ChrisK
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Lollipop is approx 16 months old, and Skittles we think is about a year old. They both seem okay overall, but they sleep a lot, and I wondered if this is normal. Most days both ratties are up and ready for out time at 6am, when I take them out for about an hour. Lately some days Lollipop will not come out, she wants to stay behind and go back to sleep. But most days she comes out.
I leave for work and when I return around 5 or 6pm, sometimes one or both girlies will come to the corner of the cage nearest the door to say hello, and then they both go back to sleep. For Skittles most often, she prefers sleeping the rest of the time I'm awake. Lollipop will take more out time in the evening maybe half the days of the week.
So I don't know if they're up and active when I'm asleep, but I've worked at home a number of times, and they were sleeping thru the day. It looks like they sleep 20 hours a day. Is that normal?
I'm wondering if I should be doing something to stimulate them more. I remember Lollipop being much more active when she lived alone, but she was also younger then too. Which brings me to my next thought.. I'm wondering at what age girlie rats slow down. I seem to recall hearing 18months somewhere. Could this be an age slow-down?
Both girls seem just fine when they're awake.
I leave for work and when I return around 5 or 6pm, sometimes one or both girlies will come to the corner of the cage nearest the door to say hello, and then they both go back to sleep. For Skittles most often, she prefers sleeping the rest of the time I'm awake. Lollipop will take more out time in the evening maybe half the days of the week.
So I don't know if they're up and active when I'm asleep, but I've worked at home a number of times, and they were sleeping thru the day. It looks like they sleep 20 hours a day. Is that normal?
I'm wondering if I should be doing something to stimulate them more. I remember Lollipop being much more active when she lived alone, but she was also younger then too. Which brings me to my next thought.. I'm wondering at what age girlie rats slow down. I seem to recall hearing 18months somewhere. Could this be an age slow-down?
Both girls seem just fine when they're awake.