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Hi! So I own two female rats, an albino and a brown dumbo. They’re around 1 years old and Im planning on introducing a baby female in a few weeks. I had a theoretical question. As the baby rats I have met from the breeder (very young) don’t mind being handled and tend to stay on the person they...

I’ve had 8 rats, but I’ve (luckily) never had to deal with an aggressive rat. Yesterday, one of my babies passed away. I don’t want Houdini (my surviving baby) to be alone, so I got two new rats. They’re being kept separately - the kicker is that even the two new rats have to be separate...

Hi, So we got 3, 6 week old boys last sunday. The breeder seemed very knowledgable and seems to truly care for her rats. She told us to start handling them basically right from the start and to take them out of their cage too. The day before yesterday I took them out once, and yesterday I did...

i got my rats from a pet shop (first mistake) when they were around 4 months old so they were already very unsocialised, theyre not used to loud noises or being handled. i try to handle them as much as possible and only 1 of them (gus) seems to be getting better but very slowly. while the other...

Hiya, After Franks (15 weeks old) cage mate passed away we adopted two other male rats who are around one year old, we're planning to introduce using the carrier method. I've read the posts on this topic but can't find anything about an age difference like this, we think Frank may be entering...

The original post is lost in limbo, so here goes my second try to posting this. This is my first post on this forum. After reading many topics from other rat owners and watching a ton of videos about ratcare and behavior in pet rats we decided we wanted to adopt pet rats. My wife and I adopted...

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...

Hey, friends! I've got a problem. My rats like to nibble on me. It's mostly fingers, and it's usually completely harmless. If I reach out to pet them, they'll usually want to sniff me too, and sometimes they'll put their mouth over my finger, probably because I smell like food. Please note that...

It's been a busy week between taking care of my mother post hip replacement and working my regular job but I've still found time to work with the ratties every day for at least a good forty-five minutes to an hour. Mamma has been getting steadily more comfortable with my hand at the door of the...