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The AFRMA Rat and Mouse
Information Pages
Here is where you will find information on the
care of Rats and Mice.
We have taken this information from our newsletters and flyers.
General Information
- Ratatouille Movie Review - read a movie review by an AFRMA member.
- Pet Rats & Mice - The General Care of Pet Rats and Mice.
- The Quest - How to find the rat or mouse for you!
- Choosing Your New Pet Rats...
- 10 Most Asked Questions About Rats and Mice.
- Rat and Mouse Essentials! - 10 Things You Need
Before Buying a Rat or Mouse!
- How Clean is Clean - by Nichole Royer
- Introducing the Fancy Rat - by Nichole Royer
- The History of Fancy Rats - A brief history of
how the Rat Fancy started.
- The History of Fancy Mice - A brief history of how the
Mouse Fancy started.
- The Mouse of the Day - A story about male mice - by Pat Bromberek
- Trust-Training Nervous Rats - by Elizabeth R. TeSelle
- The Kindest Cut: Our Experience with Neutered Rats - by Elizabeth R. TeSelle
- Environmental Enrichment For The Pet Rat - by Nichole Royer
- A House For Your Mouse (or rat): Housing the Small Colony for the
Serious Fancier, part 1 - by Nichole Royer
- A House For Your Mouse (or rat): Housing the Small Colony for the
Serious Fancier, part 2 - by Nichole Royer
- A House For Your Mouse (or rat): Cages, part 1 - by Nichole Royer
- A House For Your Mouse (or rat): Cages, part 2 - by Nichole Royer
- A House For Your Mouse (or rat): Cages, part 3 - by Nichole Royer
- A Kid’s Guide To Basic Pet Rat & Mouse Care -
A care sheet just for kids!
- Companion Animal Loss & Pet Owner Grief - Part 1 by
Marc A. Rosenberg, VMD
- Companion Animal Loss & Pet Owner Grief - Part 2 by
Marc A. Rosenberg, VMD
- Photos of Food for rats and mice.
- Oats are Oats, Right? - by Carol Lawton
- Educational Posters
These are posters that we use at our displays and have had people asking for copies. These are in PDF format and
are ready to hand out in classrooms, etc., that you can print to your printer.
- Body Size - a comparison of sizes of house mouse, black rat, Norway rat
(11x17 size); drawings by Sheryl Leisure.
- Diet - showing drawings of food and water requirements (8½x11); drawings
by Sheryl Leisure.
- Fancy - what the term “fancy” means (8½x11); drawing by
Liz Mullender.
- Determining Gender - drawings of male and female (11x17 size) by Sheryl Leisure.
- Physiological Facts - table of physiological facts of rats and mice
(8½x11); drawings by Sheryl Leisure.
- Reproduction Facts - table of reproductive facts of rats and mice
(8½x11); drawing top by Lorryta Bowker, bottom babies by Sheryl Leisure.
- Skeleton - drawings of mouse and rat skeletal systems (11x17 size)
by Sheryl Leisure.
- Taxonomy - table of taxonomy facts of rats and mice
(8½x11); rat yawning drawing by Dean Norton, rest of drawings by Sheryl Leisure.
- Why Pet Rats? - list of pros and cons of having rats as pets (8½x11);
drawings by Sheryl Leisure.
- More Educational Posters
More posters that we use at our displays. These are in PDF format and
are ready to hand out or use in displays that you can print to your printer. Posters by Carol Lawton.
- Handout Flyers
These are our handout flyers that we use at our shows and displays. These are in PDF format that you can print to
your printer. Most are double sided (1 flyer on one side, similar on other side, e.g. History Rats and History Mice)
Our Pets & Friends
Beginners’ Corner
Health Care
- Respiratory Problems
- Rat With Mycoplasma or Allergies - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Pneumonia in Rats - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Mycoplasma Vaccine? - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Information Update On Nebulizing Rats With Respiratory Viruses - By Cathleen Schneider-Russell
- Bloody nose - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Bloody Nose; Eye Discharge; Eye & Nose Discharge - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Caved-In Appearance - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Clicking Mouse/Rat Talking - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- No Pep/Sneezing/Humping Rat - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Respiratory Problems in Mice - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Head Tilt; Eye Problem - by Nichole Royer
- Torticollis - Rat Walks on Side; Siamese Rat With Head Tilt;
Hairless Rat With Head Tilt; Mouse With Head Tilt - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- The Millennium Bug - by Nancy Ferris. One member’s experience with SDA.
