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Janell McMorran
U.S.
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| I am quite knowledgeable on housing, care, genetics, hereditary defects, color identification, breeding practices, socialization, rat rescue situations, raising orphaned babies, trapping feral rats, and basic illnesses and disorders a pet rat is prone to. I can answer any question related to every day circumstances and even those a bit more unusual. | Available
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Robin Bartlett
U.S.
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| I can answer any and all rat-related questions including feeding, housing, breeding, showing, genetics, health, and behaviour. I am a veterinary assistant and though I cannot answer in-depth health questions I am familiar with the most common ailments and treatments for rats. I have owned rats for 10 years and have been breeding them for 5 and have studied everything about them that I can get my hands on. I currently run my own rat care website at http://careguide.evergreenrattery.com and have been answering rat and other rodent questions via email and IM for several years now. | Available
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Sandra Todd
U.S.
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I am a rat care specialist for area vets and have 20 years experience working with rats.
I can advise you on the most current treatments available to your rat for common and also complicated ailments that seem to affect domestic rats during their life time. I do telephone consults with Vets both from out of state and also visit the clinics. I love what I do because I love rats and getting to work with them and help other people is like a blessing to me. I also have training in animal behavior with the main focus being the study of rodent behavior.
My expertise
Includes the following:
1. Education on prevention of tumors, lung and heart disease and disease of the kidneys too.
2. Up to date treatments for tumors in rats,both benign or malignant tumors.
3. The most current treatments used successfully to treat lung and heart disease
4. Prevention and treatment of the mycoplasma organism that our rats are plagued with since the day they are born, among other common ailments that attack our rats, just to name a few.
My job as a rodent consultant is to educate the owner on proper care of the animal but in no way does my advice take the place of seeking professional treatment by a qualified Veterinarian.
However, I will contribute to this site by answering your questions about raising pet rats and any problems that may arise regarding their health, diet, husbandry and over all well being of the rat to **the best of my ability.**
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Sandra Beasley
Canada
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| New to AllExperts as of December 03,2006. I'm looking forward to helping you with your Pet Rat questions.
I've had experience in all areas of care so I can answer questions on wild rats, the history of pet rats, training and behavior, rats in the media (care books, fiction, movies, on the internet), Holistic care as well as health issues, breeding, sexing babies, types of rats, colors of rats, general care, food and treats, cages, bedding, toys and entertainment, etc.
I cannot possibly know everything about pet rats but I have some very reliable resources to help me answer your questions.
I cannot answer questions on genetics. I still go by phenotype to identify my rats.
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Sandra Beasley and the Spaz Rats
http://spazrats.tripod.com | Maxed Out
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