Rat survey/ questionair!!! :D:D

[tikeyas_mom]

1.)How Many Rats Do You Currently Own?

2.)Are Any Of Your Rats Related To One Another? Please write the relation EXAMPLE: sisters, brothers...

3.)How Old Are Each Of Your Rats?

4.)What Day/s Were Your Rat/s Born? *if you dont know, please tell me when you got them.*

5.)Why Did You Want Rats?

6.)What Are Your Rat/s Names?

7.)How Much Was Your Cage, And What Brand? *if it is homade please describe how you made it and how much it coast*

8.)How Many Levels Does Your Rat/s Cage/s Have?

9.)How Much Water Does Your Rat Recieve On A Days Basis?

10.)When Was You Rat/s Last Vet Check?

11.)What Does Your Rat/s Diet Consist Of?

12.)What Time Of The Day Does Your Rat/s Have Their Meal/s? *and how many times a day?*

13.)How Many Female Rats Do You Own?

14.)How Many Male Rats Do You Own?

15.)Do You Celebrate Your Rat/s Birthday, And Or Home Coming Day?

16.)Use 3 Words To Describe Each Of Your Rats Seperatly. EXAMPLE: (JOE)*happy, joyish, lucky* (BOB)*Messy, Mad, Cunning*

17.)Did You Kiss Your Rat/s Today?

hope you liked my questionair hee hee, I made it up a long time ago befor I got my rats. I wanted to make sure I was ready to give my days to them . I thought It would be neat to see what fellow rat owners write. !! ...

[tikeyas_mom]

1.)How Many Rats Do You Currently Own? I own 2 rats!

2.)Are Any Of Your Rats Related To One Another? Please write the relation EXAMPLE: sisters, brothers... Yes my rats are brothers!

3.)How Old Are Each Of Your Rats?My rats are almost 17 weeks old on my 17th birthday

4.)What Day/s Were Your Rat/s Born? *if you dont know, please tell me when you got them.* My rats were born on May 31st of 2003, They came home with me on July 4th of 2003.

5.)Why Did You Want Rats? I was very interested in their behavior and how much I have herd about them befor. I had done tonza research and stuff, but had to be sure I could afford the living coasts of rats, pluse my good Friend Jordan AKA wolfsoul got my addicted and majorly in love with her rats I had to have two of my own, it was only a matter of time.

6.)What Are Your Rat/s Names? Merry and Pippin

7.)How Much Was Your Cage, And What Brand? *if it is homade please describe how you made it and how much it coast* My cage was 28 $ at a thrift shop, it was used.

8.)How Many Levels Does Your Rat/s Cage/s Have? it has two levels and two ways to get up to each level.

9.)How Much Water Does Your Rat Recieve On A Days Basis? 100 ml I think...

10.)When Was You Rat/s Last Vet Check? on July 23rd of this year.

11.)What Does Your Rat/s Diet Consist Of? ALOT of stuff. lol too long to list

12.)What Time Of The Day Does Your Rat/s Have Their Meal/s? *and how many times a day?* Once a day at around 5:30pm. When I have my dinner they get theirs right after

13.)How Many Female Rats Do You Own? None.

14.)How Many Male Rats Do You Own? I own 2 male rats

15.)Do You Celebrate Your Rat/s Birthday, And Or Home Coming Day? YES . lol they get a special whole weat flour egg mixed cookies .

16.)Use 3 Words To Describe Each Of Your Rats Seperatly. EXAMPLE: (JOE)*happy, joyish, lucky* (BOB)*Messy, Mad, Cunning* Pippin: Happy, Hyper, Joyful.
Merry: Skiddish, Happy, silly.

17.)Did You Kiss Your Rat/s Today? OF COURSE!!!!! hee hee ..

[CathyBogart]

I'll make sure to fill this out tomorrow! Er...later today!

[luckies4me]

WOW this is going to take a long time!

1.)How Many Rats Do You Currently Own? 24? and have owned rats for 17 yrs.

2.)Are Any Of Your Rats Related To One Another? Since I am a breeder I have several rats here that are related to eachother, brothers, sisters, dads, uncles, moms etc.

3.)How Old Are Each Of Your Rats? Several different ages ranging from 2 months to a year and a half each

4.)What Day/s Were Your Rat/s Born? Bandit just turned a year, Meeko will be a year in December, his first litter of children will be a year in February..........

5.)Why Did You Want Rats? I have always owned them

6.)What Are Your Rat/s Names? Not all have names but I can describe each by color. The babies here that still need to go to their new homes are not named yet, since I want their owner's to be able to name them. I have two blue dumbo boys leaving today.


Ok here goes, it's going to be LONG though! This will also let you know who is related to whom. Non breeders are pet store rats, in which case they will never have babies.

