking for food and attention, so I think it's affecting me, more than him.
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the beatles - Amnesiac posted:It's been 5 days since his accident, his checkup is supposed to be July 1st. I've had pigs for a long time but never had one with a broken bone. But, I do think you should call the vet and ask if you should bring him back in to have the bandage redone. I think waiting another 2 weeks could result in it not healing correctly. Or it could be fine, I'm not really sure, but at the very least I think you should give the vet a call and let them know what his current situation is.
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Finally found a chew toy that satisfies Runty's fascination with wooden balls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvdHUUmQ8uw That large one in the center should last her a while.
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Coleslaw is doing great! His leg seems to be healing fine, I saw him using it to scratch himself, so I gave him a bit of floor time. He is still favoring it some, but he's running about like a mad man, just so happy to have some space to move! He still has a week in his little cage before his checkup, so I'm still going to play it safe, but it gives me a lot of hope to see him doing so well. Can't wait until I have to deep-clean the cage and manage his re-introduction with with his buddy, Copper. They've been talking to eachother the whole time though, so hopefully it goes smoothly!
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