@Awaiting Abyss:
No, it won't kill them, but they do a lot better when they aren't ignored. A lot of people I know have gotten rats assuming it's just like having hamsters: "oh, I'll get it and leave it in a little cage and just give it attention every once in a while when I feel like it". I...
Small bar spacing is essential to keep the rats safe--both so they can't escape and so possible predators (the cats) can't get to them. Something like a Critter Nation would be excellent (it's also easy to clean, and is plenty roomy). Also, I don't recommend breeding them. They can have very...
I love all these stories :)
I've had cats my entire life. There were cats in the house before I was born; Cujo and Vann were there the day my mom brought me home (they passed when I was really young), and we've always had at least two since then. I can't imagine life without them.
(My...
Hi, all! Obviously, I'm new here. :) I'm originally from Michigan, but currently live in Kansas with my three cats--and my grandmother and her four year old Maine Coon mix. I have a ten year old tortie (Misao), a four year old probably-Angora (Artemis), and a ten month old gray domestic...