1990–1995 Issues available online to members.

1990–1995 PRICES (unless otherwise indicated): $2 each members and $3 each non-members if purchased in person; $4 each members and $5 each non-members if mailed—buy 6–13 mailed and get a $0.25 discount per issue, 14 or more and get a $0.50 discount per issue. All prices in US Dollars (USD).

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Following are some samples of articles found in the magazines. There can also be found our regular features such as: Pres. Message, Letters, New Members, Beginner’s Corner, Colors & Coats, Helpful Hints, Kids Korner, Let’s Get Acquainted, Medical, Movie Review, Our Pets & Friends, Show Reports, Stud Names, Vet Referrals, Announcements/Ascensions/Arrivals, Stud List, Breeders’ Directories, and others.

AFRMA Rat & Mouse Tales Newsletter Index 1984–1992 (PDF)

1990, Volume 7
Jan./Feb. Sold Out	Diary of the Great Rodent Rush Saga of 1989, conclusion. Selected Normative Data on the Rat. Puzzle. Breeding Rats–The Self Group, The Self Mink. Our Pets & Friends. Medical. Rat Color Genetics Articles. Improving the Health of your Rats and Mice. Beginners Corner.
March/April Sold Out	Our Pets & Friends. Puzzle. Our Rat Business. Poem–Aftermath of Tina Good’s Cross Country Mouse Moving Saga. Breeding Rats–The Marked Varieties–The Irish (English Irish). Short Tales. Beginners’ Corner. Medical.
May/June	Angelica. Beginners’ Corner. Word Search. Helpful Hints. Our Pets & Friends. Medical. Rat Genetics Question.
July/August	Photo Mouse. Breeding Rats–The Berkshire. Mice. A Lesson in Animal Rights Weighs One Pound. Beginners Corner. Our Pets & Friends–Ms. Piggy. The Amateur Geneticist. Some Fair Comments. Helpful Hints.
Sept./Oct.	Breeding Rats–The Hooded. Our Pets & Friends–“Oh No! . . . Another Rat!!!”; Crystal & Junior. Rats. Beginners Corner. Intro to Basic Care–Rats. Medical. Some Comments.
Nov./Dec. SALE! $2	Beginners Corner. Our Pets & Friends–Irish & Cremora. Breeding Rats–The Capped/The Variegated. Word Search. East Coast News. Poem–Someone Special.
1991, Volume 8
Jan./Feb. Sold Out	Colors & Coats–Breeding Show-Quality Hooded Rats; Bad Berkshire or Bad Irish?; Spotted Mice. A Frightful Happening in Harrisburg. Poem–For Roquefort. Poem–Why Do Mice Love? Breeding Rats–The Pearl/The Silver. Puzzle. Let’s Get Acquainted! Kids Korner. How I Do It.
March/April Sold Out	Vet Referrals. A Litter Bit of Fun. A Reply. Rat Maze. Ohio Happenings. Medical–General Husbandry. Kids Korner. Colors & Coats–Hairless Mice; Caracul Mice. Don’t Judge Me. My Trials With “Trouble.” Misc. Mouse Musings. Cross Country Mouse Swapping. Pet Show Report.
May/June	Stud Names. The Egyptian Spiny Mouse. Poem–Even Though. Please Keep My Cage Clean. Rodent Responsibility. Colors & Coats–Frizzie Mice; Brindled Mice; Tailless Mice. Medical–Malocclusion & Environment. Some Comments. Kids Korner–Color Choice by a Mouse. Diet and Tumors.
July/August Sold Out	Stud Names. Let’s Get Acquainted–Zachary Bostrom. Poem–Read Between the Lines. Medical–Bedding & Mycoplasma pulmonis. Some Fair Comments. Our Pets & Friends–The Games of McTavish. Plans for Rat Exercise Ball. Colors & Coats–Breeding Rex Rats; Argente Mice; Mis-marked Siamese Mice. Why Rats? Poem–Little Critter.
Sept./Oct.	Vet Referrals. Record Keeping. Rat Rap–Jackie Jennings. Medical–Internal & External Parasites of Rats & Mice; Pyometra in Rats. Kids Korner–Scruffie’s Adventures. Colors & Coats–Getting Tan/Fox Mice From Chinchilla; 4-Colored Mice; Brown Eyes. Highlights from the Board Meeting–10-13-91. Let’s get Acquainted–Jenette Meyers.
