ASAP RATS

[tackleberry17]

Hi, there are two rats albino in the hintonburgh area, that have taken refuge in someone's back yard. someone just set them loose or they escaped(hopefully escaped) I have no way to get there today and it is urgent. They are frightened, PLEASE if you can help e-mail me ASAP I will be at the computer waiting for a reply.

IM ME I WILL GIVE YOU HIS PHONE NUMBER!!!!

THANK YOU.

 

[mamarat]

Can you call the SPCA? Here they went and rescued a bunch from parks and even from the side of the highway. Good luck.

 

[tackleberry17]

No I called they don't do pick ups. I called the city and they only rescue and pick up dogs.

 

[lilangel]

tack called me and i am going to go and try and catch them. yeah here the spca's do not do much for ratties if they have a rat on their site its because someone droped it off there. :sad3:

 

[tackleberry17]

Thanks C.

 

[SQ]

btw, Read your post on your other thread.

I care and tried to reach people closer than I am to see if they could help.
I am in the province of Nova Scotia ... a two day drive away from you ..... which is why I couldn't go over and get them.

 

[mamarat]

tack called me and i am going to go and try and catch them. yeah here the spca's do not do much for ratties if they have a rat on their site its because someone droped it off there. :sad3:

:joy:

 

[attitude]

This is a close we got to them... :happydance: Well not sure if it is them or just 1.
I belive littleangel will come on soon asking for advice on how to make then come out.
So far i tried cheese,they took it but did not come out of the hole. :doh:
We are going back there in a bit after mousey's feeding.
Here si some pics.They look just adorables(i'm big fan of PEW) :cheeky:






Hoping to bring them back home tonite :heart: :heart: :heart:

 

[henry's_mum]

I hope you and lil get them hun!

 

[rat.charmer]

Good luck!!!!

 

[lilangel]

ugh its hard they will not come far then that only seeing a nose, i have to figure out a cage or something but for now we put a cage there with food water bottle and hoping they go in and when we get back we can close the cage door, its a smaller type cage. i had to come home to feed baby.

 

[Joanne]

How about a live trap?

 

[lilangel]

the OHS has some but they are too big and the door would not close on the rats since they are pretty small or if the door did close it might close on one of the rats killing him :sad3:

 

[Joanne]

Okay, how about a shovel? Garden trowel? It all depends if the hole is a critter den or if it's just a little small pocket under the wall. Might be able to dig them out......

 

[Moon]

Rat-sized live traps can be purchased, and sometimes rented if you have a local rent-all place.

 

[attitude]

Surprisingly we dont have much around here...Were off to see again with the peanut butter trick if we could manage anything.

 

[SQ]

Hope you are able to catch them soon ... poor little ratties

 

[jorats]

The cage should be covered and dark so that they will seek it out as their new den, water bottle and food should get them comfy and wanting to live in that cage for good.

 

[lilangel]

they took all the food and brought it in the hole anic: now its getting dark outside so we shall wait till tomorrow. we are going to try and rig something up to make the cage door close when they go in(we will bring chairs and sit and wait and do the string on the door thing :giggle: )

 

[jorats]

What you'll need is food that they can't remove... smear the cage bars with peanut butter so that they have to go in and lick it if they want some. Waiting nearby will probably be the only way to get them.

You and Attitude are such wonderful people for doing this.
3 years ago, there was another similar situation in Ottawa. A lady with no rat knowledge found two rats in her back yard, she was able to coax them into a cage but nobody in the area were able to help her. Finally Shelagh (lilspaz) did a lot of calls to the lady to help her out. I drove out to Ottawa since I was going there to visit my best friend, I picked up the rats and brought them back to Shelagh and mamarat kept 3 males.

We all do what we can to help, some with advice, some with experience, some with finances, some with transport and others can physically be there to do the leg work. Everyone is important during a rescue... everyone tries to the best of their abilities and limitations.