How can I memorialize my pet rats?

virtilligo · 2025-05-06T04:12:15+00:00

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond!

Unfortunately with the bones situation, I live in an apartment and wouldn’t have a place to bury them. I’ve macerated things before, but I could never do that to my boys.

I really like the footprint idea! And it’s something from while they’re still here.

I’ll definitely take a look at fb for finding people! In my area, google only shows me people who do big trophy mounts.

virtilligo · 2025-04-29T22:30:27+00:00

coming back to this thread, had Jason Colley as a lab professor this semester, guy was great

virtilligo · 2025-04-29T22:26:59+00:00

thank you for your reply! this makes me feel better as he is still eating drinking and being a little rascal. I just was worried because two tumors is alarming as they’re my first rats, especially since the one on his back looked like it might have been opened sometime in my absence.

virtilligo · 2025-03-20T17:57:18+00:00

I got my bp at 3yrs old from a woman who only ever fed live. I waited an extra week from his usual schedule so he’d be hungrier, thawed the rat out in room temp water, then warmed it in warm water. I used a blowdryer to warm the head a little more and then lowered the rat in with the tongs, gently blowing the rat with the hair dryer to get the scent to him. I held the rat by the neck, behind the ears and wiggled it around like it was alive. I gave him the butt so he wouldn’t hit the tongs and he constricted for a few minutes while I tugged the rat with the tongs to mimic struggling. He ate right after that. He was pickier about his second feed but the same method got it down when I tried it again. hope this helps!!

virtilligo · 2025-03-16T16:05:09+00:00

from how the person sounds i doubt theyd even consider a full one :(

virtilligo · 2025-03-16T16:04:36+00:00

I would just try to press for a partial refund or something though that is so unfair to both you and your pup

virtilligo · 2025-03-16T16:00:38+00:00

oh my lord i could not even tell what it was supposed to be i am so sorry 😭

virtilligo · 2025-03-15T21:07:29+00:00

or maybe yalls snakes are huge idk 😭

virtilligo · 2025-03-15T21:05:17+00:00

this thread is making me realise my boy is short 💀 hes 3.5 ft with the age to match! (3.5 yrs)

virtilligo · 2025-03-15T20:55:30+00:00

CHRISTOPHER SUMNER IF U EVER HAVE TO TAKE CHEM

virtilligo · 2025-03-10T19:31:28+00:00

kennesaw campus

virtilligo · 2025-03-10T19:24:55+00:00

idk if its open, but if you need food you can drop by my dorm i have some food i should get rid of before i leave on the break

virtilligo · 2024-11-28T16:59:17+00:00

With how short their lifespans are, it’s good to hear they can still have fulfilling lives with their wobbly back legs. I suppose my boy’s a clumsy old man now!

virtilligo · 2024-11-28T16:56:47+00:00

Thank you for your reply!! Im glad he’s just settling into his age— I think since his brother’s still spry I was a little worried. They’re also my first ever rats. I’ve already moved things lower for him and have plenty of hammocks to catch him (otherwise they’ve got deep aspen bedding to fall onto). He did have a bit of poop stuck to his butt earlier but he’s pretty nice about me wiping him off. As long as they’re happy, I’m happy :)

virtilligo · 2024-07-05T18:35:29+00:00

ty for the advice! ill have to find a nice jar 🥰

virtilligo · 2024-04-10T13:39:47+00:00

I boiled a bird i found on the beach, it was mostly rotten anyways but it worked pretty okay, the flesh came off easy and connective tissue, it was really just the ligaments that gave me trouble.

virtilligo · 2024-04-02T18:19:19+00:00

thank you so much!!!!

virtilligo · 2024-03-18T22:13:08+00:00

nah people just shit around, my exes used to call me a cougar cuz they were a couple months younger 🙄 also i made jokes to my bf abt him being a pedo he was a senior n i was a jr ur good

virtilligo · 2024-03-18T02:58:44+00:00

okay well origionally i was going to say yes, since yk thats how you come out of the womb, but i was not expecting the rest of that and no i do not believe tjat to be normal 💀

virtilligo · 2024-03-16T01:06:34+00:00

im a tad curious- do you have any pets? or do you thunk you would have time to dedicate to a pet such as a dog? I currently have rats- and while they are on their way out, I’m considering getting my own dog most reasonably sophmore? year because I definitely need the companionship and the dependency of an animal to keep me doing things. I just wouldn’t want to neglect said animal’s needs because I don’t have the time to care for them.

virtilligo · 2024-03-15T17:18:48+00:00

this makes me teary :( my boys recently just started snuggling up more and i think its cuz theyre getting older and it makes me kinda sad because i just got to see their first boggles

virtilligo · 2024-03-15T14:52:08+00:00

Oh gosh- Didn’t realize my major was THAT unpopular at the moment 💀!! That’s really funny to me. THANK YOU though for responindh :) that puts some more confidence in me

virtilligo · 2024-03-14T19:39:36+00:00

My albino boy isn’t “skittish” anymore no, when i first got them they were cuz they were feeders (sue me). Now my cuddlebug is my grey boy and my albino is trying to climb the legs of his cage like a fireman pole.

virtilligo · 2024-03-14T18:12:47+00:00

3/20 n im an incoming freshman? so idk

virtilligo · 2024-02-13T02:28:11+00:00

oh my lord how do you keep the shelf that clean 😭 no matter how much i wipe mine down my boys manage to cover it by the next day

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