One of my recent litters contains a baby with no tail. Is this known
as a Manx? Is it something I shouldnt breed from?
Can anyone tell me more info about tail-less mice?
We have three male rats. We've had the oldest for some time now and
he is one of the calmest, sweetest rats we have ever owned. We got
two new, young rats mid way thru last year and now the oldest of these
two has reached full adult hood and is trying to be the dominant male.
The problem is that the old rat doesn't know how to defend himself
and comes away from fights with deep cuts all over his body while the
aggressor walks away with no more than a slightly chipped claw. The
aggressor is now in a cage by himself and is very lonely. We want to
put them all back together but we don't know how to stop the fights.
Can anyone help?
Anything would be appreciated.
Hi there,
I've seen quite a few posts in this club from people in Australia
(like me) advertising pets for sale and wanting pets. I just thought
i'd tell people that there is a Message Board called RODENT TRADER
for people in NSW Australia with rodents for sale, or wanted.
the url is < http://www.dream-tools.com/tools/messages.mv?
index+rodenttrader+ >
Seeya
-caza
p.s.i just got my first rat ever and shes gorgoeus!
What are DU's????
Sharon
----- Original Message -----
From: <new_holland2003@...>
To: <AMRIS_rodents_and_rabbits@...>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 8:02 AM
Subject: AMRIS Rodents & Rabbits first DU's bred in the ACT
> I think I may have the first DU's bred and ready for sale in the ACT.
> If someone can tell me otherwise please do. If any one is interested
> in giving these babies a good home let me know. My site address is
> http://groups.msn.com/CayosRatteryACT
> I'm still learning so any advice or comments are always appreciated,
> good or bad.
> Lynn
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I think I may have the first DU's bred and ready for sale in the ACT.
If someone can tell me otherwise please do. If any one is interested
in giving these babies a good home let me know. My site address is
http://groups.msn.com/CayosRatteryACT
I'm still learning so any advice or comments are always appreciated,
good or bad.
Lynn
Hi all,
This guy has a friend who is looking for a tame rat
for a movie in melb. all the rat has to do is sit on a
actors shoulder Contact this bloke via email
Stuart Nicholls lowpower@...
Hope someone can help
Rgds Willow
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I'm usure what you mean by rat tubs, but I get all my ratty supplies from the
pet shop in Sydney Road Fawkner. I'm not sure of the name of it, but the shop is
situated on the left hand side heading toward the city, right between Mahoneys
Road and the M80. Just be warned they also have a lot of reptiles that I'm sure
are fed the rats that we don't buy.
I hope that helps
Pyretta
"veronica <samrex@...>" <samrex@...> wrote:Can someone please
tell me where i can get the rat tubs from for
breeding rats.
pls mail me samrex@...
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Hope someone here can help. My kids have 3 pet mice (all supposed
to be males). about a month ago a house mouse found it's way into
their tank two nights running (yuk). Anyway notice one mouse
getting very fat then two nights ago "he" gave birth to heeps of
mice.
The dilema is: These mice are half house mice/half pet mice.
What are the complications. I've rung the pet shop who will take
back all the babies but I haven't told them that the father is a
house mouse? What should I do. People have said just drown them
but I could never do that. Help By the way all three pet mice
are female and not male as told when purchased.
Thanks heaps Glenda!
I haven't been to the shops since you emailed me but I shall try that trick
& hope it works!
Regards,
Sharon (with more rodents than she can handle!)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil and Glenda" <philandglenda@...>
To: <AMRIS_rodents_and_rabbits@...>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 9:12 AM
Subject: AMRIS Rodents & Rabbits Wild rat suggestion for Sharon
> Dear Sharon,
>
> I suggest buying some peppermint oil. Put some drops in some water, soak
> some cotton wool balls in it and put them in the roof in some saucers or
> bowls. Rats hate peppermint and will not return because of the smell.
Keep
> in mind, you will need to go into the roof every so often and replace the
> cotton balls if you want to keep them away for good.
>
> Put some peppermint plants in your garden as well as an added deterrent.
>
> Hope this helps, let us know how you go!
>
> Glenda
>
>
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Hi Suzie,
Thanks heaps for your reply & my apologies for taking so long to thank you.
I'm having trouble finding where to buy the non-lethal traps. Bunnings don't
have them - any ideas? The mice are now getting into my oven, so I might
have to go the lethal method if I can't find those other types. I would
never use poison - I agree it's too cruel.
About releasing them, there's a tip down the road so that's kinda handy. Are
you saying the mice that live in my house are adapted to live in houses &
can't survive outside a house? (Sounds kind of amusing to me since they're
wild!).
