Anyone else Rat obsessed? :P

[Bex]

I have not seen anyone mention any pet rats, so I am curious! Am I the only Rat slave on BYC? I can't be, they are too awesome and loving to be passed up.

So if you love rats, splurge about them here.

I have 8 Ratties, 6 bucks and 2 does.

For the boys..
The oldest is Bedington, he's 1 year old. He's a blue hooded and a total squishbug.
Second is Smeegol, he's about 8 months old. He's a hairless. :]
Then we have Paxil & Pacey, they are brothers who are 10 weeks old, they are also hairless.
Can't forget Wilko! He's our giganto buck, he is 9 weeks old and already more than 1/2 the size of Bedington. His sire is 1.3lbs and his mom is also a big girly, so we are expecting him to be in the range of 1.5lbs. Wilko is a black Irish Rex.
And then, last but not least, is Sambo. He's our new little (well, not little, he's full grown but we don't know his age. I would say approx. 8 - 12 months). We actually added him to our family last night. He's a dumbo black berkshire, and he's hairless too. He's currently a bit depressed.

Thennn, we have our two girlies. (Well, more so my fiance's) They are Agitha, who is a mismarked black masked dumbo and her sister Hoax who is an odd eyed mismarked beige capped dumbo. (Did you get all that?). They are both about 5 months old.

Tomorrow I am hoping to get to some fabric stores so I can sew up some new hammocks for them since it's getting a bit chilly.

 

[Goat_Walker]

Ive posted a couple of times about mine

I have two does, and I love them to death, i wouldnt trade them for the world!
Unfortunately , my one doe , Scout, has a tumor

So im not having the best of times right now

Willow

Scout

Them together

I dont know what ill do when I lose them, they are both just a year and 1/2 though, so hopefully i wont have to worry about that anytime soon!

 

[Bex]

Your rats are addorible Goat_Walker!!

I am sorry your ratty has a tumor.

One of my past rats had one, but she lived for months afterward, so be optimistic! Have you looked into having it removed?

 

[Goat_Walker]

Here is the thing, I cant get her to a vet b/c I dont exactly have access to a car at the moment. Parents are being stubborn about it saying that she is fine, even after ive shown then the tumor.
The way they see it is
Vet bill = $100
New Rat = $8

So I am trying to be optimistic, but Right now I can even hace coherent thought if I think of losing her

 

[Bex]

I know how it is when parents say those kinds of things.

When I was relying on my mom for whatever, if my rat got sick, she would say "You can just get a new one. It is cheaper to get another. It's just a rat".

A life is a life, ya know ?

I hope your girlie gets better really soon. My doe who had a tumor, the vet said to give hers a chance for it to pop before he looked into removing it, and it did. And she got better. She was 2 when she got the tumor, and almost 3 when she died.

 

[gumpsgirl]

Me! Me! Me! I LOVE our rats! I never thought I would say that, but I really do! They have been the coolest pets! They even tolerate my 4 year-old packing them around. We have three of ratties. Nimbus, Echo, and Whiskers. Nimbus is the newest rat of the bunch and 4 months old. Echo and Whiskers are 1 1/2 years old.

Here is Nimbus. She is 4 months old.

Here is Echo. She's our picky eater.

And here is Whiskers. She's NOT a picky eater! As a matter of fact, she's running away in this picture for food!

Whiskers again doing her favorite past time! EATING!

Here's a pic of Echo and Whiskers this past summer.

 

[Goat_Walker]

Well Im hoping that it will "pop" then

Also, Ive heard that sprinkling olive oil on their tails is healthy for them, have you heard this?

 

[Bex]

Olive oil is healthy from what I understand.

For hairless rats, you can give them a bit for dry skin (you can rub it on them, or put a bit in their food). So I imagine olive oil would help their tails from getting dry too.

Gumpsgirl, your boys are absolutely addorible !

 

[gumpsgirl]

That's interesting info. you two.