rats

I was curious about a few things. I know that everyone cares for their animals differently. I just wanted to see all the different answers I might be able to get. Feel free to answer as many or as little questions as you would like. How many rats do you have? What are their names? How old are...

Hi all, two of my boys have began acting really strange and hardly touch their food. They seem extremely lethargic and tend to lay with their heads over the edge of ramps whilst panting with their eyes half open. I currently have 9 boys and none of the others have shown any of these symptoms...

Helloo! I bought my newest baby exactly a week ago and this has kept me up at night. This is what the pet store told me: They do not guarantee ***, but the employee I was speaking to said, in his opinion, this baby is a male. I asked how old ratty is, the employee asked, I'm assuming, the...

Three days ago my husband and I got two beautiful baby girls from Futterhaus (pet shop, as there seem to be no breeders in Hamburg, or they are hiding very well). The girls are absolute angels when handled; they don't bite and sleep in a hood if one is offered. However, we are finding that they...

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One of my boys seems really prone to respiratory issues. He has been treated twice already and he recently started having breathing problems again. He seems to be having trouble breathing. I honestly don't know what to do anymore. I don't want him to be having troubles and suffering from it...

when I surface clean the cage, sometimes there is a redish orange tinge that shows up on the wipe. I was wondering what this was because everytime I try to search it it only comes up with sites about porphyrin around the rats eyes, but that's not it. All help and responses are appreciated.

when I surface clean the cage, sometimes there is a redish orange tinge that shows up on the wipe. I was wondering what this was because everytime I try to search it it only comes up with sites about porphyrin around the rats eyes, but that's not it. All help and responses are appreciated.

hi all! I’m not sure where to post this but I figured here is okay. I have 6 rats which a few months ago I introduced to my kitten (always closely supervised of course) . They get along amazing and he is very gentle with all of them and seems to understand that they are delicate. I was wondering...

I have a very large accidental litter on my hands. These babies are very small, cute, and social. They would do amazingly in any home. I have both females and males for adoption. If anyone is willing to take any off my hands, that would be amazing! I am located in Windsor, CT, but am willing to...

hi everyone! My female rat is pregnant (feel free to check out my other thread about it!) and she should be giving birth any day now. When she does I’m planning on keeping a couple of the female kittens as roommates for her as we will be seperating her from her brothers to stop more litters and...

Hi all, sorry in advance for the long thread! About 6 months ago I purchased two male rats and noticed that one was picking on the other and he was becoming quite depressed. To solve this I decided to purchase two more male rats about 2 months ago, this went great at first and they immediately...

Hello! So my rat Steve has been spotted with this little red bump on the back corner of his eye tonight and I'm quite worried as I recently lost another one of my boys to a nose infection and don't want to keep this too late. I first noticed it a few days ago while cleaning the cage that...

I had this crazy idea to maybe start a thing called a Mischief Crate. It’s like a BarkBox but for rats. It’d be a subscription box and it’ll have loads of treats and toys and hammocks for your rats. But I don’t know how popular it would actually be so answer below in the poll if this would be...

Hey all! I've kept rats in the past, loved them to bits, but I'm currently ratless. :( I'm hoping to jump back into the fancy rat community as soon as I have worked out my budget for vet's bills and such. However, I'm a bit behind the times in regards to rat-care, and I need a bit of advice...

update - rats have been adopted ______________ Hello, This breaks my heart but I need to surrender 2 friendly rats. We adopted them 2 days ago, but my daughter is allergic (we did not know) I need help quick as they are making her sick. They are about 7 months old, female and friendly. We...

Hi all! I'm new to the forum and I have two beautiful boys, Gus and Frankie who are both a little less than a year old. One of my rats, Gus, has slowed down recently and has begun acting quite lazy. Even at night, all he really wants to do is sleep. He sleeps all day and will still play but just...

Hi all! I'm new to the forum and I have two beautiful boys, Gus and Frankie, who are both a little less than a year old. One of my rats, Gus, has slowed down recently and has begun acting quite lazy. Even at night, all he really wants to do is sleep. He sleeps all day and will still play but...

Hi there! I’m new to rat care, and need reassurance - please! I found a scab on my rat’s neck and purchased Revolution for her and my three other rats just to be safe. Long story short, I had the tube on my lap and when I went to grab the box in order to read the directions, one of my ratties...

I am not ready for rats yet. But I am planning to get some in the future. I am from rural Ontario, Canada. My question is: Where do you get your rats from? Here are basically my options - In my town there is a Humane Society. But they only get rats maybe every couple of years. - There is a...