Loved your story about the tame rat eating the wild one!! I'd be worried the
wild ones would give the tame ones diseases they're not immune to.
Fortunately nothing can get into my rats cage.
Thanks once again Suzie for your advice.
Regards,
Sharon (sharon@...)
----- Original Message -----
From: "chiriyu" <no_reply@...>
To: <AMRIS_rodents_and_rabbits@...>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 10:38 AM
Subject: AMRIS Rodents & Rabbits Re: Wild rodents
> Hi Sharon,
>
> You can buy non-lethal traps (they are a box with a trigger plate inside
that closes the door, or boxes with one-way doors). I've found them fairly
effective with mice. However, once you've caught the rat you still have to
dispose of it somehow - obviously releasing it anywhere other people live is
not very good for the people. But releasing it far away from human
habitation might not be good either; they might not be able to survive in
the wild, and if they do survive they'll be competing with and eating native
animals. If you really don't want to kill them the best option I can think
of would be to release them in a wasteland/rubbish area that would have food
resources for them and few native animals. Even then it's likely that there
will be local rat populations which will kill them.
>
> If you decide to kill them, conventional spring traps are usually pretty
good cruelty-wise - mostly the trap will break their neck and kill them
instantly. Poison on the other hand gives a lingering, extremely painful
death.
>
> Someone I know had a pet rat, and a wild rat got into its cage. The tame
rat ate it.
>
> Good luck, and I hope someone else has a more pleasant suggestion!
>
>
> Suzie
>
>
>
> --- In AMRIS_rodents_and_rabbits@y..., "sharon" <sharon@c...> wrote:
> > photos neededHi All,
> >
> > I have two lovely male rats, but they aren't my problem....
> >
> > The past week I have had probelms with rodents of the wild variety! i.e.
rats in the roof keeping me awake by their running around & a mouse (or
mice) in my house running between my legs, leaping out of my linen cupboard
at me & waking me up at 5.30am today by rustling round in my rubbish bin! I
can even SMELL that mousy smell in my study.
> >
> > Yesterday I thought I couldn't bring myself to use any of the usual
disposal methods (ie. traps, poison) because having rodents as pets I
couldn't bear the thought of them suffering. But now that they keep
disturbing my sleep I'm becoming less empathetic!
> >
> > Does anyone have any opinions/ideas on the ethical disposal of wild
rodents??
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Sleep Deprived Sharon
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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This scam has been around for years.
--- In AMRIS_rodents_and_rabbits@y..., Engr. Paul Okon <paulokon@t...> wrote:
> PRIMROSE VENTURES LIMITED.
> SUITE 3b, ROCKVIEW PLAZA,
> VICTORIA-ISLAND.
> LAGOS-NIGERIA.
>
>
>
>
> FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION:
>
> First, I must solicit your understanding of this transaction and if the
contents of this mail does meet with your business or personal ethics, I humbly
crave your indulgence.
>
> I am the CEO of the above mentioned company, I also recently retired as the
director of finance of the Federal Ministry Of Power & Steel (FMP&S). During my
tenure, I was in charge of the federal tenders board. The job of the federal
tenders board was to access bids made to the FMP&S by foreign and local
contractors for execution of contracts and recommend to the government which
contractors are eligible for award. In the course of our work at the federal
tenders board, we recieved a bid of (USD46.8M) from AV Engineering company from
the Czech Republic for the refurbishing of the six thermal flow stations and the
supply of 33 KV sub-stations for the river-rine areas of the country.
>
> The bid was unsually low for the contract in question considering the other
bids we had gone through.
> We then invited them for an appraisal of their bid. From their appraisal, it
was clear that the contract could be executed by them based on their bid. We the
three members of the tenders board agreed to recommend them for the award of the
contract only if they increase thier bid to USD70M. The balance USD23.2M was to
be paid to us after the execution of the contract for us. Not trusting the
contractors to live up to their own part of the bargain, we established the
above mentioned company (we the members of the federal tenders board are
directors of the company )and had them sub-contract the USD23.2M to the company
as a sub-contract of the original contract. The deed of sub-contract has been
duly registered with the registrar of deeds at the federal high court of justice
and copies circulated to the FMP&S, federal ministry of finance (FMF) and the
central bank of Nigeria (CBN).
