I took some wonderful pictures of my Buddy Rat he is my newest Pet to my home. I got him just before My Little Sister Princess River Kitty had to be put to sleep. I have found that the pet store foods for rodents also to be lacking in very vital nutrition. So continue to do your research on Pet foods it could save your pets life no matter the species. If your confused you should look at this blog Post that I made about the Enviormentally caused cancer that my Cat Sissi River had that caused her to have to be put to sleep.
http://realmsofhealing.blogspot.com/search/label/Save%20Your%20Animals%20Life.Must%20Read.

I gave Buddy a bath and thought for sure that I would get his very nasty teeth in my hand somewhere when my boyfriend suggested it. The only reason I decided to give him the bath is because he was somewhat cold and I know that when I'm cold I like a nice warm bath. Well for most people they don't know that a Rat can conciously control there Bottom teeth to be as you normally see a rodents teeth paralell and verticle right next to each other. Well a Rat can conciously control the bottom set to make a V shape vs. the normal Straight up and down shape.  So you can see my aprehention in giving Buddy a bath. I know how Nasty there Bite can be from other peoples experiences and Scientific source. Buddy took it much better than I thought he would however.
Here's the Pictures taken that night. Yes Buddy doesn't have any Fur I know he is what you call a Peach Fuzz Rat a Sub Class of the Hairless Rat.

This is my Buddy Rat he is different than any of the other Rats I've ever had as pets do to his Hairlessness. There is a interesting story that goes with the Getting of this Rat also. I don't know if I have put it in my Domesticity label or not so here it is.

When I got Buddy My Rat I had a friend of mine say that she had been thinking about the fact that I had not had a Rat in a long time or even Mice. Which for a lot of years much more than the normal 3-4 yrs a Rat normally lives I had one in my home while in my teens and early adult years. Most people from my early years remember my Rat Phillip who was named after the Phillipe in Man in the Iron Mask with Leonardo Dicaprio, Phillipe accually lived much longer than normal for a Rat he lived to be about 8-9 yrs the oldest Living Rat on Record is 8yrs old. Mine wasn't on Record and I'm not totally Positive of his age.
However when my friend told me this I had already been thinking about it off and on for years and was currently thinking about it. I didn't want another Rat as I don't spend alot of money on Vetrinarians for my Rodents and so they usually die at home and that means No Where to Bury them as I live in an Apartment complex. Normally when I was a Teenager we would bury My beloved Rodent Pets in the Back yard. Well that isn't an option I had open to me I didn't think. When my friend said something about it, I expressed my fears of a smaller pet like a Rat as you can't just Flush them down the Toilet like you would a Fish. And I am not one to spend money on the Vet to have them taken care of by the Vet. She understood completely and Asured that I could Bury my Rodent Friends in Her Backyard. That solved my biggest Problem I've had for years about Rodents I don't take Pets without thinking Long and Hard about how to take care of them there whole life through. Well my Rat Buddy has had it better than my other rodents he has already been seen by a Vet for issues he was having when I first got him.
But after having the Problem solved for me as to what to do with his poor Lifeless body, I started to seriously think about getting a Rat. I love rats there so intellegent. I thought on that seriously contemplating the costs and all the supplies i would need as I didn't have anything left but a tiny food dish from my other Rats. I had to start new and fresh all over again. Well I finally about 2 months later decided that I would get a Rat on my next Payday. Well payday rolled around and I went to Petco and I knew that Petsmart was cheeper on there Rodents than Petco was so we went to look there. And found Petsmart was totally out of all their Rodent stock. It was to late to go back to Petco so I decided to ask if Petsmart had any back stock of Rats. Well I went down an isle and I saw 3 ladies so I had a choice of who to ask. Well I decided on the one that was all alone to my right hand side. I asked her if they had any rats in back Stock or anywhere else in the store. She said no that what I saw is where they should have been located. Well then she asked me why I was looking for a Rat. I looked at her a bit odd and told her that I wanted a Rat as a Pet. She still didn't understand. She asked me for a Pet snakes dinner or a Pet Pet. I told her that I don't even own a Snake as much as I love them. So obviously I was looking for a Pet Pet. Well she told me about her rat that she had at home that she was trying to find a good home for. She told me that she had a Craigslist add out on the net for this rat. She told me that he was a Hairless Rat and that he had a weepy eye. She also told me that a Hairless Rat has a Self Regulating body Temperature. And that he didn't need any Specialized Care. I decided to take him. She wanted 10.00 for him and all his stuff like a cage and a wheel and stuff. So that was a good deal. I'm open for trying new things. Well we agreed that I would go get him from her the next day.
The Next day roles around and I decided to not call her in advance. The Surprise element tells alot about the conditions the animal had been living in which is a possible indicator of possible Future health issues.
Well we got out there me and my boyfriend, I knocked on the door and this Lady had a Virtual Zoo in her mothers basement. I walked down the stairs to find a Rabbit in a cage that looked just like the cage I have my Rabbit in and on top of that the Rabbit looked just like my Rabbit it was weird like daysha voo or something. Well I found that she had not cleaned his cage. I told her that was ok as I didn't realise how bad it was. She told me that she hadn't really given alot of hand training time to Blindy as she called him. She also told me that he didn't have any knowledge of the ball as she just let him run around on the floor for exercise. With a ton of Cats hanging around. Well I got Blindy out to the Car and he lived about 10miles away in Suncrest. We had a good long ride with Blindy in the back seat of the car. His Cage STANK to HIGH HEAVEN! I hadn't ever smelled a cage that smelled that badly. Rats are a very clean creature the whole way home Blindy was trying to clean himself to no avail. Well I got home and looked at his cage conditions a bit better and it looked like she hadn't changed his cage in Months. You can see from the Pictures that where in the add that his cage was really dirty at the time but it was worse than that when I got him.

