Well, don't forget, Cookiebaker, Luckies4Me is a veterinary student, so she is already qualified to diagnose and treat animals.

A couple of questions for you........... how do you "rescue" a rat from a pet store? Did you purchase it? Did the "other lady" purchase it? Can you just go up to the counter at a pet store and say "you have a rat back there in bad shape, and I am going to 'rescue' it and save the day"? I would think that removing merchandise (the rat) from a store without paying for it is the same as theft.

If this alternate owner is a "friend" of yours (no longer a faceless "person"), as you mentioned in the second post, why didn't she explain all this for you at the vet's office? Why would professional people in a veterinarian's office "throw a fit" over you wanting to be listed as the owner? Maybe just the mere mention of your name at that vet office makes them scream? (Just a THOUGHT here, not an accusation or diagnosis of any kind.)

Glad to hear it's all straightened out anyway - what a relief for you not to have to talk about it any more, since the questions were starting to come in .........

In reply to your original question, "What Can I Do About This?", my answer would be ............... never mind, it would be edited or deleted anyway.