A wonderful tribe member contacted the rescue to alert us to some rats in need, these survivors appeared to be some lovely domesticated rats who had somehow found their way to the old barn at the cricket fields. Fancy Rats who are raised in domestic don't cope well in such circumstances, so it was all action stations to help these babies.

We suspect these rats had been dumped at the grounds and whilst we will never shame a person's decisions of circumstances, we absolutely encourage anyone that needs to surrender an animal to do so through a registered rescue or animal welfare organisation.

A trip to save some rats who our tribe guardian angel had already trapped and to investigate the barn for more rats in need.

Our community guardian angel had already secured some of the little dudes and ladies so on the 28th November 2019, Rachie and Crystal went on a road trip to the fair lands of Gatton, QLD.  Whilst in Gatton we collected the rats who had come into care and set live traps up to see if we could find any other candidates. Of the rats rescued in this operation, two of the girls were pregnant and one, Pup, was barely old enough to be separated from Mum.

Whilst all the rescue babies from Gatton have flourished despite their situation, the most amazing transformation goes to our much-loved Gatton Crickets. Whilst visiting the barn, Rachie noticed three starving blind pups in the dirt, nosing around in a desperate attempt to find mum and a meal. To look at them you would guess that they were barely a few days old, turns out they were closer to a week and a half! In their condition, it was very unlikely our little crickets would survive so we raced them to the UQ Veterinary Clinic who provided Sub-Cut fluids so they would survive the journey to Brisbane.

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