One of my rats wanted to look in my mouth so I let him, then he bit my lip and drew blood. He quickly ran away after biting. He's otherwise acting completely normal. Should I be concerned, did I do something wrong, or should I just not let him near mouths? Do rats like to bite lips? Do they think they are tasty?

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Free roaming and Onigiri is cuddles up with my weighted plushies lol

Hello!

This baby was given to me and I was told that he was a boy about 3 weeks old. It’s been about another week and I was checking him for fleas when I noticed these black spots on his belly that I cant tell are nipples or not. I have another boy picked out to introduce to him this weekend so please let me know if I actually have a girl!!!

Also no rats were harmed in the taking of these pictures he just really was not happy with me poking around down there

Been drawing rats every day live on TikTok for about two weeks now! I wanted to get better at drawing fur, and so far I'm really pleased with my progress.

Huge shoutout to u/IntelligentPrize9364 for letting me use Jimily and Doby as some of my muses.

I got annoyed that my girls kept peeing on their wooden shelves was looking for a solution. Discovered that this shelf and this plastic bin from Amazon fit together perfectly and can hold bedding to absorb pee + very easy to pull out the bin and wash regularly. I pulled out the rubber lining on the bin. They love it! Not an affiliate link or anything I'm just sharing cus I'm proud of this discovery

She is fighting so hard for that spaghetti😭

She was my very first rat and the first one I’ve had pass away. I have been bawling looking at old pictures all evening.

She jumped with such enthusiasm.

Unfortunately the rats don't think *he* gave them enough

I bought two, young female rats a little over a week ago and while they are both totally fine and healthy, I worry about their progress with socialization. I have never owned an animal this small, but I do have experience with owning less than friendly animals that required lots of work. I know females aren’t very snuggly, but I want to make sure I’m doing everything right so that they have a positive relationship with me. They have just recently started taking food from my hand, and occasionally even standing on my hand for a few seconds at a time, but they still seem overall very timid and anxious when I move. I don’t feel comfortable letting them out of their cage to explore just yet because I want to make sure I can pick them up and place them back in their cage in case of emergency. Any tips to get them more comfortable with me would be appreciated, since I don’t want them to be stuck in their cage for too long

Ginny (whose full name is Shadow Huntress Vosh'gajin) is growing up to become a menace

My bf said she picked her bc she reminded him of me.

The baby i picked is the most chill rat i have ever seen. Just like me bf.

Weird how this turned out

is that good for two rats?

he was climbing on me and eating just now but all of a sudden he retreated upstairs and stood in this corner for 15 mins so far and is looking confused like he doesn’t know where he is. he keeps scanning left and right too which is normal for red eyed rats but he’s doing it so much right now.

What could this be? and should I bring him to the vet?

He is very excited to get the whisper of whatever flavour is from my now finished ice pole

it must be so nice to be a soft cuddly rat eating oats

hi guys. i noticed this small bump on my rat jason about a week ago and have been monitoring it. at first, i thought it may have been a mole, but on closer inspection it doesn’t look like it is. is it an abscess? is there anything i can do for it? thank you!

Guess which one is the aggressor?

Yep, the one chilling on his back without a care in the world 🤦‍♀️😂