Asheka
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Their story starts here: http://www.ratshackforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&p=292938#p292938
So, decided since I definitely want to be kept updated on these ladies, to start their own thread. Today, we drove out to rescue these poor girls that Sapphy-San helped gain info for after being able to take home their father.
I must say it took A LOT of effort to keep my mouth shut while at this woman's place. It's worse than originally though. The cage wasn't IN a shed...it was outside of a shed, completely open to the elements and predators. It look almost like a small Martin's cage set up but galvanized and only one door...There were DOZENS of other cages of various sizes around....She claimed she just started breeding them and people would buy them and then she ended up with 17 babies at once and had to get rid of them....Although she toyed with the idea of keeping the one (who I believe is very pregnant) for the babies...She was the first I scooped out and the calmest of the three...
Apparently she has (or had, I'm not sure...) ferrets, GPs, rabbits, chinchillas...along with dogs, geese, turkeys, and goats...all in the same area I might add....oh and I know I saw a couple cats not far from the cages....I didn't get a look inside the shed the rats were near, but I assume there's more cages with possibly more animals....I mentioned the male and other female that were gone, and she seemed to avoid the subject....so either she didn't want to tell me what happened or she's stupid enough to keep them to breed again... :redhot:
As we were leaving she commented that I was nuts coming out all that way just for rats....and that she loved them but "they just breed too much" :emb: :emb: :emb: :emb: I hate people.
Anyway, all three of these lovely girls are now here with me until Stacey can pick them up. Two, in my opinion, are himis, one looks to be a PEW. All red eyes and dumbo ears though...Gorgeous. The PEW is the one I believe to be pregnant, and the calmest of the three. The bigger of the himis is slightly calm and is actually out and about looking at me from the cage right now. Besides some sneezies though they seem alright...Although I'm getting a closer look and the PEWs one eye as she's gulping down water ( :rant: ) and one looks a little watery and almost partially closed...but she hides when I try to get a closer look.
Well, I know this is what you're waiting for. I took a bunch of pics for the ladies involved in this rescue, but here are two group shots and one of the PEW...she didn't want to get off my arm when I took her out of the box... :sad3: hmmm...she's out a bit and might have some light markings...but I'll let the experts decide on all this.
So, decided since I definitely want to be kept updated on these ladies, to start their own thread. Today, we drove out to rescue these poor girls that Sapphy-San helped gain info for after being able to take home their father.
I must say it took A LOT of effort to keep my mouth shut while at this woman's place. It's worse than originally though. The cage wasn't IN a shed...it was outside of a shed, completely open to the elements and predators. It look almost like a small Martin's cage set up but galvanized and only one door...There were DOZENS of other cages of various sizes around....She claimed she just started breeding them and people would buy them and then she ended up with 17 babies at once and had to get rid of them....Although she toyed with the idea of keeping the one (who I believe is very pregnant) for the babies...She was the first I scooped out and the calmest of the three...
Apparently she has (or had, I'm not sure...) ferrets, GPs, rabbits, chinchillas...along with dogs, geese, turkeys, and goats...all in the same area I might add....oh and I know I saw a couple cats not far from the cages....I didn't get a look inside the shed the rats were near, but I assume there's more cages with possibly more animals....I mentioned the male and other female that were gone, and she seemed to avoid the subject....so either she didn't want to tell me what happened or she's stupid enough to keep them to breed again... :redhot:
As we were leaving she commented that I was nuts coming out all that way just for rats....and that she loved them but "they just breed too much" :emb: :emb: :emb: :emb: I hate people.
Anyway, all three of these lovely girls are now here with me until Stacey can pick them up. Two, in my opinion, are himis, one looks to be a PEW. All red eyes and dumbo ears though...Gorgeous. The PEW is the one I believe to be pregnant, and the calmest of the three. The bigger of the himis is slightly calm and is actually out and about looking at me from the cage right now. Besides some sneezies though they seem alright...Although I'm getting a closer look and the PEWs one eye as she's gulping down water ( :rant: ) and one looks a little watery and almost partially closed...but she hides when I try to get a closer look.
Well, I know this is what you're waiting for. I took a bunch of pics for the ladies involved in this rescue, but here are two group shots and one of the PEW...she didn't want to get off my arm when I took her out of the box... :sad3: hmmm...she's out a bit and might have some light markings...but I'll let the experts decide on all this.
