Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / April 2008

We recently moved, and since then Hera's been nippy through the bars
of the cage. It's only through the bars; she's fine when she's out, or
when the cage door is open. It's clearly a deliberate territorial nip,
rather than any kind of oops-I-thought-you-were-food.

Ive been trying to find a breeder for if my mom does sayyes to rats.
I live in the GTA, or more specificaly, mississauga.  If anyone knows
of any current rat breeders, or are one themeselves, please reply.
Naomi

I'll be adopting two young male rats (5 weeks old) from the humane
society next week and I need some suggestions about what to feed
them.  I went to the pet store yesterday to browse the selections and
need help narrowing down the field.  I was originally looking at

Like the previous post, we went to buy rat pellets from the pet shop where I
bought Jimmy and Sid for my husband for Christmas.  There was one male rat
alone and looking very sorry for himself. We spoke with a shop assistant who
said that he had been there for around 3 months, in ...

My two rats arrived yesterday and spent their first night at home.  No
names yet, I'm waiting to see what their personalities are like once
they've settled down and gotten used to their new living situation.
They're 5 weeks old and were born at the humane society.

I went to feed my boys this evening and found that my biggest boys back
foot was easily 3 times the normal size, which I could tell because the
other foot is fine. There are no bumps, so it doesnt look like the
pictures I've seen of bumble foot. There are no bones poking out of ...

Hello, I just got my first rat, a beautiful baby girl.  I don't know
how to make friends with her!  At first, I tried putting food in my
hand and letting her come and eat it, but then I keep reading about
how important it is to handle young rats so they get used to humans.

I have been wanting a pet for some time now and today I bought a
couple of female rats. The breeder said that they are about 5 weeks
old and they are hilarious!
So far so good.

Well, went to our feed and pet store, just for feed and bedding and left
with that and a rat. A couple had to move and left behind their 3 rats.
Would have loved to take all 3, but my heart went to the old girl of the 3.
They were 2 males; an agouti and a brown hooded. But the ...

The main problem with rats, as far as I can see, is that they cause so
much love, far more than a cat or a dog could possibly cause, and then
they die, leaving a hole that can never be filled by any other pet,
even another rat.

Im not having a good week, I buried my pop a few days ago, went strait back
on night shifts.
when I got home thissmorning I checked on my 3 girls, all seemed alright and
snug as a bug in their polarfleeces.

I went to feed my boys this evening and found that my biggest boys back
foot was easily 3 times the normal size, which I could tell because the
other foot is fine. There are no bumps, so it doesnt look like the
pictures I've seen of bumble foot. There are no bones poking out of ...