Nov./Dec. SALE! $2	Stud Names. Vet Referrals. Rat Biscuits. Pennsylvania Tidings. Medical–Administration of Anthelmintic Drugs. Beginners Corner–Establishing Order. East Coast News–Shipping Tips. Kids Korner–Empire of the Rats, Part 1. Colors & Coats–Silver Siamese Mice; Making Blue Point Siamese Mice; New Coat Types?; 4-Colored Mice; Tri-Colored Rats. Let’s get Acquainted–Amanda Schmidt. Show Terms.
1992, Volume 9
Jan./Feb. SALE! $2	Vet Referrals. Book Review–Fancy Mice, Rats and Gerbils. Training Rats. Animal Thoughts. Colors & Coats–Silver Siamese Mice, part b; Making P.E. White Tan Mice; Age To Breed Frizzie Mice; Breeding Blue Rats; English Silver Mice; Lemon Mouse; Silver Agouti Rats [now called Chinchilla]. Kids Korner–Empire of the Rats, Part 2. Cartoon–Rattitudes. Medical Trivia. Poem–Ode to a Rat Named Sleepy. Rat Word Search puzzle. Cartoon–Rattitudes.
March/April SALE! $2	Notes. Vet Referrals. Spiny Mice. Terrible Mice. Let’s Get Acquainted–Gail DeHayes. More on Training Rats. Northwest News. Our Pets & Friends–Gnasher’s Story: A Zest For Life. Critter Sitter. Pennsylvania Tidings. Colors & Coats–Gold Frizzie Mice; Reverse Siamese Caracul Mice; Creating Odd-Eye Rats; Mink vs. Blue Rats; English Silver Mice (Blue Agouti); Hidden Treasure Mice (Blue Dilution Recessive Yellow). Poem–A Tribute to Winchester. Rat Rap–Donna Galins. Cartoon–Rattitudes.
May/June Sold Out	Notes. Vet Referrals. Letters–Corn Meal & Oat Treats. Tending the Coals. Colors & Coats. Rat Olympics. Rodents on Display at the San Diego Zoo. Cartoon–Rattitudes. Cartoon–Rodent World. Kids Korner–The Rat Who Finds A Friend. Our Pets & Friends–Buffy. Rat Rap–Leah Soverns.
July–October SALE! $3 Special Double Issue! was $4/$6 members, $6/$8 non-members	Notes. Stud Names. Vet Referrals. Cage Hygiene, Healthy Litters, and Beddings. Foreign Imports. Natural Disasters. Mutations of the Deer Mouse. All My Good Girls. Listen Close. Colors & Coats–Breeding Champagne Mice; More on the Hidden Treasures; Lynx Rats; Irish, English Irish & Berkshire Rats. Some Fair Comments. O.C. Fair Letters. Pennsylvania Tidings. Starring Rodents–Naked Mole Rats. Medical–Mousepox Ectromelia. Cartoon–Rattitudes. Our Pets & Friends–Rats Are Our Friends. Corncob Bedding Cures Skin Problems. Cartoon–Rodent World. Let’s Get Acquainted–Joyce Starkey. Beginners’ Corner–Display of Dominance; Large Rat Litter; Mom Avoids Babies. Rat Rap–Geri Hauser. The Zebra Mouse. Special Announcements.
Nov./Dec. SALE! $2	Notes. Vet Referrals. Our Pets & Friends–Max. How I Do It or Why I Don’t Have a Dining Room Anymore. Highlights–Board Meeting; Rat Standards. Cage Hygiene, Healthy Litters, and Beddings–part 2. Cartoon–Rodent World. Where the Heck is Umatilla? The Dor-Mouse. Medical–Mouse Hepatitis Virus Infection (MHV). Rat Sniglets. East Coast News. Colors & Coats–Banded Mice; Brindle Mice. Pennsylvania Tidings. Beginners’ Corner–Critters Won’t Breed. Rats as Teachers. Rat Rap–Craig Schumacher. Special Announcements.
