Rats and Rodents

May your rats yawn to greet you...

Jun 30, 2000 - Karen Yang

The problem with naming baby rats

Jun 23, 2000 - Karen Yang

Ben's fifteen minutes of fame

Jun 16, 2000 - Karen Yang

This is such a great book that I wish I'd written it! (But I'm not that good at training rats, so I guess it's a good thing I didn't...)

Jun 9, 2000 - Karen Yang

The longer and stricter the quarantine, the better!

Jun 2, 2000 - Karen Yang

Online shopping just for ratties.

May 26, 2000 - Karen Yang

Ethel, my little practical-joker rat!

May 19, 2000 - Karen Yang

For a book written by a vet, you'd expect something a bit better....

May 12, 2000 - Karen Yang

Choosing the perfect rattie couple.

May 5, 2000 - Karen Yang

A small exhibition of rattie art for the discerning viewer.

Apr 28, 2000 - Karen Yang

The story of Robbo the Blobbo, a big sweetheart of a guy.

Apr 21, 2000 - Karen Yang

Light reading for rat lovers to take to the beach!

Apr 14, 2000 - Karen Yang

Read before you breed!

Apr 7, 2000 - Karen Yang

Our experience with the dreaded rat disease.

Mar 31, 2000 - Karen Yang

It's storytime for all good little ratties and their owners!

Mar 24, 2000 - Karen Yang

Here's my answer to the ever-popular question, "Why rats?!?"

Mar 17, 2000 - Karen Yang

Yet another of my favorite rat care books is The Rat by Ginger Cardinal.

Mar 10, 2000 - Karen Yang

A beginner's lesson in genetics and pink eye gene inheritance.

Mar 3, 2000 - Karen Yang

Rattie graphics galore for your web site and computer screen!

Feb 25, 2000 - Karen Yang

The story of the evil vampire rattie, Bunnicula :-)

Feb 18, 2000 - Karen Yang

Another of my favorite rat care books is Debbie Ducommun's Rats! A Fun & Care Book!

Feb 11, 2000 - Karen Yang

What's itching your ratties? Find out here!

Feb 4, 2000 - Karen Yang

My ratties take over the column and, um, let everyone know what they think of Valentine's Day.

Jan 28, 2000 - Karen Yang

The story of Ruby, the little YRB girl with a huge sense of mischief.

Jan 21, 2000 - Karen Yang

The bible of rat care books is Nick May's The Proper Care of Fancy Rats!

Jan 14, 2000 - Karen Yang

New Year's Resolutions with a rattie twist!

Jan 7, 2000 - Karen Yang

Congratulations to our winners!

Dec 31, 1999 - Karen Yang

My early holiday prezzie was a neat digital camera, so my gift to you is pictures of all our ratties and tips on rat photography!

Dec 24, 1999 - Karen Yang

The story of Bonnie Bee, the YRB girls' surrogate mom.

Dec 17, 1999 - Karen Yang

'Tis the season for giving rattie books!

Dec 10, 1999 - Karen Yang

Our recent experience with this disabling condition.

Dec 3, 1999 - Karen Yang

About Muushika, the little rat with the big heart who carries an even bigger God!

Nov 26, 1999 - Karen Yang

The story of wise, kind Diana.

Nov 19, 1999 - Karen Yang

What were rat lovers reading 100 years ago? Without a doubt, Jules Verne's Adventures of the Rat Family!

Nov 12, 1999 - Karen Yang

From their being blamed for the Black Death to serving as Magellan's dinner, rats played a big role in Renaissance Europe.

Nov 5, 1999 - Karen Yang

A collection of links to Native American stories featuring rats and mice.

Oct 29, 1999 - Karen Yang

Celebrate Halloween with your rats!

Oct 22, 1999 - Karen Yang

The conclusion of Snoogie's babies' story.

Oct 15, 1999 - Karen Yang

If you like watching women running around in black leather bikinis with a few rats on the side, you'll like Burial of the Rats....

Oct 8, 1999 - Karen Yang

Some ideas to help your rats make friends (or not!) with your other animals.

