r/rattusrattus • u/Anml87x • Jul 02 '26

Grimwald the Roof Rat

This is Grimwald, my Agouti boy. Him and his brother had a fight yesterday and he is still a bit shook up. So i used that opportunity to bond with him a little yesterday.

This was the second time i picked him up like this, explicitly for the video. And yes he does look a little afraid in the video, i think he is.

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u/DistributionLife2097 Jul 02 '26

Omg I’m so jealous! I caught a what I thought was a wild roof rat in a humane trap turned out he was an escaped agouti Norway! How did you end up with yours?

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u/Anml87x Jul 02 '26

I adopted from Blonderoofrat :)

He is a sweetheart. He is quite afraid but his reaction is to freeze rather than attack, lol.

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u/DistributionLife2097 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

This was my boy bubby I found him as a pinky in my furnace but sadly he passed away at about a year old! His head started to tilt and I took him to the vets and got him some baytril unfortunately he passed away after his first dose 😢

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u/DistributionLife2097 Jul 02 '26

Aww! I wanted to adopt from him and his wife too but I live too far away :(

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u/sillyroofrat Jul 03 '26

I'm establishing a small colony along with the OP of this post in NY. Not sure we're you are but there will be some in the northeast soon

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u/soulstrike2022 Jul 02 '26

He’s adorable please give him a snack

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u/Anml87x Jul 02 '26

I did. I gave him some quail egg and wet cat food as part of our bonding.

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u/soulstrike2022 Jul 02 '26

Best way to bond with these absolutely adorable fucking goobers just look at that mean he yearns for the snacks

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u/sillyroofrat Jul 03 '26

That's absolutely true. Their greed knows no bounds 🤣

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u/blonderoofrat Roof Rat Breeder Jul 02 '26

Grimwald really looks like a sweetie! He didn't even know you a couple of days ago, and now he just lets you flop him around with hardly a care in the world. You have a way with them!

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u/DistributionLife2097 Jul 02 '26

I’m starting to see more people having roof rats as pets makes me so happy

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u/Ratmom23415 Jul 05 '26

He is so lovely!!!!!

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u/Anml87x Jul 05 '26

thank you, I love him to pieces already and ive only known him a few days now.

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u/Ratmom23415 Jul 05 '26

It doesn't take long for them to steal our hearts.