I really love it. It is nice and tall. Fits on my dresser. Fits in the bathtub which makes cleaning simple. It is great when you do not have alot of space.
Saturday, February 14, 2015
My Rat Cage
I really love it. It is nice and tall. Fits on my dresser. Fits in the bathtub which makes cleaning simple. It is great when you do not have alot of space.
So grown & going to their new homes
They are just a smidge over 5 weeks now and handfuls! I had two escape
when I was trying to take them out for playtime and couldnt find one for
a minute and paniced lol.
The boys went to their new home the other day and she seemed really nice so I am happy. Two girls are leaving sometime next week.
The most rats I've ever had was 3 so having 6 right now feels crazy. IDK how people with so many rats do it lol. I had all 5 babies and momma sitting on my shoulder. The babies sleeping! I let them out for playtime and all they wanna do is climb me and hang out on my shoulders.
I was looking through their old pics and wow they have gotten so big so fast!
Well all the babies that were leaving have now gone to their new homes. I am left with three girls. I had different names picked out but decided to go with Prue, Piper & Phoebe from Charmed. Three sisters was too perfect lol
It is so much easier only having the 4 of them lol.
The boys went to their new home the other day and she seemed really nice so I am happy. Two girls are leaving sometime next week.
The most rats I've ever had was 3 so having 6 right now feels crazy. IDK how people with so many rats do it lol. I had all 5 babies and momma sitting on my shoulder. The babies sleeping! I let them out for playtime and all they wanna do is climb me and hang out on my shoulders.
I was looking through their old pics and wow they have gotten so big so fast!
Well all the babies that were leaving have now gone to their new homes. I am left with three girls. I had different names picked out but decided to go with Prue, Piper & Phoebe from Charmed. Three sisters was too perfect lol
It is so much easier only having the 4 of them lol.
My babies
Well the boys are definitely easy to tell from afar now lol wow! I have
only ever had girls so it is a bit different for me. They are so big and
in your face lmao!
Mom's doing a good job weaning them off. I caught her nursing a few in the wheel the other day oO
They are little piggies. I have been hand feeding them cheerios. They
are still obsessed with my finger nails too. How many rats can fit on my
shoulders at once? Apparently 7 of them quite happily lol
Mom's doing a good job weaning them off. I caught her nursing a few in the wheel the other day oO
They grow up so fast!
Super easy to tell the males from females now. The boys are obvious lol
They are doing really well. They are so active and adorable. Going from one rat to 10 I sure go through alot of food even though they are babies lol.
Video of the boys. I separated them to get pics for their to be owners. And took them to the bathtub to play. They were not very impressed.
They are doing really well. They are so active and adorable. Going from one rat to 10 I sure go through alot of food even though they are babies lol.
Video of the boys. I separated them to get pics for their to be owners. And took them to the bathtub to play. They were not very impressed.
A little mischief
They are so fun now that their eyes are open. Having 9 little rats crawl
all over you at once is a crazy feeling lol. I love it! They love
giving me a bath too, which is just about the most adorable thing ever,
they are so precise with their bathing they don't miss a spot. They are so light one crawled up my shoulder and into my hair and getting her out was not easy lol
Poor momma seems alot more worn out lately. They are quite active at night I think its making her crazy lol. They don't listen.
They have shown interest in food but I haven't seen them eating yet. I saw one copying mommy andtrying to build up the nest awww.
I put them in this bucket and put my hands in and they all fight to try and climb my hands
Its super hard for me to tell the genders apart now. They won't hold still and it makes me unsure. When they were little it was much easier. When they were alittle younger it was easy to see their nipples but now they are so fluffy its not so easy. Im sure the boys will be easier to see the difference with soon lol
They are super active now. Trying out food and even using the water bottle! They go all over the cage and even climb the side. It is surprising how one day they are just little sleepy pinkies then poof they are little rats! They wrestle and annoy each other. And are just adorable.
Eyes Opened!
On October 17th their little eyes opened to the world.
I am so excited, they are like little rats now.
Some are developing points on the base of their tail as well now.
The boys are much more active and social so far. Maybe the girls were just sleepy cuz I woke them up lol. One boy climbed my shoulder and another fell asleep in my hand then woke up and gave me a bath awww
The only time any of them hold still is when they fall asleep lol
I didn't get great pics. Momma escaped her play area twice and went on an adventure while I was trying to get photos. So I had to go chase her down lol Plus the babies kept trying to go to sleep with their butts facing me pfft lol
I am so excited, they are like little rats now.
Some are developing points on the base of their tail as well now.
