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 Showing on October 1, 2007 | No Comments »
I went to my first rat show on Saturday. It was a joint SRC / NFRS show, held in Livingston. I stayed over at Becky and Scott’s on Friday and Saturday nights to reduce the travelling time from 5 1/2 hours to 3 1/2 hours!
It was quite a good day. I chatted to a few [...]
Posted in Showing on September 12, 2007 | No Comments »
I am going to my first ever rat show on 29th September. It’s a joint SRC/NFRS show and is being heald in Livingstone, Edinburgh. I am a bit nervous as I don’t know anyone, but also really excited. Karren, the show secretary was asking for volunteers today to supervise the agility, so I put my [...]
Posted in My Rats, Showing on July 2, 2007 | No Comments »
My membership pack for the NFRS arrived on Saturday. It contained a smart little binder, a rat care sheet, show rules and regulations and a copy of the newsletter Pro-Rat-a. I haven’t read all of the newsletter yet, i’ve been away for the weekend, but there seems to be some interesting articles in there. I [...]
Posted in Showing on June 26, 2007 | No Comments »
I asked on the fancy rats forum today about the terms I was unsure of and I think I understand now.
One of the things was a ‘tail stop’. This is relevant to marked varieties that should have white on their tales. The tail stop is the demarcation line.
In the show results were results of the [...]
Posted in Showing on June 25, 2007 | No Comments »
Well I got my Scottish Rat Club newsletter through the post today so I guess that makes me a fully paid up member of the SRC. It was quite an interesting little booklet with show results in which were interesting to read because of all the judges comments, though i’m not sure what some of [...]
Posted in Showing on June 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Today I posted my membership forms and subscription fees to join the Scottish Rat Club (SRC) and the National Fancy Rat Society (NFRS). This means that I will now be able to enter rats in shows organised by both of those clubs and I will get newsletters from both of them. I’m looking forward to [...]