>
> AV Engineering has executed the whole contract and have been duly paid off,
leaving the balance USD23.2M. Considering the amount of the fund involved we
cannot ask the CBN to pay directly into our local bank account as the bank
regulatory bodies will want to know the directors of the company. Though I am
retired, my other two partners are still under government employ, also taking
into consideration the strict foreign currency laws of my country that does not
encourage capital flight and the inherent instability of my country's polity. It
is unwise to leave such a hugh amount lying dormant. I have therefore been
mandated as a matter of trust by my partners to source for a business partner to
whom we could transfer the sum of USD23.2M by drawing up a letter of
domiciliation instructing the concerned government parastatals i.e the FMP&S,
FMF and CBN to pay into the partner's account the contractual entitlement of
USD23.2M. You will agree with me that a letter of domiciliation is an accepted
form of doing busi
> ess.
>
> Should this transaction interest you, you are to contact me on my personal
e-mail address, so that I can brief you fully and discuss your renumeration for
this undertaking. All logistics are in place and all modalities worked out for
the smooth conclusion of the transaction within the shortest possible time
>
> It is pertinent to state here that a legally binding contract will be entered
by all parties involved, this is to safeguard our mutual interests. Please
acknowledge the receipt of this letter using my personal E-mail address.
>
> Yours Faithfuly,
>
> Engr. Paul Okon.
For all those in Victoria Australia, watch channel 31's Eastern news
Beat from about 6.00pm on Monday the 16th of March for this club to be
mentioned on air.
Programs exact time needs to be checked.
I am looking for a female rat that needs a home.
My last message did not show my email address.
If anyone has a female rat that needs a good home,
please email me on sub@...
Thanks you
Su Buckland
I currently have a single female rat and I would like
to adopt a female friend for her. I don't want to use a
pet shop, & prefer not to get one from a breeder.
If anyone is looking for a loving, fun home for a female rat,
please email me - I can guarantee she will be loved & very well
cared for.
Thank you.
Su Buckland
Dear Sharon,
I suggest buying some peppermint oil. Put some drops in some water, soak
some cotton wool balls in it and put them in the roof in some saucers or
bowls. Rats hate peppermint and will not return because of the smell. Keep
in mind, you will need to go into the roof every so often and replace the
cotton balls if you want to keep them away for good.
Put some peppermint plants in your garden as well as an added deterrent.
Hope this helps, let us know how you go!
Glenda
PRIMROSE VENTURES LIMITED.
SUITE 3b, ROCKVIEW PLAZA,
VICTORIA-ISLAND.
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION:
First, I must solicit your understanding of this transaction and if the contents
of this mail does meet with your business or personal ethics, I humbly crave
your indulgence.
I am the CEO of the above mentioned company, I also recently retired as the
director of finance of the Federal Ministry Of Power & Steel (FMP&S). During my
tenure, I was in charge of the federal tenders board. The job of the federal
tenders board was to access bids made to the FMP&S by foreign and local
contractors for execution of contracts and recommend to the government which
contractors are eligible for award. In the course of our work at the federal
tenders board, we recieved a bid of (USD46.8M) from AV Engineering company from
the Czech Republic for the refurbishing of the six thermal flow stations and the
supply of 33 KV sub-stations for the river-rine areas of the country.
The bid was unsually low for the contract in question considering the other bids
we had gone through.
We then invited them for an appraisal of their bid. From their appraisal, it was
clear that the contract could be executed by them based on their bid. We the
three members of the tenders board agreed to recommend them for the award of the
contract only if they increase thier bid to USD70M. The balance USD23.2M was to
be paid to us after the execution of the contract for us. Not trusting the
contractors to live up to their own part of the bargain, we established the
above mentioned company (we the members of the federal tenders board are
directors of the company )and had them sub-contract the USD23.2M to the company
as a sub-contract of the original contract. The deed of sub-contract has been
duly registered with the registrar of deeds at the federal high court of justice
and copies circulated to the FMP&S, federal ministry of finance (FMF) and the
central bank of Nigeria (CBN).
AV Engineering has executed the whole contract and have been duly paid off,
leaving the balance USD23.2M. Considering the amount of the fund involved we
cannot ask the CBN to pay directly into our local bank account as the bank
regulatory bodies will want to know the directors of the company. Though I am
retired, my other two partners are still under government employ, also taking
into consideration the strict foreign currency laws of my country that does not
encourage capital flight and the inherent instability of my country's polity. It
is unwise to leave such a hugh amount lying dormant. I have therefore been
mandated as a matter of trust by my partners to source for a business partner to
whom we could transfer the sum of USD23.2M by drawing up a letter of
domiciliation instructing the concerned government parastatals i.e the FMP&S,
FMF and CBN to pay into the partner's account the contractual entitlement of
USD23.2M. You will agree with me that a letter of domiciliation is an accepted
form of doing busi
ess.
