Liz and Matt talk traveling with pet rats, a baby eagle who failed to launch, Luke Cage Season 2 and Ant-Man and The Wasp.

Ratty Topics – We talk about how we managed traveling with a pet rat and with our cat and how we coordinated a pet sitter for a sick rat to administer meds. We share our tips for giving medicine to a rat who just refuses to take it! (Swaddle them like a burrito, mix the meds in with delicious foods, or rub it on their mouth so they will lick it off.)

Our rat Fieval and a rat we are pet sitting both have CRD or Chronic Respiratory Disease. Always take your rats to a vet if they are hooting or if you see their sides going in and out when they breathe – don’t assume it’s a myco flare as it may not be. CRD requires some additional medicine including a bronchial dilator and sometimes prednisone.

Winnie has successfully been introduced to Han and Lando and now the Silly Squad is complete.

Local Animal News – DC baby eagle Valor fell out of his tree before learning to fly and wandered into his local DC neighborhood where kind humans found him on a sidewalk and called Animal Control for assistance. He is in a wildlife rehab center and is doing well. When he’s mastered flying, he’ll be taken back to his nest site in the National Arboretum.

Nerdy News – We review Luke Cage Season 2 (meh) and Ant-Man and The Wasp (great!) Matt is also excited about the latest trailer for the Venom movie which comes out this fall.

If you enjoy our podcast, please consider supporting our two favorite charities.

Small Angels Rescue, Inc., is a Frederick County, MD based 501(c)(3) non-profit, no-kill, all-volunteer organization dedicated to rescuing and re-homing gerbils, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, and rats.

Extra Life unites thousands of players around the world in a 24 hour gaming marathon to support Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

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