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For those of you who have never experienced a hormonal rat, or had a "biter", here is a word of caution. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT play with them with your hands, or attempt to hand wrestle with them, until you are FOR SURE they are ready. I knew better, but I have a curly boy, named tater tot...

I have a little girl, whom I've had for about 4 months. When I got her, she was supposedly like 6 months I think. She has always been the size of maybe a 3 month old rat. I weighed her today, and she's only 240 grams. That just seems really tiny to me. She's perfectly healthy, her body is...

So I now have 6 females, and 2 big Ole males (neutered). It's no secret that I have a HUGE soft spot for the males. I kinda sometimes feel guilty that I kind of favor them (not on purpose). But my first heart rat was a black Dumbo, named Pepper. I was completely obsessed with him. Now, I have...

So we got three new girls about a week ago, that were being rehomed. Their exact age is still up in the air, but we're told the bigger two are 9 months old (or 7. Can't remember), and the baby is 3 months old. One of the older two, who is a Dumbo, is super sweet. We named her squid. The tiny...

I don't know if they have picked it up from watching Fig do it, but my rats have a new habit. They will run up, and poke their nose at me, and when I get my face close enough, they press their nose on my lips, like they are giving me a kiss, then run off. Figgy will do this multiple times in a...

I have a female rat, about 16 months old named oreo, who is acting like she's in pain. At first, I thought she was sick. I found her laying cold and puffy, on the bottom of her cage about a month ago. I listened to her chest, and it sounded somewhat muffled, and she was breathing fast and heavy...

Does anyone have a rat who loves to show love? I've had super "licky" rats, and now, I have one (Fig) who, when out playing, will run up to me when I say "I love you", and press his nose to my mouth as if giving me a kiss. Then he bounces off to play, and if I say I love you again, he will come...

We are in southeast Texas, and everything is covered in snow, and we have lost electricity. I have a generator going, and fire in my fireplace, but it's still quite cold in here. I moved my rats to the living room so they are closer to the heat. I also moved my little old mouse (he's two years...

I have a male rat, Fig, who chews his nails on his front paws like crazy! Like A LOT. He also "chews bubblegum" (that's what we call it). He does this when he gets excited, or is happy. It's not a brux and boggle kind of thing. It literally looks like he's chewing bubblegum! He does it so fast...

Can rats have toys with catnip in them? I got a cute pack of Christmas ones, but 2 of them said they have cat nip in them, so I put them aside. Will it hurt them to play with these toys?

Thursday evening (11/5/20) I made the tough decision to have my little Mackie rat put to sleep. She was 3.5 years old, and had never been sick. The other day I noticed she was making squeaky sounds when she breathed, and her lungs sounded like a squeaky toy. By the next morning, she was gasping...

So, after I caught on camera (yes I have 2 rat cams) Gobblin attacking skittle (who can barely move and pretty much lays there in one spot), I made an appointment for Gobblin to be neutered. I had also noticed a small cut on Fig's testicles. Pretty sure it was from Gobblin after seeing how he...

A little bit ago I noticed skittle digging in, and scratching his right ear. His head is also slightly tilted to the right. There's nothing coming out of it, and no funky smells. He's still eating and drinking like normal. No circling. He just seems....pouty and a little tilted. I definitely...

So I have gotten 5 new rats since Christma. Baby (the grayish hoodie), Cotton (the all white), Oreo (black hoodie), Gobblin (yes I spelled it like you are gobbling up food...he's the siamese Dumbo), and Fig ( the black one). They are a crazy group! Gobblin was all white when he came to me, and...

I have a 7 month old rat, who I've treated with cipro 2 different times, for 6 weeks each time, and the rattly breathing, and wheezy sounds won't go away. I just got doxy, but need to know how to mix it, and dosage. They are 100mg capsules. I'll get her weight in a min. She's a little on the...

Last night we have to say goodbye to my Eva girl. She had tumors in her lower abdominal area, near her female parts, and a mammary tumor that I first noticed at the beginning of December. It grew crazy big in just a few months. The last few days I had really been watching her, because she had...

So ever since baby had an ear infection, she had a head tilt (expected), but she's also.....kinda been.....I don't know a nice or proper way to put it, but special. Like she's not all there. She has really odd behaviors, and does strange things, like chewing (yes chewing) the air. She does it...

My husband: we're not getting any more rats. Also my husband: here's a rat for Christmas. And one for valentine's day. And a playmate for both of the babies. So I introduce you to Baby (gray and white hooded), Cotton (PEW), and Oreo (black and white hooded). I've had the last two since...

So my old lady, Macaroni, is getting close to the 3 year mark. She has significantly slowed down, and is starting to show her age. She has always been a super smart, super energetic girl, but lately, she seems to be more....disconnected...? She sometimes sits and stares in a corner, or wonders...

I'm thinking ear infection?!? Please let me know what I can give and dosage! She's about 8-12 weeks old. Was pretty sudden. No smells from ears. No funky lung sounds. Lilspaz? SQ??