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Pet Rat Care Information
Here are some wonderful articles written
by pet rat owners
around the world.
In some cases the titles are duplicates, but the documents and authors are different.
Owning
Pet Rats in Canada
- general rat care + a few
Canadian details
Rat
Care Guide - large site with lots of info (menu on the left-hand
side)
Cages and Bedding
Toxicity
of Pine and Cedar (with a
list of safe bedding)
Diet:
Rat Food
Can I Make my Own Rat Diet? - includes Recommended Daily Allowances Diet and Dangerous Foods
Recipes
(part 1)
Recipes
(part 2)
Plants
that are poisonous to small pets
- in some cases, some parts of a
particular plant are poisonous (eg. foliage) whereas other parts of the plant are completely safe (eg. fruit). This is the case for avocado (foliage
is poisonous, ripe fruit is safe if fed with caution.
Toys:
Introductions:
General Info:
Rat
Health Guide - large site with lots of info - index on the
left-hand side
Quarantine
Dos and Don'ts of Sendai and SDA Quarantine
Respiratory Problems:
Rat
Respiratory Disease: What Causes it, and What you Can Do About it - by R.S.
Hines DVM, PhD
Respiratory and Heart Disease in Rats
Tumors:
Spaying/Neutering:
Surgery:
Skin, Ear, Eye and Foot
Problems:
External
Parasites - Lice and Mites
Bumblefoot
(Ulcerative Pododermatitis)
Cataracts
(scroll down, near bottom)
Heat
Tilt - often a sign of an ear infection
SDA and Sendai Viruses:
Drugs:
Medication
Guide - lots of info here
Geriatric Care:
Euthanasia:
Sexing Rats
Orphans:
Genetics:
Books:
Disclaimer:
I did not write these articles and cannot guarantee their
contents. I am simply organizing
links that lead to articles in order to
help those of you searching for
information about pet rats on the world
wide web.
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