Oct 1, 1999 - Karen Yang

Have a question on ratties and want it answered right away? Try one of these FAQs!

Sep 24, 1999 - Karen Yang

More on Snoogie's babies growing up.

Sep 17, 1999 - Karen Yang

If you're looking for reliable rat info, don't look in Rats by Susan Fox!

Sep 10, 1999 - Karen Yang

Some ideas to help your rats make friends with new rats.

Sep 3, 1999 - Karen Yang

Here are some pages where you can read up on rat showing standards and drool over pictures galore!

Aug 27, 1999 - Karen Yang

How Snoogie chose me to be the proud grandma (?) of her new babies.

Aug 20, 1999 - Karen Yang

Introducing a new category of reviews - rat tat! For the curious, tat is British for junk/kitsch. I've read/watched/suffered through these painful works so that you don't have to (and now I know a bit of what it must feel like to be a lab rat...) This week it's Andrzej Zaniewski's Rat: A Novel

Aug 13, 1999 - Karen Yang

Our experience with what we believe to have been pseudotuberculosis.

Jul 30, 1999 - Karen Yang

Some ranting and rambling about rats' short life spans, etc. Plus a psuedotuberculosis warning....

Jul 23, 1999 - Karen Yang

The story of the nastiest rat I've ever known - and one of the ones I miss the most.

Jul 16, 1999 - Karen Yang

If you want to know more about naked mole rats, Fast, Cheap and Out of Control is worth a look!

Jul 9, 1999 - Karen Yang

Some tips on picking the perfect pet rats for you.

Jul 2, 1999 - Karen Yang

You probably won't be seeing any of these in the Sunday funnies for a while....

Jun 25, 1999 - Karen Yang

The story of a beautiful, sweet rat who was another of the YRB girls.

Jun 18, 1999 - Karen Yang

A review of the movie, A Rat's Tale.

Jun 11, 1999 - Karen Yang

Now that you've decided to get pet rats, here are some more points to ponder!

Jun 4, 1999 - Karen Yang

Delicious food you and your rats can share.

May 28, 1999 - Karen Yang

The story of a rat who didn't deserve her lot in life.

May 21, 1999 - Karen Yang

A review of the British animated video, The Ratties.

May 14, 1999 - Karen Yang

Here are the winning entries to the RatKu contest. Hope you enjoy them as much as we did!

May 7, 1999 - Karen Yang

Some rat news that may or may not be fit to print!

Apr 30, 1999 - Karen Yang

Time to forget all about nasty old tax season and go play on the web!

Apr 23, 1999 - Karen Yang

The story of a rat with a very short tail and a very big heart!

Apr 16, 1999 - Karen Yang

This month I review The Tale of One Bad Rat, a graphic novel (ie. comic-book) about rats, modern life and the English Lake District!

Apr 9, 1999 - Karen Yang

The story of a subway rat made good!

Apr 1, 1999 - Karen Yang

This week I delve into the world of rat poetry on the net and dish up some goodies, include a large helping of RatKu!

Mar 26, 1999 - Karen Yang

Here's the rest of the story of how these brave girls came to live with us and how they settled in.

Mar 19, 1999 - Karen Yang

This month I've reviewed Gunter Grass' terrific epic novel, The Rat!

Mar 12, 1999 - Karen Yang

Thinking of getting a rat? Here are a few points to ponder before you get in too deep!

Mar 5, 1999 - Karen Yang

It's playtime for all good little rat owners and their computers!

Feb 26, 1999 - Karen Yang

Here's the story of some brave, wonderful rescue ratties that I'm very proud to have known.

Feb 19, 1999 - Karen Yang

For February, I've reviewed Tatti Wattles: A Love Story, a most appropriate book for the season!

Feb 12, 1999 - Karen Yang

Here's a handy key to rat-related terms you'll be seeing on these pages.

Feb 5, 1999 - Karen Yang

An introduction to the wonderful world of rat ownership!

Jan 9, 1999 - Karen Yang