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I'm looking for your best advice, tips and experiences when bringing home new rats, how you got them used to you, socialised them etc. I have just brought home 3 new boys from a reputable breeder, they have been in their new home for about 48 h. They are nervous, tentative in taking food from...

Just for some background: So I adopted 4 sister rats from a rescue shelter. Saya, Maia, Yuki, and Ava. They’re roughly 8 months old now. Everything was wonderful, they all got along. Unfortunately we had a situation a couple months back where somehow 2 wild rats had gotten into the house, and...

3 days ago I felt in love with this little girl at the pet store. I brought her home with the assurance that aside from her not really having been socialized with people, that the sound she has been making (which made me fall in love with her) she has making ever since they got her in a month...

Hi all, I’ve been looking online, and on the forums on here for some information but with no success, so I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this. I have 3 girls - Poppy, 3, and Milly, and Moo, both 6 months. Milly and Moo were introduced to Poppy when they were 8 weeks old...

Hey, so almost 2 months ago I adopted a pair of baby rats. I found them on Kijiji and contacted the owner. We discussed the details and we both agreed that I would come adopt some of her ratties. Over the phone she seemed like an experience rat owner and I had no doubts. The rats lived several...

Both my boys are about 6-7 months old, are living together and came from the same litter. Two nights ago after coming home from work (at around 1am) one of my rats, Obi, was extremely skittish and nervous. He didn’t come up to the cage as usual and just stayed hidden behind his exercise wheel...