I am not a rattie owner myself and never have been but I do know some things about them. Most of what I know is common sense. But in my science class, there are three tanks. One has a tarantula(TINY tank), the other has fish and frogs and things, but the third has a rat. S/he is in a 10 gallon fish tank with a water bottle, food dish with pellets, a couple wood chews and pine shavings. I am not just talking about how disgusted I am that s/he is in a TINY tank with non-kiln dried pine shavings and little to do, but also I can clearly see that this poor rattie has a terrible mite condition. His/her back is red and covered in scabs and most of his/her coat is missing. I need some advice. I really want to help him/her. I don't have any money and I don't want to seem disrespectful to my sience teacher, but honestly, for a science teacher, he really does't know much about animals.
Thank you and sorry for the long post!
Thank you and sorry for the long post!