I live in the Buffalo NY area and I have 8 beautiful hairless I need homes for.  :BlueDumboBigEyes:I am not home enough to give them the attention that they need and deserve. I do not have adequate housing for them to have a good quality of life. I hope someone can help me. I got two I saw in a horrible cage in a dingy pet shop and new I could do better than they had there, but they were male and female and it was to late to separate them, then there were 6 girls and 6 boys. 2 I have already got homes for and unfortunately 2 died,   so  I need homes for the rest of the babies and I think I should also find better living arrangements for the adults. They're very loving and one baby female has megacolon, so whomever can take them must promise to take extra special care of her. She's a sweety.
 
[edited to add location to title as per adoption center guidelines - suebee]

You know megacolon is fatal, right?  

Where is Rego PArk NY? I can definately tell my males appart, they are DEFINATELY male..lol  The father is very large, I think his boys will be too.

You know, I didnt realize this disease was that fatal. I have read several articles that say with special care they can live, so no, I don't want her adopted out to be put down, I want it adopted out to someone who will take good care of her until she does die. I didnt know the life span was so short. Don't make me out to be a bad person. I took these guys from a more dirtier place then I hope they'll ever see again. I'm sorry if you took my other reply wrong. I am not a vet. if maybe you could help me with the well ones I'd love to hear from you.

Thank You for that article, it's one I did not read. Although it says they can be cared for, I am not the right person to do  it. She seems fine right now, she is still eating and drinking and she does go poop, sometimes with help. I was told a good diet of vegetables and leafy greens and lot of water would help keep her "regular". Pardon my ignorance as I am not really a rat expert. I do not know what is right because I see she is still active, I dont want to put her down while she still has good life in her.

Im glad to learn all these things i did not know. In the future when I am better suited to care for them again, I will find out all I need to know. But thats how I guess we learn. By experience. Other than my poor sick baby, all the rest seem fine. The mother is almost flawless. She is beautiful. All the boys seem in good health also. They were born May 9th.  As does the other baby female. I am willing to drive some, but I do not know how far, Long Island is kind of far from here.

Thank you for responding, Sugar Plum who is in Queens wants a boy and I do not know how many bayblue might want. CT is still an awful long drive from Buffalo, it is clear on the other side of the state. Please let me know if we can work something out.

Albany is sort of a mid-point between us, and it's about 3 hours either way from here and from Buffalo.  We could meet at a rest-stop there and do a switch if you'd like.  I come through Buffalo somewaht regularly to go see my family in Ontario, but I won't be going up anytime soon unfortunately, so I could meet you in the middle and then Sugarplum and/or Babyblue and I could work something out for the switcheroo.  It's -possible- that I might take one of them myself, but have they been quarantined or no?

*edit* to account for the fact that I just woke up.

Quarantining means absolutely no contact with outside rats for minimum of 3 weeks or more. This means  no new rats, and if you went to a petstore that sells rats you'll need to change your clothes and take a shower when you get home (or you can just stay away for a few hours before you come home), no friends coming over who has rats at home and visa versa, etc. Rat owners do this because there are some very contagious and deadly diseases such as Sendai or SDA and the only way to prevent it is to completely quarantine any and all new rats that are coming into the colony.

I don't know that *I* personally will take any of your rats, I was actually asking for SugarPlum cuz she's been looking for one for awhile. While I'd love to get me a hairless rat at some point, right now I have my hands full with my fosters. But if you REALLY need to place these rats soon and if this transport thing does work out, I *may* be able to take a few of them temporarily and try to place them from here. Let's first see if we can get one down here for SugarPlum who's been eagerly waiting for one for a long time

How old are the babies now? How's the baby with megacolon doing?

rq, you know you want to take some!  How could you not?  Emma, Daisy, Kira, Harry and Fuzzy are all taking bets on how many you'll end up with!  Hairless are just so wonderful.  Amy, you did the right thing by coming here to ask for help.  It shows you care enough about your kids to find homes rather than dump them somewhere.  I hope all your babies find wonderful homes.  From the sound of it, it looks like those here who can help will be the best homes they could ask for.  Good luck to you, and congrats to everyone for opening your hearts. SugarPlum...your wish has been granted.  I'm so happy for you.

SugarPlum, I can transport from Albany.  I've responded here and (hopefully) on the Rat Transport list.  I signed up for it but truthfully dunno how to post to it    SO maybe I posted and maybe I didn't, but nevertheless I can get to Albany to scoop 'em for you.  How far up into CT will you be able to come to meet me?

Amy, (or SugarPlum) you can email me at ratgrl@earthlink.net if you want to work out a day (gotta be a weekend) when we can meet Albany-way.  

BabyBlue, are you in line for any of these weiners?

I am overwhelmed with the kindness I have encountered on this website. I did not realize the rat world was so big. I did alot of research on -line when I got these guys home, so yes I did separate by sex. I took poppa out right away as to not get mommy pregnant right away and I separated the boys and girls. I think big poppa was happy with that being alone for 4 weeks must have sucked for him, although he was next to them, it just isn't the same. I will e-mail everybody to try to work out getting my big poppa down to SugarPLum. I know she will love him.

Drusilla, it looks like there will be a transport to somewhere in the LI area.  Details haven't been worked out yet but if they're not already claimed I'm sure we can find a way to get them to you.

  I'd like to thank everyone again. And I emailed you ratqueen.