Should this transaction interest you, you are to contact me on my personal
e-mail address, so that I can brief you fully and discuss your renumeration for
this undertaking. All logistics are in place and all modalities worked out for
the smooth conclusion of the transaction within the shortest possible time
It is pertinent to state here that a legally binding contract will be entered by
all parties involved, this is to safeguard our mutual interests. Please
acknowledge the receipt of this letter using my personal E-mail address.
Yours Faithfuly,
Engr. Paul Okon.
Hi Sharon,
You can buy non-lethal traps (they are a box with a trigger plate inside that
closes the door, or boxes with one-way doors). I've found them fairly effective
with mice. However, once you've caught the rat you still have to dispose of it
somehow - obviously releasing it anywhere other people live is not very good for
the people. But releasing it far away from human habitation might not be good
either; they might not be able to survive in the wild, and if they do survive
they'll be competing with and eating native animals. If you really don't want to
kill them the best option I can think of would be to release them in a
wasteland/rubbish area that would have food resources for them and few native
animals. Even then it's likely that there will be local rat populations which
will kill them.
If you decide to kill them, conventional spring traps are usually pretty good
cruelty-wise - mostly the trap will break their neck and kill them instantly.
Poison on the other hand gives a lingering, extremely painful death.
Someone I know had a pet rat, and a wild rat got into its cage. The tame rat ate
it.
Good luck, and I hope someone else has a more pleasant suggestion!
Suzie
--- In AMRIS_rodents_and_rabbits@y..., "sharon" <sharon@c...> wrote:
> photos neededHi All,
>
> I have two lovely male rats, but they aren't my problem....
>
> The past week I have had probelms with rodents of the wild variety! i.e. rats
in the roof keeping me awake by their running around & a mouse (or mice) in my
house running between my legs, leaping out of my linen cupboard at me & waking
me up at 5.30am today by rustling round in my rubbish bin! I can even SMELL that
mousy smell in my study.
>
> Yesterday I thought I couldn't bring myself to use any of the usual disposal
methods (ie. traps, poison) because having rodents as pets I couldn't bear the
thought of them suffering. But now that they keep disturbing my sleep I'm
becoming less empathetic!
>
> Does anyone have any opinions/ideas on the ethical disposal of wild rodents??
>
> Thanks.
>
> Sleep Deprived Sharon
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
photos neededHi All,
I have two lovely male rats, but they aren't my problem....
The past week I have had probelms with rodents of the wild variety! i.e. rats in
the roof keeping me awake by their running around & a mouse (or mice) in my
house running between my legs, leaping out of my linen cupboard at me & waking
me up at 5.30am today by rustling round in my rubbish bin! I can even SMELL that
mousy smell in my study.
Yesterday I thought I couldn't bring myself to use any of the usual disposal
methods (ie. traps, poison) because having rodents as pets I couldn't bear the
thought of them suffering. But now that they keep disturbing my sleep I'm
becoming less empathetic!
Does anyone have any opinions/ideas on the ethical disposal of wild rodents??
Thanks.
Sleep Deprived Sharon
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Dear Sarah,
All animals have a different smell to them, you can improve the smell of
them by keeping their living space clean and tidy, but they are always going
to have some sort of "animal smell". I have many rabbits and guniea pigs
and I have never noticed any offensive smell, however, other people seem to
have a more sensitive nose when it comes to animals than I do.
If the smell of Squeak is particularly strong it could be the materials in
his living quarters that are impacting on this. What do you keep Squeak in
and where do you keep him ? I don't think it's a good idea to bathe Squeak
too often, but it could be his living area that is making his smell
stronger, or even what you are using to bathe him in. I keep my guinea pigs
in a large open area enclosure with some rabbits and there is lots of straw
and hay for them to hide under. All I seem to smell is straw!
I don't think I've really helped you at this stage Sarah, but give us more
info on little Squeak and where he lives and hopefully we can help you more.
Is Squeak your first guinea pig ?
Hope all is well,
Glenda
Hi everyone,my name is Sarah I live in Canberra I have just joined
this group hoping that I can get information real life stuff off you
guys I have a 3 month old long haired black and white guinea pig his
name is Squeak but firstly I would like to know how do you get rid
of their body smell I bath him every couple of days and he gets all
his vegies etc, trust me he has a perfect diet but he smell please
help!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best wishes
Sarah
Hello to all of you,
I have just received a call from a lady ringing on behalf of her son
who has a couple of beautiful white male rats that were rescued from
being snake feed. They are about one year old and are happy and
healthy. They run up and down their current owners legs, sit on his
shoulders, go out to places with him etc, etc, etc.
