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  1. Rat Health
    Hey! Literally just noticed that one of my rats, who's a little under six weeks old, is super occasionally making a soft hooting noise. I tried listening to her breathing and it isn't completely silent it sounds just a bit sniffly. It's barely noticeable I have to put her up to my ear to hear...
  2. Rat Health
    Hiya, My sister has come home with two of the sweetest rats. They're around 8 or 9 weeks old. They're friendly and bright but I've noticed that when they come up to our hands they'll often stop and their heads will slowly wonk to one side. it's not a head tilt, they'll simply slowly shift...
  3. Rat Health
    Hi, I need some opinions I have 9 babies in total, some are mostly black and some are mostly white and 3 seem to be pink ish and their hair is thinner and shorter. Is that normal? Could they be Rex or double Rex or even hairless? It doesn't seem to be some skin disease as the mothers hair looks...
  4. Caring for Accidental Litters
    My baby rats arent eating I had 12 babies 5 days ago and 3 randomly died and only 2 have milk bellies the rest look very hungry and are very loud the mother rat is trying to feed them I think but I'm not sure. I have also tried to hand feed them but all of them refused to eat it. Please help
  5. Rat Behavior
    I got this baby few months ago, unfortunately their mother had passed away before they even opened their eyes, the breeder asked if I wanted to take them early and try to raise them up (they were only about 2 weeks old and they had just opened thier eyes the day prior.) I of course agreed and...
  6. Rat Behavior
    Hello, So I have 2x 14-weeks old boy and 1x 8-week old boy and done introduction between them using the carrier method. All seemed to be going well, they slept, ate together and groomed one another so I opted to put them into the cleaned big cage (it has 2 storey's but I limited them to the...
  7. Rat Behavior
    Hello, Need some opinions regarding introduction of boys. Have 2 teenage rats (aged 13&14 weeks) and 1 new baby boy (8 weeks). I’ve done adult introductions before a few years ago and it was a really long process then. Have only put them side by side for a day but it seems like they’re...
  8. Rat Behavior
    tldr; we got some babies to introduce to our adult boys and introductions are not going well. Advice? We are afraid of the big boys hurting the babies. We have had our two boys for over a year and decided that we needed to get some friends for when one of our older boys inevitably passes away...
  9. Meet My Rat
    Hi everybody! I got my very first rat about two months ago. Unfortunately at the time the pet store only had one available but it was either adopt her or they used her to feed the snakes and she was so **** cute I could not let it happen. Fortunately for me though I live with 4 of my best...
  10. Rat Health
    Hello friends, I need advice/help. Five days ago, on Sunday, my dad found an abandoned rat's nest in his yard. All the babies had died but one, so he called me. I have hand-raised baby feeder rats before so I knew how to take care of him. I wasn't expecting him to make it but here we are! He is...
  11. Rat Behavior
    So I just got a new baby yesterday. He's a standard rat, 1 month old. I've had rats before but this just makes my heart swell and I'm pretty in love with this behavior if it's normal lol. So Echo is ALWAYS kissing. Like kicking my hands cheeks fingers. Not only me but my fiance and anyone else...
  12. Rat Behavior
    Hi this is my first time ever posting. But I have 3 rats, 2 one year olds and a 2 year old (all female) I recently got a new baby rat and tried introducing her with the other 3. The 2 year old (Katie) and one of the 1 year olds (Cookie) got along just fine(though im still a bit worried they...
  13. Rat Behavior
    Ive written a few times about my new rats and their introduction, and ive taken advice and put the babies cage on top of my older boys cage so rhat they can smell each other, and ive been introducing them in neutral territory, however its come to my attention that my youngest boy, jack, is...
  14. General Rat Topics
    Please don’t judge. Two weeks ago I adopted two female rats that are 8 weeks old. I had done a lot of research prior to this about how social and cuddly and playful theyre supposed to be, they’re diet, likes and dislikes… When I got my two babies I was really excited and completely fell in love...
  15. Rat Health
    I got a new baby rat about 10 hours ago and she hasn't eaten nor drank since then im almost sure. Shes also very skinny to the point where i can feel the bones on her tail (ive had a skinny rat before and i couldnt feel the bones of her tails). Ive tried giving her yogurt and other kinds of food...
  16. Meet My Rat
    Can anyone tell me how old she looks? her name is Nibbles . I got her as a feeder rat and long story short I kept her and she is now my child, her name is Nibbles. She was very small when I got her.
  17. Rat Health
    So I have a 7-9 week old female rat who accidentally got in with my males. This has happened a couple times. Knowing that I have been watching her for a bit and it seems like her belly is getting bigger but it’s so hard to tell for sure because I know that they gain a lot of weight pretty fast...
  18. Caring for Accidental Litters
    Sorry for such bad quality. I’m assuming the top one is a boy and the bottom is a girl, I just have no experience and would like a second opinion!
  19. Rat Behavior
    I have 2 female rats Kyubey and Madoka, Kyubey is albino and I got both of them on thursday, I heard that I should wait 2 days before taking them out of the cage, they are very active and love playing. They nibble and lick my hands and climb sometimes but never far enough that they are outside...
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