THE BOYS
Meeko- Dumbo fawn self
Jasper- Meeko's son, dumbo fawn self
Icey- Dumbo seal point siamese, Meeko's son
Brownie- Dumbo agouti velveteen, Meeko's son
Bandit- non breeder, black masked standard ear
Thor/Quicky- Dumbo black capped possum
Harry- Beige standard ear hairless, Wrinkle's son
Blue- Dumbo Russian blue silvered Berkshire blazed
Sterling- American blue standard ear, non breeder
Jedi- Dumbo black masked/capped/baldie rex
Count Chocula- used to be Rice Krispie's- Dumbo Cinnamon velveteen, Brownie's son
No Name- Count Chocula's bro from the same litter, Dumbo cinnamon American Irish
Two blue boys leaving for their new forever homes today!
Mr. Squiggles- Dumbo platinum velveteen, mink/American blue, RED based, Brownie's son and CC's brother.
Agouti velveteen dumbo boy brother to the above few, Brownie's son
Unnamed- Dumbo Russian Blue rex self




GIRLS
Wrinkles- standard ear hairless, mom to Harry. She came here pregnant, but it a petshop ratty.
Chloe- Dumbo pearl merle berkshire
The following girls are Brownie and Chloe's babies:
Dumbo Cinnamon capped
Dumbo pearl? velveteen self
Dumbo blue agouti velveteen
Kanga- agouti DownUnder hooded!!!!! I can't wait to breed her for my first DU litter!!! DownUnder's are from Australia. She is half Australian and half American ratty!
Mocha- Dumbo platinum/dilute mink? capped velveteen
Cocoa- Dumbo chocolate self rex






7.)How Much Was Your Cage, And What Brand? Well I have several cages. I have one Martins 695, which cost $126 bucks, and I hate it!!! It has three stories and is huge, but the wire is not sturdy enough.

One Super Pet Multi Floor Ferret Cage, one for my rats and one for my hedgie. Cost=$81 bucks and worth every penny! It has 4 stories, and is purple and very pretty!
I have two Quality Cage tank toppers, which are ten gallon tanks with wire addons. Each tank topper costs $75, and then the cost of the tank. I have one white Fern Cage, cost=$125 and well worth it! 2 20 gallon tanks which are used for babies, around $40 dollars each, as well as some cheap ten gallon tanks. One white birdcage that's pretty big which I use as a toddler cage for baby rats, FREE! I don't know the brand though.


Each cage has plenty of hammocks, cardboard boxes, plastic Ferret tubes and parrot toys to keep their minds stimulated.

For bedding we use a combination of Carefresh and Aspen shavings, and Critter Country in thier litter boxes.


8.)How Many Levels Does Your Rat/s Cage/s Have? Between 3 to 4.

9.)How Much Water Does Your Rat Recieve On A Days Basis? Well the boy's cages have three water bottles each, Critter Canteens, since the boys drink a lot. The girl's have one water bottle that gets filled nightly. The boy's get all three bottles changed nightly.

10.)When Was You Rat/s Last Vet Check? Just the other day. I try to get each rat in for a checkup at least once a year, but they go every time they need to go. Last time was just a few days ago with Sterlings wound, and then about two weeks ago I was in with Jedi and his foot. So almost every other week it seems like! Rats are EXPENSIVE!

11.)What Does Your Rat/s Diet Consist Of? Well it consists of a lot of things. No just kidding. Well I use a homemad mix that I buy in bulk at the Natural Food Store. I use black oil sunflower seeds, regular sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, almonds, walnuts, garbanzo beans, cracked wheat, puffed rice/millet/wheat, Nutro Natural Choice Senior Dog food, Nutro Max cat Kitten for babies and moms, Innova dog food, mixed peas, and a bunch of other things that would take too long to list.

They also get fresh fruit and veggies daily, as well as a meat source and leftovers. They eat better than I do!

12.)What Time Of The Day Does Your Rat/s Have Their Meal/s? *and how many times a day?* Well they get breakfast around 7, which consists of a fresh fruit (either strawberry, banana, apple, pear etc.) and rice baby cereal or oatmeal. For lunch they get their homemad mix and lab blocks, and for dinner they get their meat (oysters, shrimp, fish, pork chops, chicken, ground beef etc) and some fresh veggies. Throughout the day they get all the stuff we didn't finish eating, like Dylan's scrambled eggs, his toast, leftover ovocado etc.

13.)How Many Female Rats Do You Own? 8

14.)How Many Male Rats Do You Own? 17? I hope I counted right

15.)Do You Celebrate Your Rat/s Birthday, And Or Home Coming Day? Yep! We always have a party for them, usually they get a cake made out of wet cat food that has whipped cream on top, as well as nuts.

16.)Use 3 Words To Describe Each Of Your Rats Seperatly. Ooh geez, I think I will skip this part. It will take too long.

17.)Did You Kiss Your Rat/s Today?

But of course!!!



Here are a few cute new ratty pics I took a couple weeks ago.

Thor


Count Chocula




Sterling

[Desert Arabian]

Originally posted by tikeyas_mom
1.)How Many Rats Do You Currently Own? I currently own 8 ratties, I have owned 47 rats- that's including babies.

2.)Are Any Of Your Rats Related To One Another? Please write the relation EXAMPLE: sisters, brothers... Yes: Phoebe & Violette are mother and daughter, Daisy & Chloe are sisters, Fred & Oscar are brothers.