1993, Volume 10
Jan./Feb. SALE! $2	Vet Referrals. Let’s Get Acquainted–Sheryl Leisure...Artist Extrodinaire. Pericotes or Leaf-eared Mice. East Coast News. Colors & Coats–More on Torti Mice; Chinchilla Mice; Making Blue; Chromosome Count of Mice; Siamese X Himi = ??? Pennsylvania Tidings. Rat Race, a Word Search. Timothy Rat. Eulogy for a Pet Rat–Homer. Cartoon–Rattitudes.
March/June SALE! $3 Jumbo Size Issue! was $4/$6 members, $6/$8 non-members	Vet Referrals. The Head Cheeses. East Coast News. Midwest News. Eulogy to a Pet Rat, Part 2. Pennsylvania Tidings. Companion Animal Loss & Pet Owner Grief, Part 1. Let’s Get Acquainted–Mary Ann Isaksen. The Breeding of Rats. Rats, Mice, and Dinosaurs. Breeding & Stuff–Mouse Has Babies In Record Time. Cartoon–Rattitudes. Medical–Anesthesia for Rats and Mice. Book Review Rats: A Complete Pet Owner’s Manual. Cartoon–Rodent World. Our Pets & Friends–Redeye & Bullet. Rat Rap–Karen & Craig Robbins. Highlights from the Board Meetings. Eulogy to a Pet Rat, Part 3.
July/October SALE! $3 Super Duper Size Issue! was $4/$6 members, $6/$8 non-members	Vet Referrals. The Head Cheeses. O.C. Fair Letters. East Coast News. Midwest News. Down South. Northwest News. The Problem With Pine: A Discussion of Softwood Beddings. Our Pets & Friends–Diemo–One Cute Little Furry; Jennifer and Sugar, Best of Friends. Companion Animal Loss & Pet Owner Grief, Part 2. Rat’s Teeth Can Kill. Some Fair Comments. Cartoon–Rattitudes. Cartoon–Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Mouse Cartoons. Colors & Coats–Banded Rats, Making Cinnamon Rats. Rodents on Display at the Los Angeles Zoo. Breeding & Stuff. Book Review Rats: A Complete Pet Owner’s Manual. Mus & Rattus Cafe Menu. Request For Information. Highlights from the Board Meetings. Cartoon–Rodent World.
Nov./Dec. Sold Out	Editor’s Note–Respiratory problems. East Coast News. Down South. Midwest News. Taillessness in the Rat. Life with my White Terrors. Colors & Coats–Reverse Siamese Mice; Torti Mice. Breeding & Stuff. Book Review The Proper Care of Fancy Rats. Our Pets & Friends–Blackie. Timothy Rat Poster. Introducing a New Female Mouse into a Cage Occupied by Other Female Mice. Rodent Regulations in California. Tailless Rats. Treasurer’s Report. Special Announcements. Eulogy to a Pet Rat, Part 4.
1994, Volume 11
Jan./March SALE! $3 Mega Size Issue! was $4/$6 members, $6/$8 non-members	Vet Referrals. Rats Used in Russian Customs. Northwest News. Cartoon–Rodent World. Midwest News. Down South. Pennsylvania Tidings. East Coast News. Earthquake. Trust-Training Nervous Rats. Colors & Coats–Reverse Siamese Mice; Hidden Treasures (Blue Recessive Yellow). The Evils of Chocolate. Respiratory Outbreak in Wisconsin. Let’s Get Acquainted–Brian & Lori Henderson. Request For Information–Update. Our Pets & Friends–Baby Cakes; Spot. Rodents on Display at the Santa Ana Zoo. Mouseallaneous/Ratallaneous. Update on Respiratory Outbreak At Karen’s Kritters–Sialodacryoadenitis (SDA) Virus, Cilia-Associated Respiratory (CAR) Bacillus, Kilham Rat Virus (KRV). Rats! Arizona Display. Highlights from the Board Meetings. Max.
