Everytime I try to keep a w/c grey rat, it eats like gangbusters for about a month, then totally quits eating. It has bad sheds, stuck eye caps, etc. I wind up releasing them for their own health.

Even the baby I rescued and nursed back to health did this after it got well so I released it. And a yearling I just released today, same thing. I only had it a short while.

My everglades rat and my blue beauty are doing wonderfully well.

Do these guys require extra humidity? I guess so, duh, from my description of problems, above.

Guess I'll have to get a captive bred baby and try it that way.

Just rambling, I guess.
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Amy Claiborne

Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.

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• I have trouble keeping grey rats... - ShadyLady, Sun Aug 15 20:42:31 2010
• Very odd - KevinM, Mon Aug 16 10:51:53 2010
• RE: Very odd - shadylady, Mon Aug 16 15:47:30 2010