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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...

I found a litter of orphaned rats in my house, eyes still closed. I tried to put them where I thought the nest would be and see if the mom would return but 2 kept coming back to my kitchen so I put them in a box. I hand raised them, feeding milk, did all the research on how to care for them, and...

For the past four, almost five weeks, I've been taking care of nine orphan rats. Seven of them have been weaning perfectly. Its almost week five and seven of them are eating solid foods gaining great weight and I can finish weaning them. But two of them have been refusing to eat solid foods. And...

Hi! Around memorial day my husband and I saved a baby rat from a glue trap. She was an orphan...so young it was a week of caring for her before her eyes opened. Also, I thought she was a boy...but kept the name Rambo...lol. Anyway she's very sweet.. very hyper and loves face rubs and running all...