dumped rat

[h.bradshaw]

got up this morning to find a rat in a mucky cage dumped on my doorstep.



poor little guy has the worst wound I have ever seen on his side, it has been left for ages and his skin is rotted and I can see about half an inch inside him, the smell of infection is putrid,



I have cleaned him up as best I can, vet at 12.30, hope they can help him, he is very sweet natured even with all the pain and neglect

[Caryll]

Poor, poor creature!

I'm not a great fan of rates, but I hate to see any animal treated like that. Hope he's going to be ok.

[lauraburns]

Poor little guy! Must be someone fairly local to you to know that you would take him in!! Hope he is okay!

[h.bradshaw]

this is the 3rd rat dumped on me, people know I rescue animals...

thing is, if they had knocked, told me the circumstances he had been injured but had no money to treat him, I still would have took him.

I put £60 a month away for my own rats and I will use some of this, he is such a sweetie.

why oh why do people get animals on a whim, they dont just need to feed them, they need money for vets fees, and if you haven;t got, dont get the animal in the first place

[lauraburns]

It is a very sad situation which is unfortunately becoming worse! Thank goodness for angels like you Hilary!!

[LOVEGSD]

Well thank god for people like you Hilary really, it's a sad state of our society at the moment that people get pets, don't take into consideration the money it takes to care for one and then dump them

I hope this poor fella gets well soon..x

[LindaM]

Poor rat, lucky he found you. Terrible neglect. My daughter has a lot of pet rats, lovely pets - gentle intelligent creatures.

[zetstaff]

Awwwww HB that's terrible

Thank God for people like you

xxxx

[emmaj]

Good on you, I love rats and have rehomed lots of rescues in the past I hope this little one pulls through.

[sams mum]

ahhh poor little thing.. hope hes ok. i like rats. the girls had 2 lovely rats for about 5 years.. great pets.....