He is the one on in the Top Cage. She was getting rid of the other rats as well they already had a home.

Well I cleaned his cage and that night he was in my bedroom with me. I ended up having an asthma attack for the first time in a long time while I was asleep. I knew it was happening but I couldn't wake up. I noticed that the Rat was weezing and having a hard time breathing. Well he also had a Read Discharge coming out of his bad eye that looked like blood so I started doing some research  and found that the lady didn't have a clue what the hell she was doing when it came to the hairless rats.

I found a great number of sites but I also found that he as a hairless rat needed to have a companion in the cage with them so they don't get two cold. Now that possed a very interesting problem for me as this is also a Respiratory illness that all Rats carry from birth inless they are birthed via C-section. It is a virus that is passed to them in the Birthing cannal from the Mother. So all Rats who don't live in a Labritory have this virus the virus is just not active or something like that. Well I couldn't very well put another Rat in there with this one having become sick from a illness that is cronic and commonly caried by all rats. So how to keep this Rat who was constantly being called Bud or Buddy by me at this point warm. Well I went to the store to find him a warm bed for one. Second off I decided to put a electric heating pad under the cage. That would fix the need for warmth.  So there Bodies don't self regulate anymore than yours or mine would. I told my friend and she things that there is probably an empathic link between me and this rat that caused my asthma attack in my sleep. She thinks that I probably saved his life by taking some of his problems on myself. I haven't had an asthma attack since. So she could be right because after that Buddy started to get better for a while till he took a drastic turn for the worse that made me think that he wouldn't last out the week. His other eye started to weep which is an infection on a gland in the back of the rats eyes which is red in color and often in mistaken for Blood. Well he was lethargic and just not doing so hot I did some research and found that I could give him children's echinachea Drops that are Rasberry flavored. I already had him on Vitamins trying to help his already naturally week immune system make a come back over this virus. It worked obviously he is now doing really well and is very very cleaver and intellegant even for Rat standards. I adore him at this point. He is probably the most Friendly Rat I've ever had as well.

Here is the ADD that the lady had on Craigs List.

Nice male rat with supplies (Spokane)

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Date: 2010-08-28, 5:00PM PDT

Reply to: comm-bcqvw-1924769695@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]

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I'm moving into an apartment soon and it doesn't allow any extra animals (besides the 2 cats I'm taking), so I have to rehome my wonderful ratties :(



I have a male hairless rat, who is about a year old. He occasionally has an eye goopy problem, but he takes care of it himself. He's friendly and has never hurt anyone. He loves yogurt treats and I use Carefresh bedding because it doesn't create any dust problems.

He's a little shy about being handled but would never bite. I'm sure he could be trained to be okay with being held, I just never did :(



He comes with his cage, his water bottle, half a bag of Carefresh bedding left, half a bag of food, a wheel, and his food dish.



HE IS TO BE A PET ONLY!!!!!! NO SNAKE FOOD!!!!! I will bring him to your home to make sure you don't have any snakes there!



I'm asking $10 for him, considering his cage is worth $20 by itself!



So go ahead and email me if you're interested and I'll get back to you shortly. I want a good home for him that'll give him lots of love and gentle attention. And I can bring him to you whenever you're available :)



The 1st picture shows the cage he comes with (top one). The 2nd picture is him!



Thanks!