Index

• Breeding & Genetics
  

• Buck
  

• Development
  

• Doe
  

• Ears
  

• Eyes
  

• Feet
  

• Flank
  

• Intelligence
  

• Kitten
  

• Lifespan
  

• Nose
  

• Rattus Norvegicus
  

• Rattus Rattus
  

• Statistics
  

• Tail
  

• Teeth
  

• Whiskers or Vibrassae

• Rat Anatomy Tutorial
  

• Rat Behavior and Biology
  

• Rat Health Guide - Anatomy

• Barbering
  

• Biting
  

• Bog Brushing
  

• Boggling
  

• Catching Lost Rats
  

• Chewing
  

• Co-operation
  

• Crepuscular
  

• Fighting
  

• Hammock Potato
  

• Hormonal Aggression
  

• Lordosis
  

• Stashing
  

• Tail Wiggling
  

• Taming
  

• Vibrating Ears

• Fancy Rat Guides
  

• Rat Behavior and Biology
  

• The Laboratory Rat - A Natural History "We may have taken the rat out of the wild, but have we taken the wild out of the rat?"

• Books
  

• Breeding Problems
  

• Breeders
  

• Culling
  

• Early Feeding
  

• Example Breeder's Contract
  

• Gestation
  

• Hermaphrodite
  

• Inbreeding
  

• Lordosis
  

• Mating Up
  

• Mosaic/Chimera
  

• Pregnancy
  

• Sexing
  

• Why Breed?

• NFRS Rat Breeding part 1 - Biology
  

• NFRS Rat Breeding part 2 - Breeding for Exhibition
  

• Should I breed my rats?
  

• Carawatha Rats - Inbreeding, Linebreeding & Outcrossing
  

• Fancy Rats - Information pages
  

• Hawthorn Rats - Varieties
  

• http://fancyrats.pbwiki.com/ - Fancy Rat Wiki Varieties
  

• Husky Rat - Introduction to Genetics
  

• Inbreeding, linebreeding and crossbreeding
  

• NFRS - Varieties
  

• Rattie Rascals Rattery - Rat Genetics
  

• Ratguide - Rat Breeding Guide
  

• Ratz - Breeding Rats
  

• Spoiled Ratten - Outcrossing, Linebreeding and Inbreeding in Rats (An Introduction)
  

• Agouti and Black - Agouti and Black: The Foundation of Color (RFL Article)
  

• Bloodline - Creating a Bloodline (RFL Article)
  

• Dilutes & Specializations - Dilutes and Specializations (RFL Article)
  

• Prefix Blindness Prefix Blindness (RFL Article)
  

• The Virtual Mentor
  

• Punnett Square Calculator

• Buying Your Rats
  

• Free Ranging
  

• Introducing New Rats to Your Group
  

• Nail Clipping
  

• Smelly Rats

• Rat Health Care and Information

• Clubs
  

• Events Board
  

• Forums - Online communities for rat keepers and enthusiasts
  

• Other Communities
  

• Shows and Showing

• Breeders - Interesting to browse, and useful when you're considering buying rats.
  

• Rat Blogs
  

• Rescues - A source of rats who need to be rehomed, or kittens from accidental litters.
  

• Personal Websites - Pages created by rat lovers to tell you about their pets.
  

• News Links - Rats in the news.

• Commercial Food Reviews
  

• Dr Squiggles
  

• Early Feeding
  

• Free Feeding
  

• Fruit and Vegetables
  

• Home Mixes
  

• Nutrition
  

• Recipes
  

• Restricted Feeding
  

• Scatter Feeding

• Food Suppliers
  

• Shunamite Diet

• Free Ranging

• Pea Fishing
  

• Homemade Toys

• Quick Hammock Making
  

• Pocket Hammocks
  

• Tents
  

• Finger Rat
  

• Rat Stickers - Making window and cage stickers
  

• Santa Rat

• Famous Rats
  

• Rat Tats - Tattoo designs and photos
  

• Rat Humour
  

• The Great Adventure - Help to write the story...

• Rat Age Calculator - How old is your rat in rat years?
  

• Rat Agility
  

• Rat Dictionary
  

• Rat Laundry - Washing instructions for your rat.
  

