Posted in Housing, Syrian Hamster, photographs on February 10, 2008 | No Comments »
I finally put Elvis in his new cage yesterday. It’s not really new, it’s the one I used for Sugar and the bubs from 2 - 4.5 weeks, but it’s really not big enough for rats but it’s a prety good size for a Syrian Hamster. I can also put a shelf in it which [...]
Posted in Housing, photographs on January 31, 2008 | No Comments »
I got my Duetto aviary last Thursday on the way back from my work meeting and we eventually set it up on Saturday. Me and my OH nearly fell out big time coz he had to ‘help’, which basically means taking over. He always helps with the fun bits but never manages to clean out [...]
Posted in Housing on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
I told you that a Duetto aviary was being reserved for me by the Inverness branch of my work (Pets at Home - ssshhh don’t tell anyone) didn’t I? Well, they said last Saturday that they would reserve it and to call them when my OH was collecting it and they would dismantle it. So, [...]
Posted in Healthcare, Housing, My Rats, photographs on January 18, 2008 | No Comments »
The new boys are continuing settling in fine. Bo took a couple of days but he’s now out and about and as brave as Luke. Luke has discovered the joys of hammocks and is nearly always in one, either alone or normally with Jools. They are still having a few spats but (cross fingers) nothing [...]
Posted in Behaviour, Housing, My Rats on January 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Well I picked up the new boys from work today. We checked with Inverness branch and I can adopt them, I need to sort out the paperwork on Monday.
I was very lazy and have put them in with Jools, Rupert and Charlie already. I’m not sure if that was a good idea but I let [...]
Posted in Housing, My Rats, Showing on January 4, 2008 | No Comments »
My first mission for 2008 is to sort out my caging situation.
My 6 girls in the Jenny just look too cramped for my liking - and now I need something suitable for 5 boys as well. What I really want is a large cage that can be split in two if required, so I can [...]
Posted in Housing, My Rats, Rescue on October 31, 2007 | No Comments »
I think I said before that part of our garage/workshop/shed has been partitioned off as a rat room/studio for me and the ratties. We moved in at the weekend. It’s really quite nice, it has two windows so has natural daylight and has central heating and a little convector heater that comes on during the [...]
Posted in Breeding, Housing, My Rats, Rescue on October 21, 2007 | No Comments »
I feel like a horrible person today - the baby rats have been removed from Sugar and split into boys and girls. I know they’re old enough and it needs to be done to prevent more rats needing homes, but I just keep thinking of those baby boys that can never play with their sisters [...]
Posted in Breeding, Housing, My Rats, Rescue on October 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I did another vid of the rat babies today - Baby rats. That’s what happens when the door opens on their cage.
It is an excellent vid showing how friendly they are. Just after I stopped filming, one of the girls fell off my arm and went under the chest of drawers. I could see her under there [...]
Posted in Housing, My Rats, Rescue on October 14, 2007 | No Comments »
Average kitten weight day 23 (yesterday) = 78.64g. Sugar’s weight = 365g.
Today was ratty clean-out day in my house. Sometimes I feel like I spend all my time cleaning out animals - I clean out the pets at work Monday to Friday, this week I did Saturday too then came home and cleaned out the [...]
