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Hi friends. My rat Bean passed away recently, which has been very hard on both myself and her BFF, Baby. Baby is younger and I knew she'd probably need a friend eventually, but now I'm worried I did it too soon. I found a lone female rat (younger than Baby) in need of a home, so I adopted her...

Hello! I'm new to the forum as I wanted to ask a rat-related question but obviously I couldn't get an answer from general people, so I thought here would be the best place! Here is my situation: Theon, my rat, has a vet appointment on Friday and I was wondering what way would be best to get...

My white furred red eyed rat Pip is always stressed. I have done everything to ensure she is happy but she just isn't adapting since we took her and her friend in from a rescue. A few months ago I noticed her back fur has started turning an orangey brown color at the tips. Is this normal, is it...

Hi, I have two rats, both male and about 9 months to 1 year. At the beginning of the year I separated them because one of them was injuring the other, biting him til he bit the tip of his nail off. Whenever I let the other free roam (the none aggressive one) and he walks up to his cage (the...

I have a rat who is has been squinting her eyes for a while now and over the last few days has gotten very clingy. We took her to the vet and they said she was fine it was probably either stress or a parasite. we are currently waiting for the test to come back but i’m scared something is wrong...

I bought two baby rats about 2-3 weeks ago. Soon after i brought them home, one died of mega colon. We haven’t been able to get a companion for the remaining rat yet. Yesterday afternoon she started having watery feces. She had some cucumber two days ago and was reluctant to eat it but she ate...

Hello everyone! I am a kindergarten through 8th grade science teacher, and I am considering getting a couple of rats as pets. Now I make the distinction of ME getting the rats as pets because I find the treatment of many classroom pets abhorrent. I strongly believe that any pet that spends part...

So this will be a bit long. I currently have five rats. All of which are wild and female. My first and oldest rat Moishe is about to be 6 months. I work at a pet store and she was dropped off at a week old so I bottle fed her. She had severe malcolusion in her early months and had to have her...