Fancy Rats Archive forum: 2002 - 2011

The new forum looks brilliant! I'm on as Rhiannon as Rhi was too short.

I love the new sections and subsections it will make everything so much tidier

It's only been a couple of minutes but is anyone else refreshing like mad or is it just me?

Oh that's a good question. I think the Mods will give a link.

OMG it's 12!

Is it nearly time yet?

Wow I can't believe how excited I am. Only 20 ish minutes to go people!

Will there be a minimum amount of characters for usernames?

Really? I never knew that!

My rats get everything I eat except mango and citrus so I would give them everything on your list. I've never eat organic carrots which probably explains alot about why I am how I am :lol: But I think it would also be fine for your rats. I would cook the turnip though just because that's how I eat i...

My mum and brother were the same. After 18 months of me nagging and pleading they eventually understood but only after I went completely mental after finding out they had put a whole krispy kreme doughnut in the cage.

You should be fine. My rats pay no attention to the fish tank they are more interested in watching TV

I don't know about applying it topically, but you could crush it, mix with water/ribena/something tasty and syringe it directly into her mouth? Are you bathing the abscess at all to prevent further infection? We've had a lot of success putting manuka honey on abscesses to stop germs growing.. I wou...

Rhian and Rowan both beat me to it

That sounds good to me! I paid £130 for an abscess drain and I imagine eye stuff is far more complicated.

I personally don't think anything P@H sells is suitable for rats. Have you looked to see if there's a horse/farm shop around near you? Otherwise the only place is online unfortunately.

Aw poor Orb !