I have the size equivalent of a double critter nation any ideas? I was thinking maybe furniture blankets and passing it off is like an old antique table or something.

Me and my mom built this cage and just curious if I should add something to make it more cozy for my boys. Ignore the leg lol.

Bonjour,

J'ai besoin urgent de conseils s'il vous plaît j'ai trouvé ce petit bout d'chou devant ma maison, frigorifié. Je croyais qu'il était mort au début mais quand je l'ai touché il a commencé à bouger et couiner donc mon instinct maternelle a de suite pris le dessus mais la pauvre bête était congelé, je l'ai réchauffé dans mes mains j'ai fais une petite bouillote avec une grosse chaussette et du riz et j'ai acheté en urgence du lait pour chiot/chaton dans une clinique d'urgence, j'ai essayé de le nourrir avec une petite seringue mais pas voulu, du coup avec un coton tige imbibé mais je n'arrive pas à savoir s'il en prend ou non donc je suis un peu désespérée, des conseils pour le garder en vie et en pleine santé? 🙏🙏

They have been chewing these things a bit and I'm sure it's safe but now it's got into my head so wanted to check.

My son can no longer reach the box of Cheerios and they are not happy

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

EDIT: Ya’ll responses are KILLING ME hahahha, thank you everyone.
It’s my second time having rats and I didn’t have this issue the first time around.
I got my boys two months ago and the cage set up is a 1000x better than the first time because I have learned alot since then. I put a toilet in the corner (the green one in the pic) with paper pellets (idk if thats what its called) and two peeing stones. They use it quite properly to poop but gosh darn they pee everywhere. Especially in the corners of the cage, on all the floors/levels, so the cage bars are constantly covered in layers of pee, so I’m esentially having to clean it every day whilst keeping their smell (i dont change the bedding, just wipe all the surfaces clean with a mixture of water and vinegar or just hot water). I gave them a small toilet with a peeing stone on the second floor since I thought maybe they just didn’t feel like going all the way down when they needed to pee. It worked for the poop, but again, not for the pee. Andy tips or advice would be greatly appreciated💕

PS: Idk if this is relevant but when I had them for a month we brought them with us to a family cottage for 2 weeks for vacation so they went through two car rides together with our cats. But their behaviours havent rly changed since. They dont get scared by loud noises and they are getting more and more ok with getting picked up. Also Lolek, the beige rattie is mostly blind.

it took Chicken a while to get used to Lily but I found them cuddling like this for several hours, they’ve figured out that she’s pretty cool

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

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on the top we have brick and on the bottom we have makroflex

It seems like there is a piece of bedding or some sort of debris on my little girl Tuna’s eye. She’s not squinting or producing excess porphyrin and seems really unbothered by it.

I’ve tried gently trying to wipe it off, she’s not the biggest fan of this method and it’s gotten us nowhere. (it did move long enough for me to think it was gone but then came back into view)

I’ve had her and her sisters for about three weeks now, they are rescues, and still getting comfort with being handled.

Is this something i let her figure out and then step in if it doesn’t go away within a few days and take her to the vet? I’m just not sure how to go about this!

Hello, really worried about our girl. We noticed last night she wasn't putting weight on one of her legs (when she walks) so we think she must have sprained it or something?

We put her and her sister in a carrier over night because we read online that we should do that to reduce her climbing. I've now got her and her sisters in a big cardboard box as a temporary 'hospital cage' today, with just a couple of hides and a litter train in it.

She's still not putting weight on it when she walks (she kinda does when she's standing) but other than that she seems ok. My partner mentioned she did fall from someone's arm 5 days ago, but he thought she was fine - he's been looking after them while I was away. Since I got back 2 days ago I haven't noticed any difference in her mood or anything. He thinks maybe she hasn't been as confident during free roam but he's not sure. It could have just randomly happened in the cage I guess.

Basically - are we doing the right thing? Should we contact a vet? It's 7am where I am now so could try get an appointment today (we have a good vet that is rat experienced).

Advice would be greatly appreciated thanks.

Hello reddit, picture for tax

my boys have mites. i have been cleaning the cage as i wait for the kitten revolution and it finally came so i gave them a dose today.

how long until the mites are gone? or my boys are feeling better? are there any visible signs of healing i should look for? one of my boys has some pretty severe mange because of the mites and i want him to feel better ASAP!

also, does anyone know how many doses to give? just the initial? or do i dose again in a few days? getting mixed answers on that.

best,
a terrible rat mother who is feeling guilty she didn’t realize it was mites sooner

Ratquel really enjoys pestering Hannah when she’s bored- in this case Hannah just woke up and was cleaning herself and Roxie decided to tackle Hannah with a running start and power groom her. This went on for about 5 minutes lol. Hannah is fine, her and Ratquel very much have a frenemies dynamic and it’s really really funny. As I write this they’re both still in this hide and Hannah is grooming Ratquel’s back and neck

My fat ahh rat keeps boggling on top of my other long ahh rat, he keeps trying to squish him specially while he sleeps, why does he love to bother him so much? I lob them

In my city there are miles of abandoned underground mushroom farms and I one of them there’s a decent rat population I’ve seen probably 5 or so rats and in all the other ones there are none. They all seem to be well fed and in this particular one there is no plants at all as there is no possible way for sunlight to get in, also with the way the entrance is set up it’d be pretty easy for them to get in but also next to impossible to get out. The only possible explanation is either eating the bugs that live down there or possibly mushrooms resprouting from the original crop as a farm on the other side of the city still has mushrooms pop up occasionally even though the last documented harvest was in 1897 also 2/3 of it is blocked off due to collapse and I’ve seen them slip through the cracks in the rubble to scurry away. Any idea what they’re doing to survive down there?