Ratatouille Movie Review - read a movie review by an AFRMA member.

A Kid’s Guide To Basic Pet Rat & Mouse Care - A care sheet just for kids!

• Body Size - a comparison of sizes of house mouse, black rat, Norway rat (11x17 size); drawings by Sheryl Leisure.
• Diet - showing drawings of food and water requirements (8½x11); drawings by Sheryl Leisure.
• Fancy - what the term “fancy” means (8½x11); drawing by Liz Mullender.
• Determining Gender - drawings of male and female (11x17 size) by Sheryl Leisure.
• Physiological Facts - table of physiological facts of rats and mice (8½x11); drawings by Sheryl Leisure.
• Reproduction Facts - table of reproductive facts of rats and mice (8½x11); drawing top by Lorryta Bowker, bottom babies by Sheryl Leisure.
• Skeleton - drawings of mouse and rat skeletal systems (11x17 size) by Sheryl Leisure.
• Taxonomy - table of taxonomy facts of rats and mice (8½x11); rat yawning drawing by Dean Norton, rest of drawings by Sheryl Leisure.
• Why Pet Rats? - list of pros and cons of having rats as pets (8½x11); drawings by Sheryl Leisure.
   

• Tumors in Rats
• “Bloody” Nose or Eyes in Rats
• Sneezing Rats
• FAT Rats!
• My rat has scabs on its neck
• Six Weeks and Pregnant?!
• Baby Mouse Development (see also the daily pictorial Baby Mouse Development from Birth to 5 weeks page)
• Baby Rat Development (see also the daily pictorial Baby Rat Development from Birth to 6 weeks page)
• You Be The Judge – Rats
• You Be The Judge – Mice

• Cedar & Pine - we print on bright yellow paper (can also be printed on white).
• Pet Rats & Mice Caresheet - we print on 11x17 cream/ivory paper.
• Choosing Your New Pet Rats - we print on aqua paper (can also be printed on white).
• History of Fancy Rats - we print on green paper.
• History of Fancy Mice - back side to History Rats.
• Essentials - we print on salmon colored paper.
• 10 Questions - back side to Essentials.
• Introducing the Fancy Rat - we print on ivory colored paper.
• You Show What? - back side to Fancy Rat.
• Judge Rats - we print on orchid or light purple paper.
• Judge Mice - back side to Judge Rats.
• Breed Facts - we print on lime/terra green paper.
• Breeder’s Ethics - back side to Breed Facts.

• Purchase the Rat Health Care book
• Purchase the Common Diseases of the Fancy Rat book from the N.F.R.S.
• First-Aid Kit - by Nichole Royer
• Disease Control – How to safeguard your animals
• Quarantining – by Karen Robbins & Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Quarantining Part 2 – by Karen Robbins

• Association of Exotic Animal Veterinarians
• Critters USA magazine PDF or in the Current Critters USA print magazine “Directory of Veterinarians”
• The Rat Fan Club Midwest and Eastern U.S. and Western U.S. and other countries

• Everything you never wanted to know about Mycoplasma pulmonis - Carmen Jane Booth, vet student
• Rat With Mycoplasma or Allergies - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• Pneumonia in Rats - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Mycoplasma Vaccine? - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• Information Update On Nebulizing Rats With Respiratory Viruses - By Cathleen Schneider-Russell
• Bloody nose - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Bloody Nose; Eye Discharge; Eye & Nose Discharge - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Caved-In Appearance - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Clicking Mouse/Rat Talking - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• No Pep/Sneezing/Humping Rat - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• Respiratory Problems in Mice - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Head Tilt; Eye Problem - by Nichole Royer
• Torticollis - Rat Walks on Side; Siamese Rat With Head Tilt; Hairless Rat With Head Tilt; Mouse With Head Tilt - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Rat with Cocked Head; Rat with Inner Ear Infection; Labyrinthitis in Rats
• The Millennium Bug - by Nancy Ferris. One member’s experience with SDA.
• Can Parrots Pass SDA to Rats?; Cardiac Problem in Rats. - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• Rat Sneezing; Constantly Sneezing Rat
• Sniffling Mice - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.

• Formula for Anorexic Rats - from Elizabeth TeSelle

• Squamous cell carcinomas - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Tumors In Rats - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Growths on Rats - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• Tumor Problem, Anesthesia for Rats, Chocolate can cause death, Sneezing and hair spray
• Rats & Lyme Disease; Draining Tumors - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• Diet & Tumors in Rats

• Bugs - By Nichole Royer, Edited by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Bugs On Mice/Mites—Ectoparasite Infestations in Rodents - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• Frizzie Rot - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Lice Infestation in Mice - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Invasion of the Fur Mites! EEEKK! - by Pat Bromerek
• Porphyrin Staining in Rat Eye & Rat Fur Mites - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• Scabs. . .Diet or ????? - by Nichole Royer
• Longevity Study; Update: Scabs...Diet or ???; Ivermectin Treatment for Pinworms - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Ivomec vs Eqvalan - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Suddenly Ill Rat: Hemobartonella muris/Proteus Mirabilis - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Rat with Ear Lumps; Pimples on Rats’ Ears - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Rats & Lyme Disease - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.

