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      <image:caption>Jax, a rat with hormonal aggression who came to the rescue years ago. He was bought from a reputable breeder, but he and his two brothers struggled with hormonal aggression, and were surrendered to me after the owner and her young son were bitten and developed a fear of rats. Cropped out of this photo is my finger, which was dripping blood at the time. Jax was never adopted out for obvious reasons, but with the right care he lived a long happy life as a permanent resident.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Rodent Book Club - Brisbane Wildlife Survey by Wally Davies, April 1980 - April 1981</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2023-07-15</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Issues in male rats in a 2 year study, number of rats in each group is 50</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.rachiesratirementhome.com/blog/the-gatton-crickets-a-story-of-community-rescue-and-love</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog - The Gatton Crickets - A story of community, rescue and love.</image:title>
      <image:caption>The following image shows the three Crickets and a Thunder Bean, all approximately the same age - highlighting the lack of developmental progress when we found them.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Covered in dirt and critically unwell Rachie and Crystal raced the babies to #AdminAlly where we hoped they would be fostered by Mumma Nari. Unfortunately, Mumma Nari wasn't ready for more babies so we did another round of handfeeding, hydration, warming and cleaning before racing the babies to Cait at Sanguine Rattery to try one last foster mum. Amazingly, Foster Rat Mum Dolores agreed to the newest additions to her litter and immediately started nursing and nurturing our little trio.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In the meantime, our tribe decided that this little trio of survivors would come to be known as Batty (girl), Wicket and Cricket (boys).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Under the watchful eye of Cait and the attentive care of foster rat mum Dolores, our little trio flourished, a few days into their care they opened their eyes to see the world they had heard so much about which also marked these tiny babies at approximately 2 weeks of age. We were increasingly hopeful that our formidable trio were going to be ok. Yes, they had a higher chance of complications and health issues due to their start to life, but with the right care and attention - they might just be ok.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Batty, Wicket and Cricket continue to thrive, still in the care of Sanguine Rattery to maximise their access to good nutrition, care and lessons from Mumma Dolores on how to be a rat. When they are ready, they will return to the Rescue and we will strive to find them furever families that will mean life is on the up and up from their early days.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This was an incredible operation which was only possible due to the amazing dedication of the Gatton Guardian Angel, boss lady and critical care expert Rachie, our foster partnership with Cait at Sanguine Rattery, our transport volunteers Crystal and Alana, our foster carer Christy and our incredible Foster Rat Mum Dolores.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Batty Cricket and Wicket, we look forward to seeing you all live happy, healthy lives!</image:caption>
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