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Has anyone had to make a makeshift cage on short notice? I can't find anyone to take care of my boys while I'm gone so I might have to bring them with me. I have a small pet taxi to travel with them, but it's waaaaay too small to keep them in for more than just the car trip. I can't bring my normal cage because the drat thing is so big. On another note, who else has problems with their rats pushing things off upper shelves? I feel like mine are super bare, but anytime I put something up there they shove it off almost right away. I'm afraid they're going to squish each other or get hurt falling with something.
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Aug 4, 2010 07:19
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Thankfully, I found some one to watch my boys while I was gone. Now I have until November to find a smaller cage so they can come home with me over Thanksgiving and Christmas. They did a nice redecorating number while I was gone though. Tissue everywhere, igloo and cardboard houses on their sides, litterbox in the opposite corner. They even buried one of the food bowls so well I thought the girl watching them had taken it out. Silly rats 
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Aug 12, 2010 04:03
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Speaking of babies, the fish/rodent store near me has baby boys right now and I want all of them because they are so soft  and I have room for a billionty thousand rats (ok, really like 6 and I have 3 already) but I shouldn't get them because they will cost monies and my fattie will probably be mean to them... nnnnggghh please help tell me I can't have them. And I have to go back tomorrow to get an application anyway, so I can't just not see them. gently caress.
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Oct 28, 2010 05:23
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Well, as soon as it has gotten cold one of my boys is making the saddest wheezes ever  And he doesn't decide to do it this morning, nope, I didn't see it until around 4:30, so all the vets are closed/ can't get him in. Oh, and I'm supposed to be going to a 3 day conference tomorrow. Please don't die Mr. Fredrickson!What can I do for him until I can get him in tomorrow morning? I have some water bottles that I could heat up to put in there if he wants them and he's been huddling in his hammock. He's still eating, not terribly lethargic and he's not mucousy.
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Nov 2, 2010 23:05
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Big Bug Hug posted:All of my guys have had wheezing probs at some time or another. If it gets bad I always give them steam. Just take them in the bathroom and shut the doors and steam up the room while the rat sits with me for about 10 minutes wondering what on earth we're doing. Sorry for the rant, the vet just really pissed me off and I felt bad for bringing my poor boy to an idiot when he felt bad. And I can't even take care of him right now because I'm at a conference until Friday afternoon. I love my bf, but he is not as good with them as I am and I am worried about them (mostly because the space heater I have going may burn my house down  )
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Nov 5, 2010 00:00
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Big Bug Hug posted:That sucks, I don't blame you for being cheesed off. I have birds as well as rats and its surprising how many vets don't know how to handle or treat birds either. I always ask "do you have experience dealing with rats(or birds, as applicable)?" Before making an appointment. Yeah, the first question I asked when I called them (back in June, right after I got them) was if they saw rats/ had rat patients. I'm guessing now they just said yes so they could get my money, or they assumed it would be like a tiny dog/cat  He's actually just fine now, he was pretty much 100% by Wednesday afternoon. I think he was just cold so now there's a space heater in my room (my goddamn roommates and our thermostat war is a whole other issue). I'll have to keep the bird antibiotics in mind if I need some again, but by the time I make it to town to buy them (~ 1 1/2 hrs to a well stocked pet store) I could probably just get more from the vet. On a better note, my bf learned that you cannot leave the baby food in the cage if you are not directly watching it. When he looked back/when to get some more Percy had his whole head stuck in the jar and was covered in carrot puree. Silly rat that is for sneezy, not you!
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Nov 8, 2010 05:23
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Two of mine stash their food as soon as I put it in their cage. I came in from class one night and couldn't believe they'd eaten all their food while I was gone, but the fat one was just sitting on it and keeping it all for himself in a corner. I picked up a Superpet cage for $20 off of craigslist last weekend. Whoop whoop, now I can take them home over break instead of finding a babysitter! My mom is terrified of them, so we'll see how it goes. Has anyone else taken rats on a long car ride (8 hrs)? They'll have the whole cage to ride in and I'll be putting a sheet down over my car seat. Is there something I should do to make them more comfortable? I found pictures of them the other day when I was taking pictures of a spider.  Is that food? Are you food?  Go away.  Quick, make a run for it! 
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Nov 18, 2010 22:55
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Does anyone else use this Eco bedding stuff from Petsmart? I got some because it was cheaper and was supposed to expand more than Carefresh and my fatty hates it with a burning passion. I come home everyday to find the food bowl full of it. As soon as I empty it he climbs down to the bottom and starts filling it up again like I'm supposed to get rid of it for him. It's not cutting his feet or anything, but I guess the thin edge could be sharp to walk on? It's been almost a month now rat, you don't even get out of the hammock, why do you care?
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Feb 28, 2011 18:25
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Mine didn't do it with the carefresh. Maybe a piece in the empty bowl, but this is ridiculous. Almost all the bedding will be in the bowl and on the shelf around it. It's just the one boy. I probably won't change it because as much as it frustrates me when I'm trying to see how much food they have, watching him carrying mouthfuls of bedding bigger than his head up and down is pretty funny.
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Mar 1, 2011 17:53
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I've been giving one of my boys antibiotics since about the 7th and he's still not getting over his respiratory infection. I feel so bad too because he won't eat it and I have to manhandle him to give them to him. He never liked me as much as the other 2 and now he REALLY hates me and hides and screams when I pull him out of the cage if he sees the medicine bottle. Of course the other 2 are scrabbling at the bars to get out and get to the DELICIOUS medicine OMG GIVEITGIVEIT I just hope he gets better soon
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Apr 19, 2011 17:09
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Jin Wicked posted:Have you tried mixing the medicine into baby food or something else he likes? Yeah, I tried several kinds of baby food. The first medicine had a nasty flavor anyway, so they gave us a different kind after I spilled most of it while trying to give it to him (struggling rat + open bottle on floor = bad). Now he's got bubble gum flavored amoxicillin (1ml 2x a day), pretty much the same thing they give to little kids. He took it for a while then turned his nose up at it again. He won't eat it unless it's pretty diluted into food and I don't have time to try to hand feed him that much baby food twice a day. If he's not any better by the end of this round I'll have to take him back to the vet anyway, so maybe they'll suggest nebulizer meds then.
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Apr 19, 2011 19:24
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