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    Introducing myself

    Hello my fellow rattie parents. Its about time i introduce myself. I got into keeping pet rats thru my daughter. She wanted pet rats but her mom said "sure as long as they aren't at my house". So i decided she could have them at my house. We started with 3 pews bought from a pet store since i...
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    Two Litters of Rat Babies!

    In my situation i had both mommies and both litters in the same cage from day one. Both moms, even begore the second gave birth, took care of the babies keeping them warm. Once the second lotter was born they both shared the feeding and caring for the babies. In my case there were and are no...
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    Two Litters of Rat Babies!

    I forgot to mention that in both litters the two mommies have also eaten some of the babies. Unfortunately it is part of their nature taking care of the strong ones.
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    Two Litters of Rat Babies!

    I myself just got four new girls on the 20th of august. On the 31st and sept 4th two of my girls had litters. This is also new to me so i talked to the breeder and did research on baby rats. It is not uncommon for a mommy rat, or other animals, to eat their young. They will do this for a few...
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    Uh oh and exciting

    I started keeping rats in Nov 2018 with 3 pew girls. In Dec i adopted 3 more girls. The first week of Feb i added 3 boys who were born on Jan 1st. On Aug 20th i then added 4 girls who were between 5 and 6 weeks old. And now becomes the "Uh oh and exciting" part. The girl i got these new girls...
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    Uh oh and exciting

    Share you experiences with keeping pet rats.
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    Brand New Boys

    Aww what cutties they are. When naming my rats i either see what their personality is, name them according to their markings or have my daughter think of a name. One of my newest girls just became a mommy so i named her Mama. My daughter came up with Koda for another. Markings on others "picked"...
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    Why and how did you start keeping rats?

    My daughter wanted pet rats but her mom said "sure as long as they are not here". Well that didnt fly with me so i said she could keep them at my house. We started in Nov 2018 with 3 pew girls. Obviously they ended up being my ratties as she couldnt see them unless she was here with me. Our...
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