Posted in My Rats, Rescue, in memorium, photographs on April 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I had to have Burmickity put to sleep on Monday. She went downhill very quickly on Sunday and could no longer lift herself up to get in the food bowl and she was even struggling with eating soft food. She was falling over whenever she washed herself or turned round and she looked so sad and confused [...]
Posted in Rescue on January 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Did you get a new phone for Christmas? Are you always throwing away ink cartridges? Well you can now send your old mobiles and ink and toner cartridges off for them to be recycled and raise money for Cavy Rescue, which is a small animal rescue that are very active in rat rescue. Their website [...]
Posted in Behaviour, My Rats, Rescue, Videos on December 22, 2007 | No Comments »
I forgot to upload this video when I filmed it. It was taken the day before I delivered Cinnamon and Doughnut to their new homes, so the last time the girls got to play together
Here it is: Enjoy! Baby girl rats playing (age 10 weeks)
I also have to tell you this little story [...]
Posted in Rescue on December 16, 2007 | No Comments »
Well the last time I updated this I still had all the babies. The three boys and the black hooded and champagne roan girls have now gone to their new homes. I left the two girls running round the sofa of their new home with one of the girl rats they’re going to live with and [...]
Posted in Rescue, photographs on December 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I spent a couple of hours yesterday taking some piccies of the babies (that are now 10 weeks old!!) before they go off to their new homes on Wednesday and Saturday. In total I took 176 photographs, but not many of them were any good. Here are some of the better ones.
Hannah’s boys:
Ottis:
Remy:
Jango:
Elizabeth’s girls:
Doughnut:
Cinnamon:
Roger’s girls:
Champagne [...]
Posted in My Rats, Rescue, photographs on November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I had the camera in the rat room yesterday, so took a few piccies of some of the ratties. I am planning on doing a (hopefully) decent photoshoot of the ‘babies’ before they go to their new homes, so there will be more of them soon. But for now….
Burmickity showing how beautiful she is
And again, [...]
Posted in Behaviour, Rescue on November 23, 2007 | No Comments »
However I don’t think my baby girls are! Since splitting up Sugar and her group from my other girls Sugar and co have been in the Jenny which is in the play area. I don’t like it being there as the other rats can get on the cage and stress out Sugar, Fogwatt and Burmickity causing [...]
Posted in Behaviour, Rescue on November 18, 2007 | No Comments »
I currently have Steve’s parents staying with us which is great (and i’m not just saying this in case they read it!). Steve’s mum has always been quite fascinated by the rats and thinks they are incredibly spoiled and laughed at me with the tea tray! Yesterday, she came into the rat room with a [...]
Posted in Breeding, Healthcare, My Rats, Rescue on November 17, 2007 | No Comments »
I weighed the babies yesterday, just as a matter of interest. They were eight weeks old on Thursday and the boys especially are getting really big. The girls aren’t growing nearly as much, i’m hoping this is normal. So, at 8 weeks, 1 day, fatty ratties weigh:
Boys:
Rupert (black hoody, keeping) - 329g
Jools (black hoody, keeping) [...]
Posted in Breeding, Healthcare, My Rats, Rescue on November 16, 2007 | No Comments »
I am pleased to say Tinkerbell and Sugar both came round fine from their spay and seem to be doing fine. They were eating and drinking as soon as they got home and were even cuddled up together!
They were being ever so cute together - Sugar was led over Tinks, guarding her like she did [...]