• Illness in Rat Bites and Feces? - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Contagious Rat Diseases?; Zoonotic Diseases - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• Mousepox Ectromelia - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Mouse Hepatitis Virus Infection (MHV) - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Papilloma Wart Virus or Rat Pox Virus
• Rat Bite Fever - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• Rat Coronavirus, SDAV, KRV, MVM, MHV, etc. - Rat Coronavirus, Sialodacryoadenitis Virus, Kilham Rat Virus (KRV), aka H-1 Virus, Minute Virus of Mice, Mouse Hepatitis Virus, Hantavirus, Mouse Testing - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Reovirus 3 - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Rolling Mice, Rat/Mouse Health Questions, Theiler’s Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus (TMEV) - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
   
• Ringworm & Rats - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Ringworm on Mice - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• Ivermectin to Treat Ringworm? - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.

• Aborting Litters - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Colostrum - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• C-Section Information - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Prolapsed Penis on Mouse - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• Raising Newborn Rats/Mice: Update - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• RE: Spaying Rats - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Spaying Rats - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.

• Administration of Anthelmintic Drugs - From Kimberly Johnson, Animal Health Technician
• Anesthesia for Rats and Mice - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Anesthisia - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Gentocin - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.

• Abscessess/Bumble Foot; Pain Medicine For Rats; Chloroform - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Ataxia, Anorexia - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Blind Rat - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Broken Leg; Mass Pops Out; Injured Rats - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Common Dental Problems In Rodents: Treatment & Prevention - By Cathleen Schneider-Russell
• Blue Rat Bleeding Disorders/Blue Rats With Hemophilia - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• Russian Blue Bleeding Problem
• Update on My Rat Project: Blue Rat Bleeding Disorders/Blue Rats With Hemophilia; Russian Blue Bleeding Problem - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• Diabetes in Rats - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• Diarrhea in Rats - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Rat with Ear Lumps; Pimples on Rats’ Ears - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• Porkchop: A Rat with Epilepsy, part 1 - by Pamela Sorrentino
• Porkchop: A Rat with Epilepsy, part 2 - by Pamela Sorrentino
• Porkchop: A Rat with Epilepsy, part 3 - by Pamela Sorrentino
• Regarding Euthanasia - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Hermaphroditic Rat?; Skin Mass/Mass Pops Out - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Hydrocephalic Rat & Anencephaly Rat - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D. [WARNING: Graphic Photos]
• Kidney Stones vs. Kidney/Bladder Infections - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Leptospirosis in Pet Rats?
• Rat with Wrist Lumps - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Megacecum and Megacolon - Megacecum and Megacolon: Development Disorders in the Enteric Nervous System in Rats by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Update on Reddy; Pep-Boy’s Problem - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M. (Pep-Boy, a Hairless rat with strange lump)
• Hairless Rat With A Rash - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Dangerous Onions; Strange Rat Disease - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Miscellaneous Comments - Head Tilt/Red Eye Discharge; In Regard To The Itching; Pain Medications For Rodents: Update; Epilepsy In Rats: Necropsy of Porkchop
• Mouse with Cuts on Back; Bumps on Hairless Rat’s Stomach - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• Taking Mice to the Vet; Mouse Problems - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Tumor Problem, Anesthesia for Rats, Chocolate can cause death, Sneezing and hair spray
• Rats & Sunlight in the “Rats & Lyme Disease; Draining Tumors” article - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• Unsteady Mouse; Hydrogen Peroxide on Mice; Swollen Vulva on Mouse - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Various Rat Questions & Answers - Rat with Dislocated Jaw; Dosage for Liquid Tylan; Foot Joint Sores; Abscesses, Bumble Foot; Pain Medicine for Rats; Wheezing Rat; Neutering and Aggression. - by Carmen Jane Booth, D.V.M.
• Orangish Splotches On Rats’ Tails; Rat With White Bumps On Ears; Pine Christmas Tree/Medicating Sick Mouse; Cancerous Mouse Behavior; Rat With Bad Breath; Administering Medication

• Type Question: Square Butts on Rats - by Carol Lawton
• Mouse Keeping: The Ideal Type - by Virginia Pochmann
• Ear Set on Mice - by Karen Robbins
• Type Question: Head Shape On Mouse & Tail Set (including coat) - by Karen Robbins

