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> From: LEENKNEGT-LIOEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: O.T. Contin. Ferrets and tame rats
> Date: 28 October 2000 17:40
>
> Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry,...
>
> My mail wasn't finished yet, but got send anyway. In the mean time, I've
> already done some researche myself, and I have to say that ferrets are
> already completely out of the quesion. Rats though, I could still use
> some info about. And a question: I've read that you can't house them in
> a wooden cage, cause they would gnaw their way out of it. Is this also
> the question when the wooden wand is an inch thick?
> THANKS all a lot! Sorry, again and again, also for sending this to the
> GML!
> Sarah
I wouldn't use wood for a rat cage. Rat urine is not odorless like gerbil
urine. It smells strongly. Rat cages need to be cleaned thoroughly. Wood
tends to hold onto smells.
Try these links for more info
www.nfrs.org
www.amfra.org
www.rmca.org
www.btinternet.com/~melody_3/
Good luck
Sue
Also keep the rats well away from your gerbils. The gerbils will not be
scared of them, but the rats might attack and kill the gerbils
Sue
