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Expert Profile: Sandra Beasley

Expertise: IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS I HAVE BEEN WORRIED SICK OVER THE HEALTH ISSUES OF TWO OF MY ELDERLY CATS. IN MY EFFORT TO HELP MY GIRLS (RESEARCH ON THEIR ILLNESSES AND SPENDING MOST DAYS ON CAT FORUMS) I HAVE BEEN TAKING A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM ALL EXPERTS UNTIL MY OWN HEALTH IMPROVES TO COME BACK AND HELP YOU WITH YOUR RATTIES. RIGHT NOW I AM UNABLE TO CONCENTRATE AND FOCUS ON RATS TO BE OF ANY USE TO YOU.

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.com

Experience 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
N/A

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.

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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.

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.

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.

Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 880
Knowledge	9.97 Best of the best
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Timeliness	9.83 Best of the best
Politeness	10.0 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		1
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		240

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	08/12/08
10	10	10	10	08/05/08
9	9	9	10	08/03/08
10	10	10	10	12/17/07
10	10	10	10	10/08/07

User Comments

thankyou so much for a swift return to my question.you've been very helpfull and i will take your advice and move her into her own cage.many thanks,
(lisa on 08/12/08)

very helpful, much appreciated since this is my first experience with rats!
(holly on 08/05/08)

thank you i will try this
(Charley on 08/03/08)

Thank you for your advice. Very helpful
(Katie on 12/17/07)

thanks and yes my rat died last nite at about 9pm it was soo sad
(Erin on 10/08/07)

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Recent Answers from Sandra Beasley

2008-08-26 Grumbling rat: Without hearing what your rat is doing for myself, let me leave you with the following information. Rats talk among themselves but at a level that we humans can't hear. Audible noises to us are bruxing...

2008-08-12 help with cannibalisum in rats: As gross as it is to us humans your rats are perfectly normal in their behavior. It doesn't happen very often that you get a rat that will consume the body of a dead cage mate, I've had over 200 rats so...

2008-08-11 New baby rats - couple questions: I am proud of you for your ratty knowledge. You are doing everything right and to the letter. The tussling is merely play-fighting and there should be no concern unless you hear shrieks of fear or see...

2008-08-07 sick =(: Rats cannot vomit but they can regurgitate. http://www.ratbehavior.org/vomit.htm Best case scenerio would be that she recovered from a choking incident. Regurgitation is food brought back up BEFORE...

2008-08-02 rats: It is very rare for beloved cagemates to kill each other. With that said I need to ask you a bunch of questions to better understand what happened and why the fight broke out. This will help me determine...