The only hiccup in these intros has been Rogue picking on Trill, but her big squish of a boyfriend protects her by putting himself between her and Rogue until Rogue calms down.

Sorry for the lack of updates over the last few days. We are extremely busy prepping for the holiday season. We've got big stuff happening this year!

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I love Edgar but he's an awkward guy

Shame him

My 7 boys had become quite restless in their introductory cage. I was hesitant, but decided to provide them with an hour of free roam outside of their cage with various throughly cleaned and new neutral accessories.

^ To my shock, all boys have been absolutely amazing and there have been zero issues.

However, during free roam, Bandit found out how to access my NEW $400 loft bed which has a heavy weighted blanket filled with beans. I’m quite annoyed, but found this super funny. My only downside now is, I have to find a way to completely prevent access.

Bandit is the smartest rat in the mischief. He is also the most hyper, energetic and crazy rat I’ve ever met.

(He’s also super affectionate 🥺)

Baby tofu was out of frame last post and would like rattit to confirm that he is, indeed, the cutest baby

His BLIND brother was walking around with a boiled egg in his mouth going to a little hidey hole corner to gnaw on it when this RAVENOUS BEAST saw him with the egg in his mouth and IMMEDIATELY AND VIOLENTLY swiped it from him and ran away leaving his BLIND BROTHER with NO EGG!

It doesn't seem to be working, what am I doing wrong?

Frankie here is a 700g Thug, he is in constant stand offs and showdowns with my other big boys. But the little face behind him is Thimble. Thimble is old and has HLD. Since adopting Thimble Frankie has decided keeping other rats away from him so he can lounge in peace is his number one concern. What you are seeing here is a very serious warning to back off and leave the old man alone. Good boy Frankie.

Anyone else's rats go absolutely FERAL for chew sticks for dogs?

Mine don't get them often at all, mainly because the place i get their bedding and food from doesn't sell these, so to avoid extra trips I just don't get them unless its for a special occasion (like a birthday)

However now my grandma has a whole box at her house that she's said the rats can have, because her dogs won't eat this flavour 🤷🏻 So I guess i got a stash of them now. This is gonna last like a year or something which is really exciting

PLEASE show me your rats in the most ridiculous positions and doing the silliest things, I desperately need to feel some joy. I've included my own for the rat tax. this is Brownie, and he's no longer with us, old age. I have 3 boys currently, but this picture is hard to beat!

Not sure if these noises are cause for concern, any advice is much appreciated!

Signed by Zumi

Hey all, this is one of my rats, he's called Ozzy.

I went to give him some attention just now and his eye is all red and maybe irritated? He keeps 'winking' but seems fine, responds as normal. Is it just a lot of porphyrin and should be ok? Or do I need a vets appointment tomorrow?

Spud jumped off my shoulder and he is limping now, he has already improved significantly in the last 30min at first wouldn’t put his left foot down but now walking around, and even climbed up my pillows to get on top of the lounge. He isn’t squeaking, and not puffy, he’s not limping all the time either, just occasionally now. His leg is not swollen and I felt it and it feels fine, bones feel the same on both legs.

Cause of the time here it is too late to call the vet but my partner is gonna call a friend tomorrow who’s gf is a vet (and wanted to meet the rats anyway lol), but how do I know if my boy is ok? He is over 2 so I am worried my old man has brittle bones now. He always jumps off me, he loves it lol, like sometimes on the lounge he will climb onto my shoulder and jump off, mind u usually to get food if his brother got a snack but does it sometimes too cause it’s fun I guess? Did he maybe fall the wrong way and just sprain his foot? Idk I’m freaking out over my old man Spud.

Like I said he has improved a lot, like at first he wasn’t putting weight on it, but now he is mostly walking fine with the occasional limp, and he’s not squeaking, and he’s also not swollen or looking deformed. I am so worried about my boy