- Can Parrots Pass SDA to Rats?; Cardiac Problem in Rats. - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Sniffling Mice - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Formula for Anorexic Rats - from Elizabeth TeSelle
- Parasites/Scabs
- Bugs - By Nichole Royer, Edited by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Bugs On Mice/Mites—Ectoparasite Infestations in Rodents -
by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Frizzie Rot - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Lice Infestation in Mice - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Invasion of the Fur Mites! EEEKK! - by Pat Bromerek
- Porphyrin Staining in Rat Eye & Rat Fur Mites - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Longevity Study; Update: Scabs...Diet or ???; Ivermectin Treatment for Pinworms
- by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Ivomec vs Eqvalan - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Suddenly Ill Rat: Hemobartonella muris/Proteus Mirabilis - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Rats & Lyme Disease - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Virus/Bacteria/Fungus
- Illness in Rat Bites and Feces? - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Contagious Rat Diseases?; Zoonotic Diseases -
by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Mousepox Ectromelia - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Mouse Hepatitis Virus Infection (MHV) - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Papilloma Wart Virus or Rat Pox Virus
- Rat Bite Fever - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Rat Coronavirus, SDAV, KRV, MVM, MHV, etc. - Rat Coronavirus,
Sialodacryoadenitis Virus, Kilham Rat Virus (KRV), aka H-1 Virus, Minute Virus of Mice, Mouse Hepatitis
Virus, Hantavirus, Mouse Testing - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Reovirus 3 - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Rolling Mice, Rat/Mouse Health Questions, Theiler’s Murine
Encephalomyelitis Virus (TMEV) - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Ringworm & Rats - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Ringworm on Mice - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Miscellaneous
- Abscessess/Bumble Foot; Pain Medicine For Rats; Chloroform - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Ataxia, Anorexia - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Blind Rat - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Broken Leg; Mass Pops Out; Injured Rats - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Common Dental Problems In Rodents: Treatment & Prevention - By Cathleen Schneider-Russell
- Blue Rat Bleeding Disorders/Blue Rats With Hemophilia - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Russian Blue Bleeding Problem
- Update on My Rat Project: Blue Rat Bleeding Disorders/Blue Rats
With Hemophilia; Russian Blue Bleeding Problem - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Diabetes in Rats - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Diarrhea in Rats - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Rat with Ear Lumps; Pimples on Rats’ Ears - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Porkchop: A Rat with Epilepsy, part 1 - by Pamela Sorrentino
- Porkchop: A Rat with Epilepsy, part 2 - by Pamela Sorrentino
- Porkchop: A Rat with Epilepsy, part 3 - by Pamela Sorrentino
- Regarding Euthanasia - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Hermaphroditic Rat?; Skin Mass/Mass Pops Out - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Hydrocephalic Rat & Anencephaly Rat - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
[WARNING: Graphic Photos]
- Kidney Stones vs. Kidney/Bladder Infections - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Rat with Wrist Lumps - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Megacecum and Megacolon - Megacecum and Megacolon: Development
Disorders in the Enteric Nervous System in Rats by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Update on Reddy; Pep-Boy’s Problem - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M. (Pep-Boy, a
Hairless rat with strange lump)
- Hairless Rat With A Rash - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Dangerous Onions; Strange Rat Disease - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Miscellaneous Comments - Head Tilt/Red Eye Discharge; In Regard To The Itching;
Pain Medications For Rodents: Update; Epilepsy In Rats: Necropsy of Porkchop
- Mouse with Cuts on Back; Bumps on Hairless Rat’s Stomach -
by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Taking Mice to the Vet; Mouse Problems - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Unsteady Mouse; Hydrogen Peroxide on Mice; Swollen Vulva on Mouse - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
- Various Rat Questions & Answers - Rat with Dislocated Jaw;
Dosage for Liquid Tylan; Foot Joint Sores; Abscesses, Bumble Foot; Pain Medicine for Rats; Wheezing Rat;
Neutering and Aggression. - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
Bedding
- Cedar and Pine are Toxic to ALL Small
Animals! Gentle Touch™ information
(a safe bedding alternative)
- The Problem With Pine: A Discussion of Softwood Beddings
By Elizabeth R. TeSelle, Nashvile, TN (From the July–October 1993 AFRMA Rat & Mouse Tales).
- The Bedding Dilemma, Part 1 - by Nichole Royer
- The Bedding Dilemma, Part 2 - by Nichole Royer
- The Bedding Dilemma, Part 3 - by Nichole Royer
- The Bedding Dilemma, Part 4 - by Nichole Royer
- Cage Hygiene, Healthy Litters, and Beddings by Debbie Ducommun
(Parts 1 & 2, from the July–October 1992 and November–December 1992 AFRMA Rat & Mouse Tales).
- The Toxicity of Pine and Cedar Shavings
by Debbie "The Rat Lady" Ducommun.
- “Litterboxes
and Liver Disease.” Harriman, Marinell (1989). House Rabbit Journal I (12): 8-9.
- Respiratory toxicity of cedar and pine wood -
An article from the Triangle Ferret Lovers club in
North Carolina.
- Wood Shavings
- The problem with cedar and pine shavings as pet bedding and litter.
- Physiological Effects of
Softwoods on Respiratory and Liver Function - An article from the Department of Biology at
Davidson College, Davidson, NC.
- Use Of Cedar As A Substrate and
More on the use of pine in captive herp environments -
by Melissa Kaplan. The effects of cedar and pine on birds and reptiles.
- Photos of paper beddings,
wood beddings,
misc. beddings, and
pelleted beddings.
Showing
Breeding – General
Breeding – Colors/Genetics
Breeding & Stuff
Colors & Coats
Critter Critiques (Product Reviews)
Pet Projects
Helpful Hints
Miscellaneous
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