Hi there. I'm Susan, and I'm going to be a first time rat owner in a couple of weeks. I work at a pet store and I have a fuzzy picked out already because I am just THAT excited (also, my boyfriend said I can't get a rat until the middle of January, because of our financial situation).
But I am totally stoked because I've never been able to own a rat until now.
My mom never would let me have one and then I moved in with my boyfriend and he didn't want me to have one, either (long story--mainly, he just doesn't like rodents), but I finally talked him into it. The baby's going to be a dumbo and is kind of this color, but with a white blaze going up the nose and between the eyes. I don't know how to describe it, but I will be taking lots and lots of pictures, I'm sure.
I have a couple of questions...
One... what is the earliest you can sex young rats? I don't care what sex it is, I'd just like to know for curiousity's sake and so I can pick out a name. I've turned all the babies over and looked but they all pretty much look the same to me.
I have this cage on order. Has anyone used this cage and if so, how much did you like it? And is the bar spacing okay for a baby rat?
Oh, and can you bathe rats? I've seen a couple of pictures/videos of people who bathed their rat, and I knew a girl who used to bathe her rat, but is wet tail a big concern with bathing rats? And if it's okay to bathe rats, how often? And with what kind of shampoo? I have oodles of dog shampoo but if that's bad/not recommended I'll use whatever is recommended.
Well, I guess that's it for now. Thanks.
But I am totally stoked because I've never been able to own a rat until now.
I have a couple of questions...
One... what is the earliest you can sex young rats? I don't care what sex it is, I'd just like to know for curiousity's sake and so I can pick out a name. I've turned all the babies over and looked but they all pretty much look the same to me.
I have this cage on order. Has anyone used this cage and if so, how much did you like it? And is the bar spacing okay for a baby rat?
Oh, and can you bathe rats? I've seen a couple of pictures/videos of people who bathed their rat, and I knew a girl who used to bathe her rat, but is wet tail a big concern with bathing rats? And if it's okay to bathe rats, how often? And with what kind of shampoo? I have oodles of dog shampoo but if that's bad/not recommended I'll use whatever is recommended.
Well, I guess that's it for now. Thanks.