3 New Girls in our Home
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How much furor can be created by adopting 3 pretty little female hooded rats? Hmmm … let’s see … It was a nice drive, even if the weather wasn’t the greatest. The neighborhood we ended at was nice and the family that gave into our care the three girls were very nice and quite friendly. [...]
Open Questions to Harlan-Teklad
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Harlan-Teklad arguably manufactures one of the best, if not the best, rodent diets available. I use the word available very loosely here as it is not sold, to the best of my knowledge, in a retail environment approved by Harlan-Teklad. The big-box pet stores do not sell it; feed stores do not sell it; small [...]
When a "Sale" Price is More Not Less
It seems the french have it right … it seems a particular Canadian “big-box” retail furniture store’s name, in french, is a four-letter word, and I think I know why. OK, so this isn’t really rat related, but I’ve stewed on this long enough and something needs to be said. Mrs.Rattitude and I were looking [...]
Even a New Year’s Pet is Forever, Too!
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As important as anything else one must always be aware of what they are doing. Be aware of where you are going, be aware of what you are saying, and be aware of what you give … I bring this to light, yet again, the significance of giving a pet to an individual that may [...]
Forward to the Year of the Rat
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As we approach the Year of the Rat in 2008 (officially Feb 7, 2008 in western calendars) it still surprises me that there are people adopting mixed pair rats and claiming ignorance when they end up with an accidental litter. It really is rather simple. Most pet keepers will at least ask the question: what [...]
Animals Don’t Vote, Yet …
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… and still we have no laws that do more than pay lip service to animal welfare … I thought this quote put it in perspective: Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don’t vote. ~~ Paul Harvey Perhaps [...]
Christmas Pets Are Forever, Too!
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Every year I often wonder how our furry friends will fare … as much as the Christmas season is one of giving, sometimes the giving is not a good thing. It is with good intentions that people gift a “pet” to another person, but it is also an unfortunate fact that this pet could then [...]
Why?
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Sometimes I have to stop and give my head a good shake … then go back and re-read, and re-read again some things I find. It was with great sadness that I read a recent eulogy from a rat keeper. The rats appeared to have lead good lives. But, as can sometimes happen, all came [...]
Censhorship is Alive and Well @ RMCA.org
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The mods must be angry … Seems that you cannot stand up to the mods at RMCA.org unless you want to be censored, then banned … and have the forum rules quietly rewritten, without a dated notice of amendment, to justify your banning. This is MY experience with the forums at RMCA.org (mischief.rmca.org). The moderators, [...]
Pine, Cedar … No! Emphatically NO!
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Just something that has been bothering me for a while, and quite honestly I don’t know how much I will be able to do about it … but I’m going to at least try. I’m not going to go into all the details or studies about how “bad” aromatic wood is for rats. By aromatic [...]
