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    Aggressive wrestling?

    Yeah it seems like the only thing that will work, I'm getting a new cage for Natasha and I'll try with keeping only maybe 2 others in with her. She recently left scratch or bite marks on another rats face, they are healed now but I don't think it's a good idea to keep her in a larger group...
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    Aggressive wrestling?

    I was putting her in there for about 10-15 mins everytime I caught her, it just wasn't sinking in with her. She'd go right back to doing it... I put her in there for the half hour the last time, in a desperate attempt to see if she would catch on. Which of course she didn't... I don't know why...
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    Aggressive wrestling?

    She isn't spayed. I never really put thought into it, especially with the vets in my area having minimal knowledge with rats/rodents, they are ok with prescribing antibiotics/minor things, but when it comes to surgeries I've been straight turned away by many of them, since they don't have enough...
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    Aggressive wrestling?

    Ah yes, I've tried the time-out cage thing with her. I've been putting her in there everytime she acts up for the past month or so... she still continues :( The time out cage has nothing in it, no toys or anything, and she certainly doesn't have fun in there. At first the time outs would get her...
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    Aggressive wrestling?

    Over the years I've noticed different "types" of wrestling between my ratties, I know it's a normal part of their lives, but sometimes I wonder when is it too much? how do you tell the difference between "ok" wrestling and "aggressive" wrestling? I currently have a group of sisters that are...
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    Ideas for homemade platforms/ramps?

    Ah I see, those are some good ideas guys c:
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    Ideas for homemade platforms/ramps?

    Went out and bought another cage today, this time for my Boy Squad. It probably won't be their permanent cage, but it'll do until I buy them the CritterNation I'm wanting. They hit 3 months old recently and they're growing like weeds lol. The reason I don't really like this new cage is because...
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    Eating carefresh?!

    I took her off the Carefresh the moment I noticed her eating it. Then I looked up how common it is for rodents to eat Carefresh... and it is VERY common apparently. Not as much for rats, but apparently rabbits and hamsters are often caught eating Carefresh. Then I read that eating too much may...
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    Eating carefresh?!

    Ughhhhhhh. I recently noticed one of my girls Tikki is having some abdominal bloating, and pretty sure it's constipation. She's not pregnant, as she's had no contact with any males. She's probably around 5-6 months old, so I don't think it's megacolon, since she's never appeared bloated before...
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    Intro w/old and young girls...few hiccups...

    Ok, I actually did give her a time out the last time she pulled her stuff, I was worried I was being too harsh on her lol but it seemed to get the message across. She's been bullying less and less... or maybe it's due to the fact they all bonded last night by working together as a group to...
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    Intro w/old and young girls...few hiccups...

    I recently introduced my 2 older girls(both near 2 years old) into a new, large cage with Aurora and her 6 female babies (they're now near 12 wks old). It's been less than a week. Mogwai and Nimzy (my older girls) have been living next door to Aurora and her babies for a while now, and seemed...
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    Second thoughts about a potential home

    Thanks for the feedback guys, at first I was worried that I was being too paranoid or something, but after seeing these responses I have decided NOT to let her take the rats. We're also pretty certain that she did not take her injured rat to the vet, and overall she doesn't seem like a very...
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    Second thoughts about a potential home

    That's another thing I was wondering about. From the way she was talking, it sounded like maybe she thought the wound wasn't that bad and she was letting it heal on its own. Then after a couple days of healing, the rat suddenly died. So to me, it doesn't really sound like she took him to a vet...
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    Second thoughts about a potential home

    Well as anyone could tell, all I've been posting about on this site for the past 2 months has been this and that about Zuki and her sister Aurora's litters. This is my first experience with litters, so I apologize for any stupid-sounding questions I've asked lol. but I really appreciate how...
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    Number of rats to keep in a large cage?

    Thanks for the feedback guys c: I just looked at the cages online, and the double critter nations do look like they'd be the perfect type of cages to get for them. on a side note, when the boys reach maturity will it be ok for them to be in the same cage (as long as it's a large one like the...
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    Number of rats to keep in a large cage?

    Well, I'll start off by saying I currently have a lot of rats. I am NOT a hoarder lol... we brought home 2 females about 2 months ago, and they both *surprise, surprise* came home pregnant. It's been difficult finding homes for the babies since we refuse to give them to petshops which might sell...
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    Little guy seems to be doing better :)

    I'm not really sure what the issue was, but today he's acting normal again. I seriously wonder if it was that drastic weather change we had around the time this all started? it's the only thing I can think of. It was getting steadily warmer all through the month of May, it got all the way up in...
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    Little guy seems to be doing better :)

    Well as of today, his appetite is starting to pick back up. I just gave the boys an extra feeding today for his sake, and he's sitting there chowing down with the rest of them. He is still a little sluggish, but his is more active today than he was for the last few days. It seems like he's...
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    Little guy seems to be doing better :)

    Well, I've had my hands full the last 2 months with 2 litters of babies. Zuki's litter is now around 8 weeks, and Aurora's are about 7. I removed the males from both of the litters when they hit 5 weeks, and put them together into the "boys only" cage. All of the babies have been growing up fine...
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    Escape artist baby rat

    Meant to update this a few days ago but it's been a hectic week lol. I did catch the litter bugger, a few hours after I wrote this post. This was actually the first time I've had a rat escape, I guess I never really thought about rat-proofing the room before. She wandered back over to mommy's...
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