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Pet Rats/Expert Profile
Expertise
I HAVE BEEN TAKING A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM ALL EXPERTS due to illness in the family.
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. My website: Sandra Beasley and the Spaz Rats http://spazrats.tripod.comExperience in the area
When I first got into keeping rats as pets in 1997 I delved head-long into learning everything I could find on them. I continue to educate myself on every aspect of rats and rat keeping.
Organizations
DREAMS (Domestic Rat Enthusiast Association of Manitoba and Saskatchewan)
Publications
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Education/Credentials
Self-taught with devotion to pet rats. I belong to many rat-only pet forums, learning from other rat-lovers around the world.
Awards and Honors
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Past/Present Clients
Any other pet rat keepers that I talk to on the forums that I belong to. Pet rat keepers and pet stores that seek my advice.
What do you like about this subject?
I'm just head over heels in love with pet rats. They are the most facinating small animal I have ever had the pleasure of knowing, and living with.
What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?
I hope to one day achieve my goal of having an all encompassing website devoted to pet rats. I can never stop learning about pet rats. The more I already know, the more I want to learn.
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:
Pet rats can achieve the intelligence level of a three year old child. They display the combined behavior and antics of rodents, cats, dogs, human children, and monkeys.
Something controversial or provocative about this subject
If you allow them to be, our pet rats are very clean animals, grooming themselves more often then cats do. The coat of a Male rat can smell like warm taco chips. The coat of a Female rat can smell like grape soda.
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| Vesna | 06/09/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Your quick reply is much appreciated! Thank ..... |
| kristin | 01/16/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Once again Sandra you've done it again-Thank ..... |
| Jennifer | 03/09/09 | 9 | 9 | 10 | Thanks! :) |
Recent Answers from Sandra Beasley
2013-01-05 rat tail /skin problem:
Thank you for including the images, they help a lot. It looks like you rat has mites. The lump on her tail are the mites burrowing under the tail scales and possibly causing an infection there. The marks
2011-05-02 Large lump on tail:
Thank you for sending the picture, it helped a lot. This does look like an infection and a serious one. Infections in the tail can affect the tiny bones and destroy them so this needs to be attended to
2011-04-08 need advice for a pet female rat:
It sounds like your girl has pnuemonia, a secondary infection of Mycoplasmosis. Since there are no vets to help you I would really like it if you joined my Holistarat group and we can give you on-going
2011-03-23 Porphyrin:
Emma, this going to be a wait and watch period for you. In two weeks you will be able to tell of this is something that needs the attention of a vet. Right now it could be a minor irritation in her eye
2011-01-04 Rabies and rats....:
Pet Rats do not carry or transmit rabies, nor do wild rats carry or transmit rabies. Rats are referred to as terminal vectors for rabies. If a rat is bitten by a rabid animal the rat dies immediately from
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