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i unfortunately had a super rough start to rat ownership. i got my first boy, Kakashi, as a surprise christmas gift last year (2023) at 2 weeks old according to the pet store. he had a cagemate my now-ex partner had. He’s a pink eyed albino with all but 1 finger missing on his front right paw...

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Hello, About 2 weeks ago I got my two baby boys, Frog and Toad, neutered. Toad is fine, but Frog developed an infection a week later. I nursed him over the long weekend, and he was getting better. But, 2 days ago I brought him back to the vet and she put him under again to properly clean out...

Im Ed! (He/him). Is it only speaking english on this?? I am not the best at the grammar. I usually speak Korean. On to my rats. I have Olive, Gerard, and Bruce. All girls but 2 I call them boys haha. I will put photos below. They are 5 months i think. All sisters. Its my first pack. They are...

Hello! My rat has had these two nails (the ones in the middle) for some time that are longer and thicker than her other nails, and yellowish. I am considering trimming her nails (I never have before) but I’m concerned if it will hurt her since I’m not sure why her nail is so thick in the first...

My rat Jolyne is turning 2 years old this year and she's been very sick. She's currently on medication for mycoplasma (it's chronic and she had a flare up). Recently I've noticed that she's shown disinterest with food, lack of energy, very mellow when picking up (she usually tries to climb all...

Hi all. We think one of our girls may have sustained an injury that went unnoticed (when it happened), likely during playtime. She squeals/screams loudly at random... usually when jumping or pushing down, then frantically grooms her tail. She's been fully inspected by our vet, even got x-rays to...

So this pet place sells rats, and had told me a rat was a girl when it was a boy before, so we sadly had to exchange him for her. But we’re thinking it’s a he again, can anyone help? Are they a boy or girl?

Hey everyone, first time rat owner here and I think I might have rescued a pregnant rat. I have of course done my research on pregnant rats just in case, but I'm still not quite sure what to do. We got her and her friends a few weeks ago (Maybe 2½ ?) and these past few days she's been gaining a...

Hello everyone, one of my boys Basil is pretty sick with a respiratory infection and unfortunately I cannot afford to take him to the vet. I got three rats in January and have already had to pay for two of them to be treated for respiratory infections already. I clean their cage all the time and...

I have an old man rat, Houdini, he's a good old man and is loved by me, close friends and my Twitch community. Over the last few days he's had a sudden turn in behaviour. Going from being a lazy, old man, who is showing the 3 5 month old babies how to win me over with grooms, to now? His front...

Hello! I just was petting my pet rat Sookie (female, about 1.5 years old) in her Sputnik and I noticed that her bottom teeth are a little longer than my other rat's. I've heard of cases where rat's teeth get too long, and I don't want things to escalate. The rats have a hanging wooden chew toy...

One of my rats had a surgery on a tumor,and for some reason they gave us the wrong price.So we were not able to afford her metacam right away,but we called everywhere we could for 3 days after looking for some.She took some of her staples out but isn't bleeding or anything,its slightly open on...

I just got my 3 girls last saturday! Of course being a new pet owner i have worries, like am i doing it all right? No amount of research is going to calm that so i thought asking people who have owned rats for awhile would be the best. I have a starter cage, its deep and wide with a second...

My female rat of 2 years old has a tumour beside her genitals which was first noticed September and was growing slowly but since December it has grown rapidly. She has been to the vets a few times and we tried treatment to see whether it would slow down the growth rate or potentially reduce it...

So we had a rat show up a few months ago ( we've never had rats around before) been living in our dry well. Said rat went missing for a week or so. But has reappeared in our chicken coop. Our hens don't care. Well to my surprise this morning there was 2 heads staring at me. Momma ( we thought...

Hi there! This is my baby Goose. He likes to sit with me while I'm working at my desk but he jumped down right when I shifted and I think I rolled over his tail with my chair. That sounds really awful but he didn't even squeak, I only noticed cause he jumped back so quickly. Its probably more...

I have four rats, and I know that it's good for them to have at least an hour of time out of their cage every day. In the past, I would simply let them run around my room. However this proved to be problematic, as they would chew through my bedding, curtains, and the clothes and bags in my...

In August I adopted two five month old nuetered male rats, named Obi and Ronny to be the companions of my year old females, Sookie and Bear. I've been very busy and haven't had as much time as I'd like to bond with the new rats, and I'm not entirely sure how best to do that. If anyone has advice...

So a couple of weeks ago I went 5 hours (one way, 10 hr total) to pick up two rats, $25 each. I thought because she was reputable as a breeder for 7 years that I would get some decently ok genetic wise rats. I don't know if it's genetics or he's got super raging hormones already... He's about 7...