Hi!

[Rats]

Originally Posted by suzted

hi sally, pleased to meet you! im guessing by the name your a fan o rats? i have two, pink and floyd. pair o wee horrors so they are. spoilt rotten lol how many do you have?

Hiya,

We have 11 rats and they are wonderful pets, but unfortunately are quite suceptable to respiratory illnesses and tumours.

Snowhound, most tumours are caused by hormones, hence if you have a female rat spayed, she is much, much less likely to develop tumours. It's nothing to do with too much protein, though a diet high in animal fat can be a contributing factor.

[Rats]

Originally Posted by jimmer

Hello Sally welcome I havn't been a member long. I live just down the road Bridport.

Hi, Bridport's lovely, would like to live down that way myself!

[snowhound]

Originally Posted by Rats

Hiya,

We have 11 rats and they are wonderful pets, but unfortunately are quite suceptable to respiratory illnesses and tumours.

Snowhound, most tumours are caused by hormones, hence if you have a female rat spayed, she is much, much less likely to develop tumours. It's nothing to do with too much protein, though a diet high in animal fat can be a contributing factor.

Hi Rats,

Thanks very much for this bit of information. Someone told me it was too much protein but they may well have been wrong. Makes more sense what you have said - both my rats were un-spayed females and I did feed them a fair amount of animal fat - they loved cheese, ham and bacon. I found it so hard to resist them. Thanks again.