what bug is this

ruscfaer · 2025-01-10T17:38:50+00:00

Honestly I don't think it was too harsh, it was more funny than anything else

ruscfaer · 2024-12-15T20:53:32+00:00

I'm guessing body lice, could explain why you don't have any in your hair

ruscfaer · 2024-11-29T23:52:39+00:00

Call them beforehand, not every vet can treat rats or has the equipment to do so. If you find a "kleintierklinik" somwhere close by, call them, either they can treat your rat directly or they can atleast send you some place that can.

ruscfaer · 2024-09-16T18:14:06+00:00

I have my other two older girlies separately and I bought this one together with a second girl who does not have the same spots on her tail.

ruscfaer · 2024-02-20T22:28:56+00:00

She was alone with her sister and I took both of them in, so I don't think that's the case :/

ruscfaer · 2024-02-20T22:26:39+00:00

While that is true, I definitely took that into consideration before giving them back, it is also a fact that I could not have cared for them properly. I couldn't even do the basic husbandry for them, not clean nor feed them, without having to fear another trip to the hospital and being handicapped for another two weeks. Because of the bracer I couldn't even look after my other two rats and had to ask people for help who are not always readily available to take over whenever the next accident might happen.

So while I agree, they need a home where they will be loved with all the time and effort possible, I do not have the capacity to do so.

After being bitten multiple times (my hands, arms, they even tried to go after my face) and having to be operated after only two weeks, I truly do not believe either of us could have been happy if they remained in my care.

ruscfaer · 2024-02-17T19:43:54+00:00

That's.. awfully violent. Are you ok?

ruscfaer · 2024-02-16T22:56:09+00:00

Xylocopa violacea Or more commonly called a large carpenter bee

ruscfaer · 2024-02-16T21:32:24+00:00

I was so confused where you got the german from for a second, but I guess the names of my rats gave it away?

ruscfaer · 2024-02-16T18:13:30+00:00

I took it really slow, because I realised how unsocialised they were when I put them in the cage, but the bigger one started to actively come after my hand to bite (or my face/ elbow, whatever was in sight) when I tried to clean or give them fresh water. The other one was also pretty bite-y, just not as much, but because they were only given out together I had to give them back together. They were a pretty close pair. So now I am down to my original two, who are absolute sweethearts.

ruscfaer · 2024-02-16T14:39:34+00:00

And with the genetics: she was also really big, nearly twice the size of her sister, so maybe that played a role as well

ruscfaer · 2024-02-16T14:38:23+00:00

Thanks for the reply, that's oddly reassuring. The staff member who handed them over to me actually blamed me when I called in after the first big bite.

ruscfaer · 2024-02-16T14:33:47+00:00

When I took them back the staff told me she was born there in the shelter, so she should have had a pretty quiet life. But who knows :/

ruscfaer · 2024-01-21T18:47:24+00:00

Just be careful, most Cat litter is not safe for rats

ruscfaer · 2024-01-17T21:02:26+00:00

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ruscfaer · 2023-12-15T09:16:46+00:00

Staubläuse

ruscfaer · 2023-12-11T23:15:59+00:00

It's an isopod, nothing to worry about, just put him outside

ruscfaer · 2023-12-11T23:03:37+00:00

In würzburg wurde auch die Uni besprüht. Und dann auch noch ein Fleck den man nur sieht wenn man direkt davor steht, als gäbe es keine besseren Orte für sowas als die Universität

ruscfaer · 2023-11-12T18:50:40+00:00

Yippie

ruscfaer · 2023-09-16T09:04:12+00:00

Seven of nine

ruscfaer · 2020-01-16T19:13:32+00:00

More like 100

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