Starting a family - Page 5

Piggymon · 25-02-2007, 19:51

Aww

Belmit · 25-02-2007, 19:52

Poor ratty.

Kell_ee001 · 25-02-2007, 19:53

aaww

So sorry to hear that Tak

Feek · 25-02-2007, 19:56

Garp · 26-02-2007, 14:56

Any obvious reason?

Tak · 26-02-2007, 15:32

He'd been looking run down over the past week so I took him to the vet last week. Vet checked pulse and breathing and stuff and said he couldn't see anything wrong so to just keep an eye on him

I know you're not meant to have favourites, but he was *my* baby. He always came to the door, would clamber up my top and sit on my shoulder. He'd brux and boggle away and fall asleep whilst I watched TV. He came to me for protection when he was having meds or being cleaned or anything even if I was teh evil bitch doing it to him.

I miss him

Blackstar · 26-02-2007, 17:16

Aww Sam

Aitch · 27-02-2007, 09:45

*Hugs* so sorry to hear that Sam

Tak · 07-03-2007, 09:03

Well Merlin has been in the main cage for the past 3 days so its looking like a happy intro

Unfortunatly I have "sucker" written across my head

The girl who Merlin came from, Em, and another of her friends who I've meet at FR Meets, Jo, rescued some "free to a good home one week old babies" from adtraders and ended up getting the whole family (babies are meant to stay with mum until they are 6-8 weeks old)

Family consists of:
1 x Daddy rat
1 x Mummy rat
11 x Baby rats
2 x older young rats (daughters of Daddy and Mummy)

Mum is pregnant AGAIN, and due soon, but so are both daughters. Animals care not a jot for the ethical implications of incest. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together could tell you that.

So there are THREE litters on the way (10 - 20 babies each, easily)

The woman who had them before was very much an idiot of the higest degree - "oh i keep Dad in with them as he helps with the babies"

Don't worry - I've not gone ratOTT but I am off to meet Daddy Rescue tonight

He was nameless but Jo and Em started calling him Arthur (what makes me think they had me in mind

) but I'm not sure if I'm gonna keep that name.
Originally I was going to go for Discworld names and then we rescues Merlin who has always been Merlin and responds to his name.

The question is do I stick with Arthur? That would be 2 discworld and 2 legend names. Do I follow my discworld theme? Do I (kinda in memory of Rincewind) follow a wizard theme - in which case discworld wizards or other wizards? If other wizards I only really know LotR and HP (and I'm not calling him Pug like Mic suggested).

So help me name squiggy here:

Tak · 08-02-2009, 13:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Takhisis

Family consists of:
1 x Daddy rat
1 x Mummy rat
11 x Baby rats
2 x older young rats (daughters of Daddy and Mummy)

Mum is pregnant AGAIN, and due soon, but so are both daughters. Animals care not a jot for the ethical implications of incest. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together could tell you that.

This is the post I made when I got Cmot on 7th March 2007. It saddens me to say that while he, with all his various lumps, bumps, infections and problems, is still pootling about, pinching chocolate biccys from my mouth and making escape bids from the sofa, about 90% of the other rats/following litters from that rescue have passed away, all with varying levels of health problems.

THIS is the reason we need more reputable breeders who know what they are doing and breed for health and longevity, rather than petshop "rat farms" or BYBs (back yard breeders) or people who just think it would be "amusing" to mate up their animals.

Sorry - just needed that little rant

Oh and some positive rattie PR - Telegraph link

And Cmot looking all smiley

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07-03-2007, 09:03	#9
Tak L'Oréal Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 9,977	Well Merlin has been in the main cage for the past 3 days so its looking like a happy intro Unfortunatly I have "sucker" written across my head The girl who Merlin came from, Em, and another of her friends who I've meet at FR Meets, Jo, rescued some "free to a good home one week old babies" from adtraders and ended up getting the whole family (babies are meant to stay with mum until they are 6-8 weeks old) Family consists of: 1 x Daddy rat 1 x Mummy rat 11 x Baby rats 2 x older young rats (daughters of Daddy and Mummy) Mum is pregnant AGAIN, and due soon, but so are both daughters. Animals care not a jot for the ethical implications of incest. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together could tell you that. So there are THREE litters on the way (10 - 20 babies each, easily) The woman who had them before was very much an idiot of the higest degree - "oh i keep Dad in with them as he helps with the babies" Don't worry - I've not gone ratOTT but I am off to meet Daddy Rescue tonight He was nameless but Jo and Em started calling him Arthur (what makes me think they had me in mind ) but I'm not sure if I'm gonna keep that name. Originally I was going to go for Discworld names and then we rescues Merlin who has always been Merlin and responds to his name. The question is do I stick with Arthur? That would be 2 discworld and 2 legend names. Do I follow my discworld theme? Do I (kinda in memory of Rincewind) follow a wizard theme - in which case discworld wizards or other wizards? If other wizards I only really know LotR and HP (and I'm not calling him Pug like Mic suggested). So help me name squiggy here: __________________ The look on your face when a toddler rips out your heart and shows it to you? Priceless.... For everything else, there's FWOOSH! Last edited by Tak; 01-09-2007 at 13:27.