So three out of the four are not doing well. At all. Drugs seem to be stressing them out more than helping (of course I would never ever stop treatment, I know better) One of them seems fine. Granted if I had to pick one rat to survive nuclear war it would have been her or Nynx, my petstore mutt that's been with me for years ( Read more... )

"exotics" get sick, and no one can tell you what is wrong. Two dead in two weeks, the others losing weight but not showing any of the 'normal' signs associated with decline in rats. Went to the exotics vet, they gave me drugs for them, but that is it ( Read more... )

Hope you all ate enough turkey and mashed potatoes and pie to explode your innards, and then got up at 3-5 am to go shopping today. Because that's what I did ( Read more... )

Karma went to the vet today. He's down from almost 18 lbs to 16, and the vet and I agree that he should loose one more to be at the proper weight. I love my vet. He's super soft spoken and has a great manner with the animals. He's also qualified to be an "exotics specialist". Being as I've got a bunch of tiny fuzzes over there sleeping away, that's ( Read more... )

I am super excited about RENT, filmed live from Broadway. and played on a movie screen. RENT closed out after 12 years, and this is supposed to be the filming of the very final show. There's also an appearance by the original cast. I wonder if it's going to be all the originals, or just the now-re-popularized ones that were in the movie. Tickets ( Read more... )

My room mate's alarm has been going off now for about 10 minutes. He's a heavy sleeper, so it's loud. I don't really care about that normally because he turns it off when he gets up. I only hear it briefly. But today he went downstairs and must have hit snooze, because it keeps going and going. It sounds like a strange fire alarm, or some kind of ( Read more... )

So...I found Valjean a friend. He's a mink berkshire dumbo rat, I'd guess about 6 months old. He got named Monet because his coloring reminds me of Monet's water lily painting. He's currently in quarantine. I almost brought home his black berkshire friend, but thought my cage might be a tiny bit cramped with all three of them in there. Broke my ( Read more... )

Thanks to all of you who offered kind words to my yesterday. I'm terrible for dealing with loss, and I dont know exactly what to say to you all individually. Just know that I really appreciate it ( Read more... )

I woke up today rather chilled. I went over and saw Mr. Yankee Doodle looking a bit clamped up, so of course I ran out after class and picked him up a tiny tank heater. He's now happily swimming through his plants and being a total spaz. Still no pictures. I'm working on it ( Read more... )