| General
Care of my rats • My rats are kept in same
sex groups of 8-12 rats per cage. This number can raise above 12 depending on
the number of litters I have. If the groups appear to be too large, I can spilt
my groups so they are around 6-7 per group.
• All my rats are handled
daily for at least 30 minutes per group.
• My rats are kept in good
sized cages - I have an Ferret Nation and 3 Explorers which house my 4 groups.
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My rats are bedded on Finacard/Bedmax as a base litter, with Back 2 Nature in
the litter trays and torn newspaper & kitchen towel in the igloos. All the
cages have hammocks as well as toys to keep them entertained.
• My
rats are spot cleaned daily and cleaned out once a week. Once a month I have full
clean which invloved the whole cage being "broken down" and scrubbed.
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My rats are fed on a diet based on the Shunamite diet which I vary each time I
make it. Please see the link above for more details.
• All water bottles
are emptied/refilled daily and scrubbed out twice a week.
• Dr Squiggles
is offered twice a week and water is available 24/7.
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All my kittens are handled daily from birth.
• My kittens are given
2 meals a day (breakfast & evening time) of fresh foods, such as Egg, Chicken
& pasta plus a serving of Curly Kale. They also have dry mix available to
them all day and is topped up as soon as the bowl is empty. A bottle of Lactol
(puppy milk) is offered 3 times a week.
• All expectant/nursing mothers
are kept in a Ferplast Mary, until the litter is 3 weeks old they then move in
to a Savic Freddy. At 4.5 - 5 weeks the boys and girls are seperated and housed
in Savic Freddy's. If the litter is small (less than 7 kittens) then they will
remain in a Mary style cage.
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