{"id":62,"date":"2007-11-18T02:03:17","date_gmt":"2007-11-18T06:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/?p=62"},"modified":"2017-11-07T15:11:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T20:11:36","slug":"basic-rat-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/basic-rat-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Rat Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><strong>Informative Rat Sites<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratsrule.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Rat Guide<br \/>\nRats Rule<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dapper.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dapper Rat<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.interlog.com\/%7Eaudiotre\/rats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Virginia&#8217;s Rat Pages<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www-personal.umich.edu\/%7Ebclee\/rats.html\" target=\"_blank\">bclee&#8217;s Rats<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmca.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rat and Mouse Club of America<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratfanclub.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rat Fan Club<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><strong>Getting New Rats<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratfanclub.org\/single.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Case Against Single Rats<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmca.org\/Articles\/dosanddonts.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Do&#8217;s and Don&#8217;ts of Quarantine<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmca.org\/Articles\/quarantine.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Quarantine: Protection for Your Pets<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratfanclub.org\/newrat.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Rat Report: Introducing New Rats<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratfanclub.org\/trust.html\" target=\"_blank\">Trust Training<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><strong>Rat Varieties<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratsociety.org\/standards.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rat Society of America Standards<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmca.org\/Standard\/Rat\" target=\"_blank\">RMCA Standards<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afrma.org\/fancyrm.htm\" target=\"_blank\">AFRMA Standards<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><strong>Rat Clubs and Organizations<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmca.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rat and Mouse Club of America<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratfanclub.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rat Fan Club<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfrs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Fancy Rat Society<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afrma.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Fancy Rat and Mouse Association<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><strong>Rat Forums<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goosemoose.com\/rfc\" target=\"_blank\">Rats Rule! Forum<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mischief.rmca.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">RMCA Forums<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/NERatLovers\" target=\"_blank\">NE Rat Lovers<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/Rat-Adoption\" target=\"_blank\">Rat Adoption<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><strong>Rat Related Products and Stores<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Don&#8217;t forget to visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainelyratrescue.org\/store\"><strong>our online\u00a0store<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for hammocks, cage accessories, and other treats, or <a title=\"MRR Food Store\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mainelyratrescue.org\/store2\/\"><strong>our food store<\/strong><\/a> for Harlan Teklad!<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><strong>Cages<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinscages.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Martin&#8217;s Cages<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.klubertanz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Klubertanz<\/a> &#8211; Cage building supplies<a href=\"http:\/\/www.klubertanz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><strong>Food and Treats<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harlan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harlan Teklad<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bellrockgrowers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Petgrass<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greenies<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthforce.com\/green_mush.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><strong>Bedding<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harlan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harlan Teklad<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cell-sorb-plus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cell Sorb Plus<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yesterdaysnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yesterday&#8217;s News<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fibercorellc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Small Pet Eco-Bedding<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><strong>Rat Vets and Healthcare Info<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratfanclub.org\/vetref.html\" target=\"_blank\">RFC Vet List<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmca.org\/Resources\/vets.htm\" target=\"_blank\">RMCA Vet List<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmca.org\/Articles\/dchart.htm\" target=\"_blank\">RMCA Drug Chart<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ratguide.com\/health\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rat Health Guide<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/Area51\/Vault\/3819\/homeo.html\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><strong>Other Rat Links<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmca.org\/Articles\/photos.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Photographing Your Rat<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattysquad.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk\/index2.htm\" target=\"_blank\">FBR: Federal Bureau of Rats<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratballs.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rats Are People Too<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.petrats.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pet Rat Photos<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Informative Rat Sites The Rat Guide Rats Rule Dapper Rat Virginia&#8217;s Rat Pages bclee&#8217;s Rats Rat and Mouse Club of America Rat Fan Club Getting New Rats The Case Against Single Rats Do&#8217;s and Don&#8217;ts of Quarantine Quarantine: Protection for Your Pets The Rat Report: Introducing New Rats Trust Training Rat Varieties Rat Society of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Susie","author_link":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/author\/susie\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15528,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions\/15528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}