sleep, please

[Ewa]

For the first couple weeks I had my rats they slept through the night fine. Now , Sophee won't let me sleep! Instead of sleeping my usual 12am - 8 am , I slept 8am - 1pm , Not good! I go over to the cage and do one of these :stickpoke: "ummm , excuse me , ? can you QUIET DOWN!!" And she is all like :shock: "..." then BAM back to doing whatever it is that is SO LOUD!
So , I was wondering anything and EVERYTHING i can do to try to make them not make that much noise , at least for a couple hours during the night. I need ALL the suggestions I can get!

 

[donnamaz]

Have you tried moving the cage to a more darker side of the room and drapping the cage with a cover?? I had to do that and it worked for me. Sometimes a good snuggle before bed time helps... Or even a nice and cozy warm place to cuddle inside.... Hope any of this helps you... :hugs:

 

[Moon]

Earplugs

 

[jorats]

I was going to suggest earplugs as well.
But perhaps allowing them to have a good run before bed time might help tire them out.

 

[seanscritters]

my girls were real noisy at night too, i put a box full of newspaper strips and toilet paper in their cage, and they slept in it all night, and still do. it keeps them really quiet at night.

 

[Arkeld]

For the first couple weeks I had my rats they slept through the night fine.

Be grateful for that.

Seriously, being mostly nocturnal, they´ll never be really quiet at night. They´ll kind of adapt to you schedule, but you´ll need to be deep sleeper if you´re going to keep them in your room. I got used to my two girls back when I was younger but now, I´ve got my boys in the living room.

If you can´t move them, do NOT go to their cage or talk to them to get them to be quiet. They´ll learn that by making noise, they can get your attention, and that´s exactly what you don´t want them to learn. Ignore the noise and think of it as practice for a day when you´ll share your bedroom with somebody who snores badly.

 

[Ewa]

haha! It is a good thing my boyfriend does not snore! For the past few night I have used earplugs and it seems to be working , Thank goodness! :joy:

 

[Moon]

A dog at daycare threw up an earplug today.

Just wanted to mention that LOL

 

[sausage4ever]

LOL Moon.

My rats are in my room and I found that eventually you get used to their "noise". I figured this out the hard way seeing as when Rory was here I got very little fulfilling sleep. I can hear my rats when I sleep but I don't find them disruptive...in fact I think it's great to have them in the room becuase then I know if something is going wrong.

 

[jordon]

the only loud noise my boys make is their friggin water bottle holy crap that thing is loud1!!!!

 

[Ewa]

:lol: Moon , You are funny! Love the randomness! :lol5:

 

[maria-mar]

Rats are nocturnal (*sorryXD crepuscular) animals, so I had the same problem with my ratties...
And i found a solution: creating a daily routine with them!
I stopped feeding them at dinner time, i do it now at lunch time, so i use food as an excuse to wake them up about 12 o clock. Them when i come back from school, about 18 o clock, i talk to them, open the cage... wake them!... Then i play with them before bedtime, about midnight. This way, they spend much more time awaken during the day, and so when i go to sleep they are sleeping as well.

 

[jorats]

Actually, rats are crepuscular. :wink2:

 

[maria-mar]

Right XD
Well, mine were kinda nocturnal cause they were up all night lol
But now they're back in the good way, they wake up at 5/6 in the morning ^_^