The boys are much more active and social so far. Maybe the girls were just sleepy cuz I woke them up lol. One boy climbed my shoulder and another fell asleep in my hand then woke up and gave me a bath awww
The only time any of them hold still is when they fall asleep lolI didn't get great pics. Momma escaped her play area twice and went on an adventure while I was trying to get photos. So I had to go chase her down lol Plus the babies kept trying to go to sleep with their butts facing me pfft lol
So much Cuteness
They are so precious right now. Their eyes should open any day now. I am so excited. I love to just hold them and talk sweetly to them so they get used to my voice. Its super easy to tell the boys from the girls now that they have nipples lol.
They are much more active now when I take them out. One boy tried crawling up my shirt! lol I thought I lost one but he just crawled under the blanket I had them on. I had a mini heartattack.
omg are they little handfuls and their eyes are not even open yet! Three of them escaped their nest box and were sleeping outside of it! So I decided to do a cage cleaning and remove the box so they are just on the fleece floor now. They were crawling all over the entire cage floor two even managed to get to the next floor!
I have a feeling I have a few troublemakers in the group. Good news is that they can not fit through the cage bars! Some people told me they could but idk maybe my babies are just huge but they were trying like crazy and couldn't fit their heads through so yay I don't have to move them!
Their eyes should open today or tomorrow! I have a doggie playpen setup that I am going to sit in with them and play with them as soon as their eyes open daily. They will be handled so much! I never want to put them down they are so adorable!
a short video: http://instagram.com/p/uHKY66EELI/?modal=true
Khaleesi & her Rittens
In early September 2014 I decided to once again get rats. I started with a beautiful little siamese girl I named Khaleesi. She was about 3 months old. Shy but sweet.
Turns out she was preggers.....
October 2 2014... 9 little rittens were born. Khaleesi was a great first time mama. All of her babies lived and were very healthy.
Turns out she was preggers.....
October 2 2014... 9 little rittens were born. Khaleesi was a great first time mama. All of her babies lived and were very healthy.
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My First Rats
I got my first rats in 2011. It was a whole process of just seeing them in the petstore being adorable, coming home and reading everything I could on pet rats and falling more in love every moment, convincing my husband to let me get them, and then the next day running to the pet store and getting them.
I did it in kindof a rush. My cage was too small, my food was crap. But as I learned I got them better food and a huge cage.
My first rats:
Willow
a Berkshire Dumbo Eared
Birthday- 10/20/2011 (guesstimate from what I know)
She is my curious, adventurous and nonstop go ratty. She is the first one to get into mischief. She also is alot more sweeter. She loves to climb all over me and will run up during her playtime, climb onto my lap, up my shirt and onto my shoulder. She loves to chew and destroy her cage and her hammocks. She prefers to sleep inside of things rather then on them like the hammocks, so she is usually found at the bottom of her cage in the box or under the blankets.
She got her name from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Willow even had a pet rat, well it was her friend Amy. But my name is Aimee so... lol
Sadly Willow was rehomed along with her sister Isis when I had to move suddenly.
Sookie
a Mismarked Variegated
Birthday- 10/20/2011 (guesstimate from what I know)
She was my heart rat. She was much more cautious and skittish then her sister Willow. During playtime she would hide away the whole time. But she was always the first one to greet me when I opened the cage.
She was such a little piggie and loved her food alot. She would sit and let me hold her often. She was a very special rat. Sadly she developed tumors and passed away at the end of 2013.
She got her name from TrueBlood.
Later came....
Isis
I got her in early 2013. She never really warmed up to me. But she was a pretty girl. I sadly had to rehome her after Sookie got her tumors because she began picking on her badly.
I had a Midwest Critternation cage that I loved.
I did it in kindof a rush. My cage was too small, my food was crap. But as I learned I got them better food and a huge cage.
My first rats:
a Berkshire Dumbo Eared
Birthday- 10/20/2011 (guesstimate from what I know)
She is my curious, adventurous and nonstop go ratty. She is the first one to get into mischief. She also is alot more sweeter. She loves to climb all over me and will run up during her playtime, climb onto my lap, up my shirt and onto my shoulder. She loves to chew and destroy her cage and her hammocks. She prefers to sleep inside of things rather then on them like the hammocks, so she is usually found at the bottom of her cage in the box or under the blankets.
She got her name from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Willow even had a pet rat, well it was her friend Amy. But my name is Aimee so... lol
Sadly Willow was rehomed along with her sister Isis when I had to move suddenly.
Sookiea Mismarked Variegated
Birthday- 10/20/2011 (guesstimate from what I know)
She was my heart rat. She was much more cautious and skittish then her sister Willow. During playtime she would hide away the whole time. But she was always the first one to greet me when I opened the cage.
She was such a little piggie and loved her food alot. She would sit and let me hold her often. She was a very special rat. Sadly she developed tumors and passed away at the end of 2013.
She got her name from TrueBlood.
Later came....
I got her in early 2013. She never really warmed up to me. But she was a pretty girl. I sadly had to rehome her after Sookie got her tumors because she began picking on her badly.
I had a Midwest Critternation cage that I loved.
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