• Quiz - Rat or Mouse
  

• Quiz - Norway Rat or Roof Rat
  

• The Bad Rat Pledge
  

• Ratty Pinata
  

• Rat Digging Box
  

• Paper Mache Hideout
  

• Ratty BeanBags
  

• Sock it to Me
  

• Nest Boxes

• Bedding
  

• Cage Reviews
  

• Caging
  

• Explorer Assembly - How to assemble the Liberta Explorer cage
  

• Explorer Extension - adding a third storey to an Explorer
  

• Enrichment
  

• Quick Hammock Making
  

• Pocket Hammocks
  

• Tea Towel Hammock - a professional looking hammock.
  

• Tents
  

• Substrate
  

• Reviews

• Fancy Rats Guides - A Home For Your Rats
  

• Hammock Tutorials

• Bacterial Diseases
  

• Cancer
  

• Cardiovascular
  

• Digestive Tract
  

• Genetic Problems
  

• Immunological
  

• Metabolic Problems
  

• Musculoskeletal
  

• Neurological Problems
  

• Nutritional Problems
  

• Reproduction
  

• Renal Problems
  

• Respiratory Problems
  

• Skin Conditions & External Parasites
  

• Viruses
  

• Weight and Growth
  

• Zoonoses - Cross species diseases

• Appetite Loss
  

• Back
  

• Bad Smell
  

• Balance
  

• Bald Patches
  

• Bleeding
  

• Bloating
  

• Breathing Problems
  

• Choking
  

• Circling
  

• Claws
  

• Confusion
  

• Constipation
  

• Co-ordination Loss
  

• Crossing Paws
  

• Discharge
  

• Drinking
  

• Drooling
  

• Ears
  

• Eyes
  

• Gasping
  

• Hair Loss
  

• Hair on End
  

• Head Swaying
  

• Head Tilt
  

• Hiccups
  

• Itching
  

• Lactation
  

• Legs
  

• Lethargy
  

• Lumps
  

• Neck
  

• Noises
  

• Paralysis
  

• Pica
  

• Red Discharge
  

• Rolling
  

• Scratching
  

• Seizures
  

• Sneezing
  

• Tail
  

• Teeth
  

• Toes
  

• Watery Eyes
  

• Weakness
  

• Weight Gain
  

• Weight Loss
  

• Wheezing
  

• Wry Neck

• Anaesthetics
  

• Antibiotics
  

• Antifungals
  

• Antiparasitics
  

• Analgesia
  

• Homeopathic Remedies
  

• Herbal Remedies
  

• Other Common Medications
  

• Supplements

• Giving Medication
  

• Care of Sick Rats
  

• First Aid Box
  

• Quarantine

• http://ratguide.com/ - Rat Guide
  

• http://www.rathealth.co.uk/ - Rat Health
  

• http://www.ratz.co.uk/ - Rat Health Care and Information

• Jack Black
  

• Lab Rats

• AFRMA - The History of Fancy Rats

• Buying Rats
  

• Breeders
  

• Rescues
  

• Dictionary of Common Terms
  

• Rat Facts
  

• GMR
  

• Publications
  

• Random Rat Photos - for display on the front page.
  

• Rats as Pets
  

• Rat Names
  

• Silly Things Rats Do
  

• Why Rats?

• Dapper Rat

• Accessories
  

• Bedding
  

• Books
  

• Buying Rats
  

• Cages
  

• Commercial Foods
  

• Films (Movies)
  

• Hammocks
  

• Publications
  

• Substrate
  

• Toys

• Cage Suppliers
  

• Christmas
  

• Food Suppliers
  

• General Supplies
  

• Ratabilia - Shop for yourself

• Coats
  

• Colours
  

• Conformation
  

• Markings
  

• Showing
  

• Fancy Rats - excellent article on rat varieties in the UK

Please feel free to add standardised varieties from any rat club or country to these lists.

• AFRMA Fancy Rats
  

• Rat Varieties (was Hawthorn)
  

• NFRS Standards of Excellence

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This tutorial owes a debt of thanks and much most of its content to the main Wiki Spot documentation.