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  1. I rescued this rat only 5 months ago, but she quickly became one of my heart rats. She passed away in my arms at the vet a little under a week ago. She loved pasta, her cage-mates, and being clumsy.
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  2. My oldest rats who are just about a year old are acting really weird. One of them has red spots all over her tail but especially at the base and the other hasn’t been properly cleaning herself (as in there’s been bits of poop in her fur). About 3 weeks ago my two sets of rats were officially put...
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  3. It's been a few weeks since I brought home three younger rats. They're integrated with my older two rats and everyone is getting along well. One of the younger rats occasionally sneezes and snuffles. I can't tell if it's still typical new home symptoms, allergy to the bedding, or something more...
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  4. Hi all - we are looking to re-home our adult female rate, Ghost. We had 3 girls, 2 of whom recently passed (1 from chronic respiratory infections that she could not shake no matter what we tried with our vet, the other naturally from old age). We absolutely love and cherish her but understand...
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  5. I've been trying to cut back on fresh veggies since I've noticed the rats eat more veggies and oatmeal than their regular dry food, and now it just seems like they're waiting for me to give them fresh food. I tried putting green bean baby food mixed with the dry and they seem to care less. Now...
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