Ratamania
- Early January Issue -

Beautiful Sayuri
Sayuri has succeeded in her weight loss diet by cutting on the nuts, chocolate and snacking. She has been having one tea spoon full of rat mix twice a day, supplemented by a table spoon full of diced fresh vegetables and fruits.
Exercise is known to reduces appetite so she is taken out of the cage as much as the time allows for a good run around. She also has vitamin drops and echinacea in her water. Her fur is beautifully silky and shiny. She is almost 10 month old and weighs around 275 grammes.
In deed a prime example of a healthy rat.
A Happy New Year!

May many happiness, joy and laughter be with you and your rats throughout 2002.

                                                                                   Best wishes,
                                                                                   Meg Ratamania
 
*My new year's resolution is not to overfeed my rats! *

 All the rat in a house  Sayuri: I'm getting sleepy again. You are so snug..

Everybody in da house

 Sayuri:You make such a nice cushion!
            Let me just have a power nap on you....

Minami: Ahh you are squashing me!








The Twelve Commandments of Rat Keeping
  1. Do not pick the rat up by its tail. Ouch! It's very painful! It just makes the rat to hate you.
  2. Never use saw dust for the bedding. Saw dust irritates nose and eyes. Wood shavings or chips are much better.
  3. Never use soft wood such as pine or cedar bedding. Hardwood such as aspen is the best bedding. If your bag of bedding was a cheap wood material, it's more than likely to be a soft wood product. An old shredded newspaper still is better than the soft wood!
  4. Never cage male and female rats together unless you have plans to breed them.
  5. Never feed rats with fizzy drinks. Rats can't burp and it causes a serious problems.
  6. No cow milk! Rats can not digest cow milk very well. Try kitten milk or even Soya milk.
  7. Keep rats in a dry warm quiet area of the house away from direct sun light and draft.
  8. Rats should be fed mainly on a modest amount of rat mix, or a lab block supplemented by fresh vegetables and fruits. Overfeeding and unhealthy diet shortens rats' life span.
  9. Fresh water should be provided every day in a water bottle.
  10. Do not feed the rat with spicy or greasy food.
  11. Talk sweet nothings to your rat if you want to win its trust. Make sure you do this in private otherwise your friends and family will be very worried for your mental health.
  12. If you want to tame the rat, you need a great deal of patience!
   

Koyuki & Sayuri    Koyuki & Sayuri enjoying a relaxing New Year holiday

Koyuki           Koyuki is being groomed by Sayuri
         
          " Keep young & beautiful,
           if you want to be loved!"

Mina


Minami is trying to come up with a New Year's resolution
"...can't think of one"          





Wonderful Rat Web Sites
Grove Pashlay
A stunning rat photography. Rats make beautiful models, this page is so worth seeing.

Rat food, treats, toys, wheels, ornaments, everything rats in this newly opened shop! They are very decently priced too! Posted to US and overseas.

The Winking Cavi Store
Rat calender, cards, T-shirt, accessary, key ring you name it. This place has any other rodents goods too so go and have a look. I am sure you will find something you love! A great place to pick up a gift for rat lovers too. Posted to US and overseas.

Sniffy the Virtual Rat  
A software devised by University of Tronto, to be used as replacement to a real rat used in psychology experiments. Animated Sniffy is capable of learning. Goto the web site, type in Sniffy in the keyword section and you fill find more about it.

Rat
Wonderful film with a rat as a main character. A drunken Irishman one day turns into a rat and...

Raggy Rat Company
Catherine makes a wonderful rat dolls, so soft and cuddly. You can have one made to your colour specification to make it look more like your own rat. This would be a dream gift for any rat lover. Catherine has many photos of her beautiful ratties on her page too.

Sayuri
 
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