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WELCOME!
This site will be dedicated to offering humane education about those "little guys" with an emphasis on rat education.
Any opinions, statements, etc... are not necessarily shared by me, or any of the other people contributing to or posting on this site or on the forum.
I am neither a rescue nor a breeder. I simply aim to offer humane education and appropriate small animal care information to the best of my ability. You can find links to rescue organizations and breeders on my links page.
My primary goal is to offer a voice to those who cannot speak for themselves...
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Do you have a rattie that you need to re-home?
Are you having behavioral issues that you need to work out?
Contact me-I may have some options or ideas for you.
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Contact me-I may have some options or ideas for you.
FEATURED FURRY:
Janelle
From Janelle's Mommy:
Janelle came into my home when she was just a few months old. She instantly caught my eye with her sweet cream mask instead of her “normal” black and white cage mates. When the associate that was helping me took her out of her cage and handed her to me, she relaxed and looked about a bit before climbing up my shirt and perching on my shoulder.
I fell in love instantly.
A year later I noticed a hard growth on her right rear flank. As it was so small I wasn’t concerned at first until it grew huge and started to hinder her movement and general care. So I took her to my local animal hospital. I had brought her there a time before because she had fractured her leg (probably because she was so busy climbing on her cage that she got a paw caught).
The vet there took a look at her and gave me two options.
Leave it alone and risk it rupturing and killing her OR
Have it surgically removed and give her a longer lifespan and return to her mobility and her ability to care for herself.
Of course I chose the second option.
Now she is wandering around in her “quarantine” 10 gallon fish tank scratching at her cone (or the “satellite dish” as dubbed by one of my co-workers who saw her photo) in a desperate attempt to remove the annoying thing. She’s now got a little bald patch on top of her head; probably because of stress from being in a strange environment and because of the cone. She is basically eating chicken and beef baby food and mashed up pellets from her normal feed until she gets her cone removed.
Everything is healing up quite well and hopefully within a week or so she will be able to have that dang cone removed and possibly be put back in her normal cage. I am planning on possibly getting her a cage mate or two so that she can have others to play with while I am away working my new fulltime job. She will be my first and favorite little ratter, but I know now that she will not be my last rat.
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Coming Soon!
I will be adding a page later with great stories of rescue/adoption. They need not be limited to rats- all animals have cool stories- Start sending me yours!
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I have a lot of stuff that I am working on, so be sure to stop by my "odds and ends" page and see what's new, or contact me if you have something you think I should know!!
Just a Rat
Written by Richard A. Biby
From time to time, people tell me, "lighten up, it's just a rat," or, "that's a lot of money for just a rat."
They don't understand the distance traveled, the time spent, or the costs involved for "just a rat."
Some of my proudest moments have come about with "just a rat."
Many hours have passed and my only company was "just a rat," but I did not once feel slighted.
Some of my saddest moments have been brought about by "just a rat," and in those days of darkness, the gentle touch of "just a rat" gave me comfort and reason to overcome the day.
If you, too, think it's "just a rat," then you will probably understand phrases like "just a friend," "just a sunrise," or "just a promise."
"Just a rat" brings into my life the very essence of friendship, trust, and pure unbridled joy.
"Just a rat" brings out the compassion and patience that make me a better person.
Because of "just a rat", I will rise early, take long walks and look longingly to the future.
So for me and folks like me, it's not "just a rat" but an embodiment of all the hopes and dreams of the future, the fond memories of the past, and the pure joy of the moment.
"Just a rat" brings out what's good in me and diverts my thoughts away from myself and the worries of the day.
I hope that someday they can understand that it's not "just a rat", but the thing that gives me humanity and keeps me from being "just a man or woman."
So the next time you hear the phrase "just a rat" just smile...because they "just don't understand."
________________________________________________________________________Written by Richard A. Biby
From time to time, people tell me, "lighten up, it's just a rat," or, "that's a lot of money for just a rat."
They don't understand the distance traveled, the time spent, or the costs involved for "just a rat."
Some of my proudest moments have come about with "just a rat."
Many hours have passed and my only company was "just a rat," but I did not once feel slighted.
Some of my saddest moments have been brought about by "just a rat," and in those days of darkness, the gentle touch of "just a rat" gave me comfort and reason to overcome the day.
If you, too, think it's "just a rat," then you will probably understand phrases like "just a friend," "just a sunrise," or "just a promise."
"Just a rat" brings into my life the very essence of friendship, trust, and pure unbridled joy.
"Just a rat" brings out the compassion and patience that make me a better person.
Because of "just a rat", I will rise early, take long walks and look longingly to the future.
So for me and folks like me, it's not "just a rat" but an embodiment of all the hopes and dreams of the future, the fond memories of the past, and the pure joy of the moment.
"Just a rat" brings out what's good in me and diverts my thoughts away from myself and the worries of the day.
I hope that someday they can understand that it's not "just a rat", but the thing that gives me humanity and keeps me from being "just a man or woman."
So the next time you hear the phrase "just a rat" just smile...because they "just don't understand."
