baby rat

Hello everyone, First of all, sorry for my english level, i'm new here and I live in Spain, so probably my english is not as good as yours. I'm here for telling you our situation: on May 5 I found two baby wild rats, that they were being attacked by ants, so I decided to rescue them and start...

Hi there! I'm new to this site but not new to rats. I currently own 11 rats that are all happy and healthy. My landlord has had someone come in to remove some garbage bins outside and in the process they found 4 baby rats. In the process they accidentally killed the mother. They look to be...

Hey. Recently tried to introduce my 2 14-weeks old boy to a lone 8-week old baby. Used the carrier method and could tell that the baby wasn’t really getting along well with one of the older boys but they sorta tolerated one another. But they slept, ate and groomed around each other so I moved...

Hello, recently adopted a new rat from a lady who had an accidental litter (am aware of the risks and would rather he not become snake food…), met the mom, dad and all the little ones and they all looked healthy. Took 1 boy since I already had 2 at home. Am now realising I might have messed up...

I'm looking for your best advice, tips and experiences when bringing home new rats, how you got them used to you, socialised them etc. I have just brought home 3 new boys from a reputable breeder, they have been in their new home for about 48 h. They are nervous, tentative in taking food from...

My rat had a litter and now the baby’s are starting to open their eyes. First one that opened his eyes has dull cloudy crusty eyes and looks possibly blind? then the rest of most baby’s have opened their eyes and some of the baby’s seem to be starting to develop the same thing as the first...

Hello, I have had my baby rat for about for three weeks now. He is on soy based human formula and I recently went from feeding him every 2 hours around the clock to every four hours and once at midnight. But for the past week he has stayed 8 grams, Im pretty sure he is supposed to weigh much...

Hello! My name is Sam, i have had an orphaned baby roof rat for about a week now. I have had him slowly introduced to raw goats milk and he seems to be doing well on it. He’s very active and digests it well. But after some research I see soy based human formula is best for him and the goats milk...

Hello, my name is Sam and I’m a wildlife rehaber here in Miami Fl. The place I work does not take non native animals such as palm/roof rats. We got in an orphaned baby roof rat and I decided to take him home instead of letting him be euthanized. I have have had him/her for a little over a week...

I may have overreacted to my baby boy's (9-10 weeks) breathing issues. Ive been treating my adult boys with prescribed doxycycline because of a uri and when i heard similar breathing noises coming from my baby i panicked and stupidly decided to give him a portion of doxycycline that was 3x too...

I unknowingly bought a pregnant rat and she just recently gave birth to 12 babies, they were all healthy at first and then I came home to only 1 alive? Could it be a genetic thing?

Hello I rescued some little baby ratties recently, picked them up from an off situation, feeder rescue essentially, I’ve done it before with my last two boys. But I ended up with girls this time! Smell is a lot better with ladies I’ll be honest, and I just miss having girls. Well, I was pretty...

My rat, Io, has successfully birthed 14 little kittens on Friday Afternoon. They're all amazing. One little runt - he was definitely very runty - he eventually didn't make it. However, there are 13 very healthy little squeakers in my house now <3 Moved her from the rat hospital basket into her...

I found 2 lil babies sitting alone in the middle of a hot parking lot yesterday. i kind of think someone dumped them there? they didn’t look too dirty or thin, but they were totally alone right next to each other, and i couldn’t find any trace of a mother or other siblings. it was hot so i know...

Hi All, I am here looking for some advice regarding quarantine & URI's. I adopted 4 new baby girls at the end of March, & within a week my sweet baby came down with a URI. Congested breathing, wheezing, sneezing. I took her immediately to the ER & got her treated. She was on Doxy &...

I just joined this forum because no one in my family or friends has much interest in rats so I have no one to talk about this with. I love learning more about them and watching my girl's personalities come out. I have two girls and I'm hoping to get two more after quarantine is up in my state. I...

Anyone know why my new born rat would develop cataracts symptoms only a few weeks after birth. Is it cataracts or glaucoma?

Hello! I got a baby rat (6-8 weeks by looks, but don't know for sure - what do you think? That's him: https://imgur.com/a/9QOMLS2 ), and he's been shaking in fear in the carrier since yesterday. He pees and have soft poops everytime I come near carrier. I added a cardboard house for him to...

So, a month and a half ago one of my does gave birth to an unexpected litter. Long story short, she looked like her brothers, and was placed in the wrong cage; the new rat, Murtagh, was the father. He passed away recently. Unfortunately, one of the babies, Onyx, has begun to show the same signs...

Hello, Just took home a 4 weeks old baby boy from the breeder today. On the car ride back and after he reached his new home, he started making grunting noises. (Similar to this video: ) He doesn’t constantly sound like that but when it happens, it’s really loud. I have Baytril and Doxy meds...