Bonding with rats is a slow process which I'm still working on, and though I'm proud of how far my girls have come along it can sometimes feel like they will only ever really tolerate me. I would just like to hear some motivating bonding stories where you were able to have a breakthrough with...

i recently became a new rat owner about a week ago with two girls (aardvark and tweet), both about a month's age. they were given to me by my upstairs neighbor who is breeding rats as both pets and (Unfortunately) snake food (But primarily as pets since she could sell them). although I've been...

5 months ago I got my rats. There are four of them; Omen, Ferry, Trouble and Misty. Omen is really hand-tame and will climb me whenever she gets the chance. Ferry is a bit less tame, but still quite affectionate. Trouble is kinda wild, but sometimes she grooms me so I'm not that nervous. It's...

Hi everyone. I'm just looking for some advice here on my previously neglected rats. Context; I recently rescued a few young males and they're extremely timid and one is even a bit aggressive. I'm trying to gradually trust train them by giving them treats from my hands and giving them liquid...

I’ve recently had a rat pass away but I still have his brother, he has been acting fine since he passed although yesterday he was fine, but I’ve got him out today and he’s acting very hyper and skitty. My sister has come up to him but she has been at a house with a dog so could that be it? He...

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This is my first post on this forum ;). After reading many topics from other rat owners and watching a ton of YouTube videos about ratcare and behavior in pet rats we decided we wanted to adopt pet rats. My wife and I adopted 3 dumbo hooded male rats from a breeder January this year when they...

Hi! I have 2 girl rats both from shop. Older one i saw alone in a shop and cant leave her there ,she was big already and i think she was treated bad there. Second one i bought little. Older girl is so skittish and scared all the time and i think the little one is like that because of here or...

Helloooo! I left for a vacation last Saturday and left my rats at home. Of course, I have someone checking in on them every day and making sure they have had playtime, but from what I have heard, they are a little bit skittish. They know the person who is taking care of them but they don't seem...

I’ve had my pet rats for about 3 weeks, I take them out regularly but they try to scurry away when I hold them. They are quite skittish around me, they’ll happily sniff me and will approach for treats. However, they always snatch their food and when it comes to them taking food out the palm of...

Hey y'all! So I recently got a pet rat (Roquefort) and I'm a bit worried about her. She's always hiding in her little tent and only comes out to eat/drink water when the lights are out or when she thinks I'm not there. I decided to start taming her, and it was kind of a disaster. Every time I...

so about a week ago i visited my sister and saw that she was trying to feed her snake a rat that was much to large. she had knocked out the rat by hitting it on the head with a ruler. he was out for about 4 hours before coming to.... (poor thing) i took the rat home and fed it and gave it water...