Sadly the owner is going overseas in about a months time and so these
animals need to find a new home. Sadly, nobody they know are
interested in taking these lil fellas on.
Rats are friendly social animals and make great companions. Can
anyone help?? If you can email me @
glendas_bunny_rescue@... Feel free to forward this email
onto anyone you think may be able to help. Area is western Sydney.
Cheers,
Glenda the good witch
Hi, my name is Jessy. I just joined up here after recieving some
wonderful advice from Rebekah about a mouse I thought was pregnant.
Well as it turns out...she is. I'm expecting little baby mice any day
now. If anyone is near the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania area and would be
interested in taking one or two of the babies atfer they're weened
I'll make a follow up post after about a week after she gives birth
to state how many there are.
~Jessy~
i noticed some strange behavior in my new pet rat. i introduced him
to another about 3 weeks ago, and they are doing fine. i can see and
it is obvious that the one i had before is bigger and he seems to be
the dominant out of the two. so the littler one is very submissive to
him. tonight i was playing with him like i usually do, and he went on
to his back and it almost looked like he was baring his teeth. he
attempted to bite a few times, but all he did is put his teeth on my
finger and didn't bite with any pressure. he didn't really move alot,
he just layed there, but he had a weird look on his face, i was
almost scared he was going to bite hard. i wanted to know if this is
a sign of aggressive behavior or if it was just him being submissive
to me.
thanks
s.";
Hi,
My name is Melissa and I come from Melbourne,Australia.
Well I love rats. My only rat called Spice just died from old age on
Monday Dec 2nd this year. I will be getting 2 rats by XMAS. They are
new borns at the moment. Gonna get 2 females.
I really miss Spice, she was so beautiful. She was like a
ginger/brownish colour and had the greatest temperment around. I had
her trained well and she loved to sit on my shoulder all the time.
She will live on in my heart forever.
I will post more to you when I have stories on my new rats
Please take care
Melissa
I would love to help,
my only problem is that I do not have any hutches to keep them in.
If they cme with donated homes, I could take up to 20.
I live in Bayswater North Victoria, ustralia - and do not drive -
just a few drawbacks there - ut i have 13 years experience with rats
as pets.
sincerely,
Rebekah
Hello,
We're in desperate need of good homes as we are currently getting
phone calls daily from shelters, pounds etc wanting to give us their
rodents and rabbits who are on death row. At the moment I am unable
to take any more animals on until we start to rehome at least a few.
If you can help or know anyone who may be able to help in some way
(even being a foster carer is a huge help!) please get in contact
with me. Pass the links on to everyone you know.
www.geocities.com/animal_friend2002/glendasrescue
www.geocities.com/animal_friend2002/glendasrescue2
Cheers,
Glenda
Thank you very kindly Megan,
I must thank you for your intelligent and very helpful replies to
member questions while I was abcent having my second child.
It seems that you kept the club alive while I was gone. I have been
reading your replies and you seem a very educated person.
I am pleased that the AMRIS homepage has proved helpful.
Those Vivisection photos are very hard on the heart indeed. I had
never imagined that it could get as ugly as that when I first saw
them.
Keep up your work, it is wonderful to have you inside this club.
merry humane christmas to you,
Rebekah.
Yes, male mice do have a wonderful tangy odour.
A couple of female mice would be better suited to indoor living.
However, male rats have far less odour than either male or female
mice.
All, however, make equally as good pets.
My two hooded are very different in size also. My female is about one third
smaller than my male. I have no idea how old they are as they were rescued from
a teenage boy who didn't want them anymore. His father was going to use them for
pistol practice if I didn't take them in. I've had them both for just over a
year now and She is about the same size as he was when I got them both whereas
he has grown very quickly. I just put it down to genetics.
Pyretta
PS I'll post some more pics of them soon
shael_redwolf <no_reply@...> wrote:I brought 2 female, hooded
rats 3 months ago 1 was 2 months old and
the other 3 months.
The older one was slightly bigger, but I assumed this was because of
the age gap.
The older one has grow, but the younger one has stayed the same size?
I am worried she may be sick.
They are both keeped in a very large cage and are very active.
They get a lot of tlc, and lots of fruit and veg, they dont apper to
have anything wrong with them.
Any advise would be much apricated
Thanx
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