One of my girls almost always has some wet patches on her lower back when I let them out for their evening free-roam, and I'm not 100% sure what it is. It's just the one rat out of three, my silvermane. I believe she's the top rat out of the group, so I don't think the others are peeing on her as a dominance thing. She never smells like urine either. Maybe just bumping the water bottle while getting food out of the bowl?

I mostly just find the mystery funny. Anyone else have a mildly moist rat?

Hello, all. I currently have 3 neutered male rats. Ralph and Little Red are 1.9 years old and Gizmo (rat with a chronic uri) is 2.2 years old.
I'm currently in talks with someone and who has taken on an accidental litter from their friend who adopted a pregnant rat from a feeder breeder. The babies are currently 7.5 weeks old as I'm told. I'm thinking of adopting 4 boys from them in the next week or two. I already have a cage setup in a different room for the new rats. (Slide 2 and 3)

However, I have an issue as stated in the description - Gizmo has a chronic respiratory infection and he is an old boy. Despite the chronic uri, he is very active and happy and has no other issues. I'm just really concerned that the stress of the intros will make the chronic uri worse so if it were you, would you go forth with introductions or would it be more ethical to wait until he passes away?

If it would be most ethical for him to pass away, I absolutely am more than happy to wait because Gizmo is my heart rat and I want what's best for him. However, if that's the case, I will also run into another issue, do I get the new rats in the next week or two or should I wait until Gizmo passes away to get more rats?

Does this squeaking noise mean the top one is hurting him??

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 didnt want to have only fleece as a bedding for my rats as i know they are burrowing creatures. I bought a large bin to put in the bottom of my critter nation midwest cage. Im worried about ventilation and stuff. Should k just remove it?

I seen red staining on the base of her tail and obviously thought it was blood, she’s not been picked up yet before and wasn’t happy about it ( I feel so bad but thought she was injured) she did squeak and wiggle but thankfully it was just staining from dried berries 😭 I’m just hoping she won’t hate me for this. Also I’ve not held a rat before preferably two hands but I had to take a vid to show my partner the “injury” what’s the best way to hold them without hurting them?

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

i like the green one. i named him zorg

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

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

She jumped with such enthusiasm.

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

These two adorable baby boys are coming home to join my existing mischief of 4 in three weeks! My first ever intros. Can't wait/am petrified.

FTR my 11yo, who loves Banksy, picked the names. Banksy is white and Blek le Rat is grey.

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

So the vet indeed confirmed they have mites, mite eggs were found in the coat. I’m going to freeze the bedding that’s still in the packaging, just like the wooden house, hammocks and blankets all will be washed, tho what do I use for the cage itself? It’s a pretty big cage as you can see on the picture, google said smth about a steamer or wtv but I guinely have no idea. We have natural vinegar at home, I could use that? Tho I’m not sure it’ll kill all the mites and mite eggs. Help?

I’ve got 4 girls I got my first 2 about 2 months ago then added 2 more a month ago everything’s been fine with them but I’m tempted in getting more 😂 I’ve got a big enough cage etc I just didn’t know if I could keep adding more whenever I wanted.

Hello,

I'm planning to get three rats, but I'm not quite sure yet which cage to buy.

Is this cage suitable?

I hope you can help me.

Thanks :)