..::Rat~Chat::.. {Note On Page 11}

[pij4p4i3o]

Two new ratties x]

Aristotle and Galileo.

Both white.

Galileo's chillin' in my hoodie.

[DeckOfCards]

Cool. I always thought Aristotle was a cool name... not that that's relevant...

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I decided to bump this up a teeny bit. I'm quite fond of rats, and I'm hoping to get three fancy rats in the next few years or so. Better ask my mother, though. Heheh. Come to think of it, I haven't told her. -trumps out of the topic to tell.-

~ v i v i d

[LissaJo]

Still no babies. Ive had her 3 weeks so i think she absorbed the babies

[Sadies]

Still no babies. Ive had her 3 weeks so i think she absorbed the babies

Rat pregnancy lasts about 21-24 days so she could just be late.

[smart cat]

Oh yay a rat topic! I've been looking for one. c: I'll try to post pictures the second I find my phone...

I have two rats named Salt and Checkers, and yes, I know what you're thinking, "Why not Salt and Pepper?" It's a long story. In a nutshell, my friend had two gerbils named Salt and Pepper and Pepper ended up... eating Salt. I was a bit cautious that if a named small lil' Checkers 'Pepper' that she would eat Salt, but I highly doubt that. Salt is her big sister after all! C:<
Anyways, I'm a bit nervous because I have them on liquid medications. I bought them at a popular pet store, and they started sneezing a lot. I took them into the vet and he said to give them some medicine for about a week just in case it became/was Respiratory Infection. Fourth day I've had them on it, and had them altogether, and they're still sneezing pretty bad. I thought progress would start showing after five days or so, should I be worried? Also, what's the best way to give them the stuff? It's almost impossible to get them to eat it, and when I mix it with there food they try to find the food that doesn't have the medication on it. I was able to give them some with there snacks, but I don't want to give them unhealthy snacks too often. Any ideas other than mixing it with peanut butter or with their regular food?

@LissaJo- Hopefully Luna's children will be perfect and healthy! c:

[pij4p4i3o]

Oh yay a rat topic! I've been looking for one. c: I'll try to post pictures the second I find my phone...

I have two rats named Salt and Checkers, and yes, I know what you're thinking, "Why not Salt and Pepper?" It's a long story. In a nutshell, my friend had two gerbils named Salt and Pepper and Pepper ended up... eating Salt. I was a bit cautious that if a named small lil' Checkers 'Pepper' that she would eat Salt, but I highly doubt that. Salt is her big sister after all! C:<
Anyways, I'm a bit nervous because I have them on liquid medications. I bought them at a popular pizza store, and they started sneezing a lot. I took them into the vet and he said to give them some medicine for about a week just in case it became/was Respiratory Infection. Fourth day I've had them on it, and had them altogether, and they're still sneezing pretty bad. I thought progress would start showing after five days or so, should I be worried? Also, what's the best way to give them the stuff? It's almost impossible to get them to eat it, and when I mix it with there food they try to find the food that doesn't have the medication on it. I was able to give them some with there snacks, but I don't want to give them unhealthy snacks too often. Any ideas other than mixing it with peanut butter or with their regular food?

@LissaJo- Hopefully Luna's children will be perfect and healthy! c:

My ratty seems to have a URI as well, he needs some Doxy x[ I've got a humidifier going in my room, and have been keeping him all hydrated and whatnot. Try baby food, something strong like strawberry or raspberry ^-^

[smart cat]

My ratty seems to have a URI as well, he needs some Doxy x[ I've got a humidifier going in my room, and have been keeping him all hydrated and whatnot. Try baby food, something strong like strawberry or raspberry ^-^

I'll try that soon! At least Salt is showing some progress with the stuff, but Checkers is still sneezing a lot. It might be because she's so small, I really don't know. D:

[DeckOfCards]

D'awww. Perhaps it's the bedding? My rats would sneeze and sneeze until I changed the bedding, then they stopped. <3

[smart cat]

Hopefully not, or then the pet store would be lying to me. XD
Don't worry, I asked the pet store a survey of questions about what I would need. I got the bedding that they recommended for rats, so hopefully it's not that. Maybe I need to dust, hmm.