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Not scholarships persay, but just some tips.

If there is a class that you can take online where the subject is something you don't stress yourself over with, take it. Online classes tend to be cheaper especially if you are paying out of state tuition. Save a couple of hundreds. If you are near campus and wish to attend the course you can probably do that, but make sure it is a large size class. Usually auditorium style lectures work for this.

Also community college transferring saves some money. Just be sure you know which school and program you want to get into to save some time and money. That way you know what you need to take and know what can be transferred over.

Community college tends to have scholarships that are relatively easy to get. Apply to all the ones that you are eligible for.

Guys

They're rats

Eve I admire your obvious concern for these 14 cuddly little carrion creatures but I am sure you're not going to incur much karmic debt if you set them free, give them to a pet store or sell them to someone who does have a snake

Hey you know that overgrown boa constrictor you have? Just set it free in the everglades? That red eared slider you dont want? Throw it in the L.A or Santa Ana river!! Have a pet rabbit you don't want? Send it over to Long Beach City College!! Invasive species are so cool and its fun to watch them destroy native species!! Domesticated animal? It can live just like a wild animal! Lets throw are problems out to the rest of the world and just say it didn't happen. (Also the risk of injury for your snake is high when you feed it live, frozen is the way to go unless your snake downright refuses frozen).


http://www.ratster.c...eederlinks.html Here is a list of breeders/rescues that you may want to contact. They can help you find homes for your babies and spread the word out. Also when the babies get to 4 weeks of age, separate them, as rats become sexually mature around 5-6 weeks of age. If you are in need of cages, they may be able to help you with that too. Craiglist is also pretty damn cheap for cages. I used to live in L.A and would help you out if I still lived out there.

I have a couple of concerns in regards to not being able to afford getting one of them fixed. I ask, will you be able to afford veterinary care down the line? Seeing that mommy rat is from the feeder bin, she will most likely develop a tumor in her life unless she is fixed. These surgeries can cost anywhere from $250-$400. It's not cheap. Their medications for their common respiratory issues aren't either. You can buy doxy and amoxicillin for cheap from theratshop, but baytril is by Rx only and can be expensive for long-care treatment. Most vets are not trained to see exotic animals, so finding a decent vet to treat rats is harder, and more expensive than your dog and cat vet.

I have owned about 10 rats over the course of 5 years and probably have spent 1200 on veterinary care alone. I won't even go in how much I have spent on cages, supplies, and food. It doesn't matter what type of animal you get, they will always be expensive to keep if you want them to be in great health.

You could possibly complain to the feeder store, but they will probably suggest you to hand over the babies, which they will feed to snakes. Feed stores tend to be really irresponsible about "pet rats". These stores can give a rats ass about pet rats and that's how you got a pregnant female. God forbid avoid the feeder store from now on. It's a crap shoot whether or not you will get a healthy long lived rat because they just breed randomly, for food. They don't give a shit about what they are breeding into their lines. Use petco/petsmart as a last resort if you cannot find a pet rat in the area.

Since when did people get so militant about pets? When I was growing up, giving away puppies/kittens/guinea pigs/any-adorable-pet-creature-here was pretty commonplace.

Because most people end up not being able to find homes and just dump them into shelters where they have a minimal chance of getting adopted and end up getting euthanized to make room for other unwanted animals. It's a huge problem. If you can find homes for them, then that's great, but do you know if these homes continue to keep the animal or just give it away again? Like I said, people get militant because people who tend to get animals don't exactly do their homework, and the risks of relinquishment are much more higher in these types of people.

I guess you can call me a "militant", mainly because I am involved heavily in animal rescue, am a pre-vet student, and had animals neglected and abused in my household growing up. I still have nightmares of feces caked cages and dying animals because my parents just randomly got animals and failed to provide even basic needs.