shandrel
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Post by shandrel on Sept 8, 2009 3:38:24 GMT -4
well, he has been doing this in every cage we have. but i think we can try teh pick up and go new place other than cage approach....
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Post by shandrel on Sept 7, 2009 3:56:09 GMT -4
well we are trying to figure out how to set up the coral under our raised rabbit cage, allowing them to be .. much more free-range, but he has been in this cage for a while, and no bad experiences that i know of. Our biggest problem is our kitten, she just did NOT learn her lesson when bit. *sighs* so that woudl be a bit more traumatic to him than picking him up and putting him back in the cage. he won't go NEAR the cage on his own. he will come to me, or run around exploring but NO interest in the cage what so ever, even with goodies....
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Post by shandrel on Sept 6, 2009 17:52:09 GMT -4
1> we certainly did not let the rats and kitten "play" >.< This was also a failed big cage reason...they were in the big cage, she walked up to it, tried to bat at him, being a normal kitten, and he bit her. AFTER she healed, we coudl NOT keep her away from it, and i know it was bothering the rats too, so the big cage had to go. He doesn't scream when we take him out... i don't; know if he hates his cage. or maybe it IS to small... i don't want to separate him from his brothers.....and we don;t have too many options with the cats, so he can;t be a free range... we have a HUGE critter play pen, we might eb able to set up under teh rabit cage, that woudl give them more room... :S
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Post by shandrel on Sept 5, 2009 21:13:20 GMT -4
he interacts well, he is the middle er.. of the ratie pecking order, he is frisky and playful, grooms EVERYBODY! lol including us....but we can;t let him OUT that much becuase of the battle to get him back in his cage. i miss beign able to spend a lot of time with my rattie He LOVES us.. he DID bite our kitten, ( we had to take her to the vet to get her toe stitched back together) But no issues at all since then and the kitten WAS asking for it He's not afraid of her, or our other cat.. in fact, he doesn't seem to be AFRAID of anything... other than being picked up. And we have started herding him into a huge coffee can, and that worked for a LITTLE while.. then the screaming again... maybe he hates his cage? it's big enough... has tons of toys...
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Post by shandrel on Sept 5, 2009 20:39:15 GMT -4
well we have tried picking him up like that, and around the middle, and letting him walk ONTO a piece of cloth and picking up the cloth... still screaming it breaks my heart....
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Post by shandrel on Sept 5, 2009 20:03:26 GMT -4
Well, rattie lover from Hawaii is back... our three boys are healthy, and happy. They have been reduced from a large home made cage, to a smaller home improved cage that they love. * the huge cage we coudl NOT get clean.... >.< even though we protected the wood ect.
So we have three happy, non-bitie ratties. so why do i need help? My rat (Rattius) is a happy, laid back rattie, UNTIL, you pick him up. then he screams rattie murder, it bothers me deeply, as well as the other two humans in the house, the two other rats are bothered too, we have tried picking him up with towels, thinking we might be hurting him, but we can find nothign wrong, we can wuzzle all over him no sensitive spots or anything. His breathing is fine, his weight is fine, we can find nothing wrong.
I have thought about taking him to the vet, but well, i don't want to have to pay, for them to tell me it's nothing, and he is just scared.
So, guessing he gets scared when picked up, can anyone offer advice for me? He isn't afraid of us, he will come running up to us, let us pet and wuzzle on him, so i am not sure what his fear is.... we've never dropped him, nor has he fallen from any type of height...
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Post by shandrel on May 12, 2009 13:36:55 GMT -4
I see them! heheh they are adorable. and i tried to click on the pic and there was no pic or link.
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Post by shandrel on May 12, 2009 2:26:20 GMT -4
Image is gone Die, Yes i mean replacement milk, I'm not a total newbie to this... have had to do it before... and my parents have too ( i just called them ) Hamster: the more traditional art, of a chupacabra the creature has bat ears. Chupa sounds much better than "batty" so we named him chupa. He is a VERY cute kitten. with unusual white markings. him next to a ruler to give you all an idea how small he is.... also ignore the mess today was laundry day...
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Post by shandrel on May 11, 2009 17:06:11 GMT -4
the ktiten was not weaned..... we are feeding him kitten milk atm. still.. he is still far too young. *sighs* but he is growing fast... and he is pooping well.. and Clyde is the best adopted bunny mommy ever.... so yeah looks like we are keeping him. His name is Chupacarbra... or Chupa he looks like a chupa when he gets wet.. huge kitten ear lol. i am sorry about Poppy But this kitten is the last we can take in, right now we have 6 animals, 3 rats, 2 cats and a bunny. that is two animals for the three of us. With my new job... it is rough.. but so far we have healthy happy pets there is a vet visit for each next month.. so we can make sure everyone is happy, healthy and growing well.
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Post by shandrel on May 8, 2009 2:35:16 GMT -4
this kitten is nowhere NEAR 8 weeks old. he might MIGHT be 3-4 weeks. it looks like his eyes JUST opened. i will see if i can get a picture or two up. but we are doing the flea picking DAILY. and spent a small fortune on de-flea stuff for the other critters... i don't know if we are keeping him... it is a bit much as my job recently stacked on the hours. Not sure yet... our other cat is VERY very very mad at us for the kitten too *sighs* however o.0 our male bunny has decided HE is going to take care of the kitten. if we let him out he heads right for him >.< soo... bunny de-flea soon. And heaven forbid we try to separate them. Even our male rats are ... friendly/curious, though we dont; let them around each other.
But, no worms, and kitten is eating TONS... pooping regularly, and seems very healthy... we think perhaps he was a dump. He doesn't act like a street born kitten. has no ear mites ect. so yeah... *sighs* poor thing... his name is Chupacabra. he has really big ears LOL
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Post by shandrel on May 6, 2009 23:07:25 GMT -4
well day two, and he is certainly not losing strength, and is mowing down on kitten milk, we are hand picking the fleas as that is our only option atm,
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Post by shandrel on May 6, 2009 2:39:38 GMT -4
he is too young for most de-fleaers but i will try and call a vet tomorrow.. my husband is away on business, and i am workign a 12 hour day atm >.<
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Post by shandrel on May 5, 2009 13:45:37 GMT -4
this morning at 1 am i found a very pitiful kitten, he was under a dumpster.. that needless to say was nasty beyond normal dumpter-ness
His eyes are open, he is strong and reasonably healthy, mom abandoned him, as at 5 am, no more kittens appeared. We ( my room mate and i ) rescued him from the attentions of a stray Tom.
So we have this tiny little MAYBE three week old kitten, about the size of our rats. He has fleas he is in quarantine, however, i am wondering if anything i would use on the rats to De-Flea, woudl work on him? since he is the same size? i am pretty sure he was a runt, and i have tentatively sexed him as you can tell. i am picking up a can of kitten milk although he will eat wet catfood with prompting... it's a shock to his system and he is obviously not weaned yet. thank you!
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Post by shandrel on Apr 22, 2009 13:01:37 GMT -4
we have a nice, two bedroom, two story apartment, it s more than enough room and yes it is three humans living here.
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Post by shandrel on Apr 22, 2009 1:38:11 GMT -4
those are for the Rockband two game my husband room mate and guest are currently playing.
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