• Record Keeping - by Karen Robbins, Helen Pembrook, Nichole Royer, & Geri Hauser
• Pedigree PDF form. - 4 Generation Pedigree form. For 3-hole-punch binder. You have the option of printing either the “Record Back” or “Litter Record Back” on the backside of the Pedigree form depending on what you would like the form to be used for — an individual record form for one animal or a record form for one litter.
• Record Back PDF - Record form to be printed on the back of the Pedigree.
• Litter Record Back PDF - Litter Record form to be printed on the back of the Pedigree.
• Record Sheet PDF - This is to be printed alone. Has all the features of the Pedigree/Record Form but all condensed on one side of the page. For 3-hole-punch binder.
• Litter Record PDF - Litter Record sheet to be printed alone. For 3-hole-punch binder
• NR Litter Record front PDF - Another version of a Litter Record sheet (front page). For 3-hole-punch binder.
• NR Litter Record back PDF - Another version of a Litter Record sheet (back page).
• All Litters Record landscape PDF - A form where you can keep track of all your litters born (landscape form). For 3-hole-punch binder.
• All Litters Record portrait PDF - A form where you can keep track of all your litters born (portrait form). For 3-hole-punch binder.
• All Litters Record portrait PDF1 - A form where you can keep track of all your litters born (portrait form). This one has an added Litters section where you can list what was in the litter plus a section for remarks . For 3-hole-punch binder.
• Sales Contract PDF - AFRMA Sales Contract Form. Back side has pedigree form.
• Stud Service Contract 1 PDF - A Stud Service Contract with bottom cut-off that the breeder keeps for their records. Back side has pedigree form and space for litter information.
• Stud Service Contract 2 PDF - A Stud Service Contract (full size) you would photo copy to keep copy for breeder. Back side has pedigree form and space for litter information.
   

• Purchase the AFRMA Rat Genetics Book
• Fancy Rat Genes, Alphabetical Name Listing (Genetic codes)
  • Fancy Rat Genes, Agouti-based Colors
  • Fancy Rat Genes, Black-based Colors
  • Fancy Rat Genes, Marked Rats
  • Fancy Rat Genes, Coats & Misc.
• History of the Standards: N.F.R.S. (Rat) - by Nick Mays
• Questions on Basic Genetics: Basic genetics most relevant to rat breeders - by Ann Storey
• Rat Genetics, part 1 - by Nichole Royer
• Rat Genetics, part 2 - by Nichole Royer
• Rat Genetics, part 3, Genotypes of AFRMA Rats - by Nichole Royer
• Rat Genetics, The WHAT IF chart - by Nichole Royer
• The Agouti Rat - by Nichole Royer
• The Agouti & Cinnamon Rats - by Sue Foulds
• The Black Rat - by Nichole Royer
• The Blue Rat - by Nichole Royer
  • Tinker: AFRMA’s First Blue Rat - by Sheryl Leisure
• The Color Safir (Mink/Lilac) - by Ann-Zophi Pålsson, Sweden
• The Siamese Rat - by Nichole Royer
• Cinnamon Rats - by Nichole Royer
• The Cinnamon Pearl Rat: History, Genetics, Breeding - by Ann Storey
• The Color Honung (Cinnamon Pearl) - by Ann-Zophi Pålsson and Eva Johansson, Sweden
• The Pearl Rat: History, Genetics, Breeding - by Ann Storey
• Russian Blue Rats - by Nichole Royer
• The Pink-Eyed White Rat - by Nichole Royer
• One In A Million: The Hooded Rat - by Nichole Royer
• Rex Rats - by Nichole Royer
• Rex Breeding - by Nick Mays, N.F.R.S.
• Taillessness in the Rat - by Sara B. Conrow
• Tailless Rats - by Nichole Royer
• Breeding Tailless Rats - by Carissa Cosley
• Troubles With Tailless - by Nichole Royer
• Satin Rats by Karen Robbins

• Purchase the AFRMA Mouse Genetics Book
• Fancy Mouse Genes, Alphabetical Name Listing (Genetic codes)
  • Fancy Mouse Genes, Agouti-based Colors
  • Fancy Mouse Genes, Black-based Colors
  • Fancy Mouse Genes, Marked Mice
  • Fancy Mouse Genes, Coats & Misc.
• Brindle Mice - by Nichole Royer
• Breeding Roan Mice - by Jack L. Ball
• Explanation of Roan Mouse Inheritance Factors - by Virginia Pochmann
• Lilac U.S. vs. Dove U.K. - by Virginia Pochmann
• Transgenic Mice & Tricolors - by Mike Chiodo