Hi, HELP! my cat got my baby mouse and i think it's broken her leg. What do i do ? :(

i really want a pet rodent but im not sure which rodent is right for me. i have owned guinea pigs and i currently own a naked mouse called streaker :] i love any type of rodents but please exclude rats,hamsters and rabbits. please tell me which pet rodent is best and if you could also add pro's...

I have a pet mouse about a year old. He was very active but from last few days he has stopped eating or drinking anything. He even does not walk properly. He hardly moves his hindlegs and drags them along his body as if the legs are dead. Please help me with what should i do to make him walk...

Hello, I work with the Give More campaign which launched last week, a 12 month campaign to encourage people to give more money, time or energy to charitable causes in the next year and to get us all talking more about giving. You can find out more about the campaign here: givemore.org.uk. As...

Okay so sum of you may have gotten to read my other thread : Do I have a Right to be Mad About This? by HomeworkCrazy under Animal Welfare and Legal Issues if you haven't already read thru it I would suggest you do so before answering to this so me and my 3friends may like to go about writing...

How many gerbils (and what genders)? I have fairly extensive knowledge of gerbil husbandry (after researching for a year), and for a while now I've been wanting to keep some. The space I have for them is a 2ft x 2ft x 2ft hutch-like enclosure, part of something I'm building. In volume, this...

I rescue rodents such as rats, hamsters and mice,, if they are friendly enough I may find a home for them or add them to my colony, if they are not friendly or in poor health I deal with them the most humanely possible,, I live in college station tx, I also breed rats to offset the cost of...

i'm new here, but i've read a good number of threads on these forums already prior to joining. most are really informative and filled with nice people with similar interests to myself, so i thought i'd join! as a person i don't talk terribly much, but i must say that i love all animals. i've...

Girls: Lyla, Maeby, Eva, Annie, Stella, Addie, Lola, Quinn, Snow Pea, Macie, Tali, Bella Boys: Milton, Remy, Rodney, Ivan, Ollie, Iggy, Emmitt, Spike, Bentley, Wilson How about you guys?! :)

Thinking of getting this: I know it's suitable for hamsters, but what else could live happily in here? DIMENSIONS: 115 x 60.5 x 58 cm OR 45 x 24 x 23 inches (L x W x H) WOOD THICKNESS: 1 - 2 cm OR 0.5 - 1 inch MESH SPACING: 1.2 cm or 0.5 inches

This may sound like an odd request, but I'm trying to compile a list of rodents often kept as pets. So far I have: Acacia Rats African Pygmy Dormice Chinchillas Chipmunks Degus Dormice Dumbo Rats Duprasi Fancy Mice Gambian Pouched Rats Gerbils Guinea Pigs Hamsters Harvest Mice Jerboas Jirds...

The adaption of small rodents to pets is truly a wonderful thing. Many animals make great pets, but none are as compelling as the small rodents. Unfortunately you cannot take the instincts out of the animal. This can mean that they respond to loud noises by hiding. Hiding in a tube or hut can...

I just noticed a pea sized lump on my pet female rat. I need to know what this is and more information please.

Hello! I, like the rest of you, am an animal lover. During my younger years I was consistantly finding some sort of temperary pet (frog and toad tadpoles being a big one) to play with. I started out growing up with four cats and a dog. The only pet left from that group is my cat Sydney (who is...

I was wondering how many of you travel with your small rodents and animals? and what are some tips to getting around with them, etc.?

Rabbit Demonstrations and rabbit show. Lehigh Valley Rabbit & Cavy Breeders Association Mid Atlantic Cavy Breeders Association Bunny Busters - Carbon County 4H Events going on all day. Vendors and Demonstrators needed. Lehigh Valley Spring Pet & Kids Expo Ag Hall, Allentown Fairgrounds...

I know that rodents will nibble on your finger to taste you and check that you are not food. What does it mean if my gerbil does this tasting thing first, them calmly bites hard. It's not hard enough to bleed, but it sure hurts!

Hi. We collected our 2 male degus yesterday after doing a lot of research, however i still have a couple of questions. 1. my degus are currently asleep (it's 3pm here), i am a little concerned as i heard degus were diurnal and should be awake during the day could any one give any information on...

Allow me to formally introduce myself - most of my friends know me by the nickname of either Fishy, Or Pel. I've always been an animal-lover; I adore their innocence, and utter faith and loyalty that you know what's best. I have 2 cats: Cookie and Fritz, and my fiance also has two cats...