From 2011-2014 I had a website, Toothbrush Rats, for my pets. Rats were my primary pet at that point (hence the name) although everyone else eventually sneaked in too. Last autumn Weebly had a security breach and even though I had backed up the website, it turns out that for some utterly bizarre reason they […]Read Post ›
Growing up, I was never really someone who enjoyed warm weather. This was partly down to being a winter baby, partly down to preferring to wrap up warm than be too hot, partly because colder weather had fewer people out of doors so it was easier to go outside for peace, and partly because London […]Read Post ›
I have a habit of putting my pets first. I chose to have them (mostly, the direct rescues who don’t go on to find new homes are a grey area). They are voiceless dependents; relying on me for their most basic of welfare needs. They are my responsibility; the minimum is never enough for me. I have a […]Read Post ›
Last month I bought myself a new cage. A new cage that I have absolutely no use for right now, with no immediate plans to fill. I hear you ask ‘why?’. Well the cage in question was a Speedy Chinchilla cage, that was for sale locally at a fairly cheap price. I already own one […]Read Post ›
I’ve now been keeping gerbils for a whole 3 weeks. However the three weeks prior to their arrival were also very full of gerbilly things as most of my spare time was spent making their set-up. I knew from the outset that I wanted to provide them with a topper on their tank. Firstly because […]Read Post ›
Yesterday I cleaned the multis out, and gave them a whole new tunnel city to destroy. As far as rodents go they don’t produce a great deal of waste, and since I give them a pretty deep layer of substrate, from a cleanliness point of view they don’t need a substrate change all that often. However they’re […]Read Post ›