April/June SALE! $2	Northwest News. Midwest News. New Breeding Booklet. Pennsylvania Tidings. How to Show: Choosing, Preparing, Entering, and Showing Rats & Mice. Our Pets & Friends–Eliphas. Colors & Coats–Satin Rats. Medical–Carmen Booth, D.V.M., Ataxia, Anorexia, notes on respiratory outbreak at Karen’s Kritters–Rat Coronavirus, Sialodacryoadenitis virus (SDAV), Kilham Rat Virus (KRV) aka H-1 Virus, Minute Virus of Mice (MVM), Mouse Hepatitis Virus (MHV), Hantavirus, as well as comments on bedding, bug spray causes bloody nose, spaying rats, and anesthesia; Mouse Testing at Karen’s Kritters. Helpful Hints. Highlights from the Board Meeting.
July/August SALE! $2	Vet Referrals. Midwest News. Pennsylvania Tidings. The Kindest Cut: Our Experience with Neutered Rats. Some Fair Comments. Our Pets & Friends–Keeneau; Mercury; My Rat Dusty. Cartoon–Rodent World. Beginners’ Corner–New Beddings Found. Sales Catalog. Cartoon–Rattitudes. Homer: Killer Rat? Medical–Pain Medications/Wry Neck/SDA coronavirus; Anorexia/Ataxia Formula; Newborn Rat Orphan Tips/Rat Milk. A Warning To Pet Owners. Special Announcements.
Sept./Dec. SALE! $3 Double Issue was $4/$6 members, $6/$8 non-members	Vet Referrals. Midwest News. East Coast News. The Head Cheeses. Family Ties: The Social Psychology of Rat Relationships. Medical–Squamous cell carcinomas. Some Fair Comments. Highlights from the Board Meetings. Our Pets & Friends–Freckles, “The Trooper”; Sniffy. The 12 Days of Christmas.
1995, Volume 12
Jan./Feb.	Vet Referrals. Huggable Once Again. Word Search. Instant Record Rat or Mouse Review Tip. Rodent Exercise Wheels. Socializing Rats. Poem–All in a Mouse’s Night.
March/April SALE! $2	Vet Referrals. Poems. Word Search. Rodent Lovers: Give Reptiles a Break! Carnivorous Reptiles & Live Food: There Are Other Options! Medical–Antibiotics/Respiratory Infection Treatments. A Mouse’s Story.
May/June SALE! $2	Vet Referrals. Prejudice In The Nineties. East Coast News. Poem–Ode To Pinky. Let’s Get Acquainted–Abbey Zap. Breeding & Stuff. Environmental Enrichment For The Pet Rat. Cartoon–Rattitudes. Cartoon–Rodent World. Medical–SDA Virus; Rat Ear Hematoma. Addendum to Huggable Once Again. How I Got Started. Mice In The Classroom. Rat Toys. Tales of a Surrogate Mom–Part 1. Poem–You Is My Baby Now. So Many Personalities.
July/August SALE! $2	Vet Referrals. Word Search. Burial Rituals. How I Got Started. Tales of a Surrogate Mom–Part 2. Rats Help With Project. Our Pets & Friends–Jasmin. Medical–Carmen Booth, D.V.M., notes on Euthanasia in Rodents, Pinworms–New Information, Tetracycline in Rats, SDA Virus, Baytril. A Perfect Moment. Year of The Rat. The Proper Feeding of Carnivorous Reptiles. Vacation Time! Freezone–A True Story.
Sept./Oct. SALE! $2	Vet Referrals. The Head Cheeses–P.R. report. Genetics for Mouse Breeders–9. White spotting and “modifers.” Let’s Get Acquainted–Richard Gilliam. Helpful Hints–Hot Weather Tips. Some Fair Comments. What’s For Dinner? Our Pets & Friends–Porkchop, part 1. Colors & Coats–Odd-eye rats; Siamese mice. A Classroom Gopher? Tales of a Surrogate Mom–Part 3.
Nov./Dec. SALE! $2	Members of AFRMA and the Parliamentarian. Genetics for Mouse Breeders–10. Introduction to combining genes; the dominant with dominant cross. Some Fair Comments. How To Make A Rat Piñata. The Bonding. Our Pets & Friends–Porkchop, part 2. Cartoon–Rattitudes. Nibbles Gets “Crummey.” The Agouti Rat. Windchill: A Mouse’s Story. Breeding & Stuff–Male Rats Scent. Helpful Hints–Cleaning Wire Wheels; Covering For Wire Shelves. Medical–Head Tilt, Eye Problem. Highlights from the Board Meetings. Beginners’ Corner–Trouble with scabs.

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