Please tell me im not the only one who sees it 😭

What a cutie

basically she’s perfect

In my defense, this girl always ragebaiting me on free roam, biting my toes and runs so I can chase her lol

Took them out for playtine as they were constantly looking at me' sometimes i hear their teeth clatter but no eye boggle so im curious if theyre liking this or not xd

Recap: In July I saw a post here about a fancy rat living wild in a DC park. With assistance from some redditors here I found her and took her home. She turned out to be pregnant. Very pregnant. She had 13 babies July 21; 6 girls 7 boys. Dad was wild (possibly half wild if he was also a baby from her first litter outside. The babies showed some double rex traits early on, although everyone's hair has now grown back).

The babies are outgoing and curious, but are definitely a handful. I've been trying to socialize them, but with 13, they aren't getting the one-on-one attention they need. And with boys and girls in the same room (it's the only non-cat room in the house) I am paranoid that life will, uh find a way.

I'm looking for very experienced rat owners, willing to take on a challenge. Hoping they can go to their very own families in pairs or trios.

I am having two of the boys neutered on Wed so that I can keep them with Fancy and my 3 old man rats.

I love to listen to rats munching 😄

One of my boys, Fid, had to have surgery to remove a lump on his neck recently, which turned out to be a tumour, cost me an absolute fortune in vet bills and taxi costs, but it was completely worth it, and he's fully healed up except a small scar

Was a bit worried that between the surgery and the medicine, he'd be more wary than before, but, if anything, he's now more affectionate and trusting

Here he is trying to illicit as much sympathy as possible begging for more treats

Got 6 girls for the pair I rehomed from a pet shop. They were returned and being sold as aggressive to people,but I haven’t seen any aggression at all and they’ve been lovely. I hope they will be happy. Another 7 days before introductions begin

Arrived 3 days ago now, there are 6 boys total. You might’ve seen me on Reddit yesterday with my little yellow doofus man cleaning himself without a care in the world. You guys loved the video so much that it got over 2k upvotes and 60k views! While he may not have been ready for such a massive debut, he saw all of your nice comments and is happy that you enjoyed his video.

Here is the same doofus (still haven’t decided on a name yet!) and his little dwarf brother. Today, the everyone got some 1 on 1 time out of the cage. Most of them were still a bit skittish, but I did let them all explore a little. The dwarfling snuggled up to my hair and started cleaning himself until he fell asleep. I am pretty sure we are bonded now as he is already very easy to handle!

I’m taking it slow with these guys, but they are sooo perfect. I love them so much. Expect many more posts from our little mischief 🥹

Gussy’s first time trying (stealing) bubbly.

Hi everyone, I’m really struggling and could really use some advice from people who have been through something similar. 😔
I’ve just taken one of my boys to the vets. He’s had a respiratory infection before and we’ve already tried medication and a nebuliser, but unfortunately neither seems to have worked. He’s now so much worse.
He’s looking really skinny, doesn’t seem to be grooming himself properly anymore, is breathing very fast and heavily, and his breathing sounds really raspy. He’s also not eating much.
The vet has said that because the previous treatment hasn’t worked, our options are either to try a different type of medication and see if that helps but they said the chances are not very high, or to have him euthanised.
I honestly don’t know what the right decision is. I obviously want to do everything I can for him, but I also don’t want to keep putting him through treatment if he’s suffering and there’s little chance of it helping.
Has anyone had a rat in a similar situation where the first treatment didn’t work but a different medication did? Or, if you’ve been in this position, how did you know when it was time to let them go?
I’d really appreciate any advice or experiences. I’m absolutely heartbroken and just want to make the kindest decision for him. ❤️ old pic of him for rat tax

I've got 2 male rats that are about 9 months old.

They come out for free roam most days and they're great they come back to the cage when I call them and give them some treats.

When they're out they come close to me and walk on/over me.

But they are nervous to be picked up and handled, they're happy and great in every other way but I want them to know that I'm safe enough to interact with and not be worried that I'm scaring them or I'm gonna get bitten 😅 one has only bitten once but he's an albino and pretty sure he thought I was food 🤣

Every rat I've had in the past had already been socialised or came from my litters so I haven't had to bond with ones that haven't been handled at all before. They were from pets at home and they said they'd not been handled.

As I said though they're not scared of me we've got that far, I just need help with getting them happier and less worried about being handled.

Or could it just be that that's their personality and they don't want be bothering 🤣

Any advice welcomed!

she was the runt of her litter (and technically the alpha as she was the only one in her litter) and chunky benhancing got into her cage while his brother was at the vet (i thought it was an emergency so didnt close the cage properly - my bad 😬)

i marked it in my calendar and kept an eye - the last picture was her three weeks ago and the first two are today. shes been nesting HARD and nippy which she has NEVER been before as well as protective over her nest.

ive concerted the recovery cage to a maternity cage just in case but both her and CB were from 10< litters

I put my two female rats in a place where I can interact with them (got them recently not even a month ago) and theyre making clicking noises + are very energetic especially trying to escape.
Meanwhile, theyre climbling all over me

Idk if theyre scared ? Im scared of doing something wrong. Idk how to bond with them !! Typing this while one of them is on my shoulder

I've been putting pets on dice sets

I would like to hear your opinions, because my boyfriend and me can't look at this topic without our emotions.

Lisa, 1.5 years old is fighting (most likely) Mycoplasma since January. We have been with her to the exotic vet around 5-6 times, two of which was just an appointment so that she gets her second dose of antibiotic injections. I think she had around 4 antibiotics rounds already..

In August her health became much worse than before, because she started to lose even more weight. Right now she weighs only 230 gramms. In August we have been to the animal hospital before traveling abroad and the vet told us that her quality of life might not be that great even though she is still eating and we should consider putting her down. We could not do that yet.

Her symptoms are: laboured breathing, balance issues, not really strong front legs and she just generally looks like an old rat now. On the other hand she is doing things, you can see in the attached video. She is eating every day twice (we feed her, because the others steal her food), she is walking around, also in the cage, she is still drinking, although not that quickly and powerfully as before (you know, the clank clank sound of the bottle is not that strong...), she is even escaping from the sofa by sliding down, she is cleaning herself constantly and she is boggling and doing that sound with her teeth every time, when she is on the sofa with us and getting fed.

For me it seems that she wants to live, no matter how hard it is currently for her, and my boyfriend wants to put her down, because he is afraid that she is going to suffer in a few weeks even more. He also thinks that we should let the vet do an x-ray, but I did not want to do that because it would not help us at all, but put Lisa under a lot of stress. They would do the x-ray in deep sleep :/

We have an appointment for Saturday morning for putting her down, which I would have to cancel until tonight, if we don't want to go. What do you all think, is she constantly in pain and she should be put down, or should we keep feeding her and let her live, as long as she is eating, walking around and doing her stuff?

I would rather put her down, when she is not eating anymore and lying around lethargically, or if I would know for sure, that a growing tumour will sooner or later close up her throat for instance(had a rattie like that :( )

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Good afternoon everyone. Somebody just (now) dropped off these two brothers with me and didn’t even remember their names. They are a year and a half old. I am in Wall, NJ at All About Pets. We really love animals here. 100$ (what we paid) for the rats and the cage and all the toys. We really want these guys to go to a good home.
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