3.)How Old Are Each Of Your Rats? Phoebe: 4 months, Violette: around 6 months, Daisy & Chloe: around 10 months, Fred & Oscar: around 10 months, Peanut: 2 years 1 month.

4.)What Day/s Were Your Rat/s Born? *if you dont know, please tell me when you got them.* Phoebe: June 21st 2003, Peanut: August 24, 2001, Oscar & Fred bought in November 02, Chloe & Daisy bought in March 02, Suzie bought in April 02, Violette bought in June 03.

5.)Why Did You Want Rats? Because I have always loved small animals, and when I heard stories of how they make excellent pets I became intrigued and started my research which lead to the purchase of Oreo & Skittles (Peanut's mom) in 2001.

6.)What Are Your Rat/s Names? Princess Peanut, Phoebe, Violette, Chloe, Daisy, Fred, Oscar, and Suzie.

7.)How Much Was Your Cage, And What Brand? *if it is homade please describe how you made it and how much it coast* My rats tons of cages, since they are very spoiled. One is a homemade 4 feet by 2 feet cage which cost about $25 to make. The other one is a Havahart 24x24 cage for the cottage which was $35. The third cage is a Ware rabbit hutch which cost $99.00, the fourth one is a Super Pet multi-level ferret cage which costed $169.99 plus shipping. They also have a travel cage for in the car which costed $40.00 made by DaMar's. Oh yeah, I also have a 10 gallon tank which costed $20.00, and a 3 level DaMar's cage which doesn't get used muched, that one was $125, I believe. There is also the Havahart 36x36 cage which was $50, that hasn't gotten used much lately- it's out in the shed.

8.)How Many Levels Does Your Rat/s Cage/s Have? The ferret cage has 5 solid levels, but you can make tons of levels if you break up the shelving. Their current cage doesn't have any, but I am working on making some.

9.)How Much Water Does Your Rat Recieve On A Days Basis? 36 ounces is available 24/7 for them to drink. I think it is 36oz.

10.)When Was You Rat/s Last Vet Check? Peanut: March 2003, Fred & Oscar: December 2002, and Violette will be making a trip soon due to an abbess beginning to form under her eye.

11.)What Does Your Rat/s Diet Consist Of? Fruits, veggies, meats, grains, etc.

12.)What Time Of The Day Does Your Rat/s Have Their Meal/s? *and how many times a day?* They have a seed mix diet available 24/7, they get fruits, veggies, meats (etc) once or twice a day, in the morning and evening.

13.)How Many Female Rats Do You Own? 6 does

14.)How Many Male Rats Do You Own? 2 bucks

15.)Do You Celebrate Your Rat/s Birthday, And Or Home Coming Day? Yes, I we have birthday bashes which include cake, wrapped presents, balloons, etc.

16.)Use 3 Words To Describe Each Of Your Rats Seperatly. EXAMPLE: (JOE)*happy, joyish, lucky* (BOB)*Messy, Mad, Cunning* Fred: dopey ,Oscar: squishy, Peanut: princess Chloe: silly ,Daisy: adventurous ,Suzie: trouble maker, Phoebe: Hyper, too hyper, Violette: bashful

17.)Did You Kiss Your Rat/s Today? Yes, I smothered Peanut in kisses, because she is getting ready to leave. The others are due for their kisses and scratches.

hope you liked my questionair hee hee, I made it up a long time ago befor I got my rats. I wanted to make sure I was ready to give my days to them . I thought It would be neat to see what fellow rat owners write. !! ...

[wolfsoul]

1.)How Many Rats Do You Currently Own? 2

2.)Are Any Of Your Rats Related To One Another? Please write the relation EXAMPLE: sisters, brothers...nope..

3.)How Old Are Each Of Your Rats? Frisco: 1 year 6 months, Icarus: 1 year 2 months

4.)What Day/s Were Your Rat/s Born? *if you dont know, please tell me when you got them.* Frisco: February 26th, Icarus: August 13th

5.)Why Did You Want Rats? Love at first sight! To tell you the truth I didn't know anything about them. I just wanted Frisco because he gave kisses and was super cute lol.

6.)What Are Your Rat/s Names? Frisco and Icarus.

7.)How Much Was Your Cage, And What Brand? *if it is homade please describe how you made it and how much it coast*Icarus's cage is made up of three cages. One was 30 dollars from the petshop, the other two were free from family members. Frisco's cage was 15 dollars from a garage sale.

8.)How Many Levels Does Your Rat/s Cage/s Have? Icarus's has three rooms, Frisco's has three levels.

9.)How Much Water Does Your Rat Recieve On A Days Basis? The have a water bottle each, but they never drink it all.

10.)When Was You Rat/s Last Vet Check?June 07th of this year.

11.)What Does Your Rat/s Diet Consist Of? Too much to list lol. Let's just say they get a homemade mix, veggies every day, fruit every second-third day, and treats (like yogies) about once a month.

12.)What Time Of The Day Does Your Rat/s Have Their Meal/s? *and how many times a day?* Two meals a day. One at 4:00 pm when I get home from school, and one at 10:00 pm when I get ready for bewd.

13.)How Many Female Rats Do You Own? None, unless you count the two at my dad's house. Hoping to rehome them to luckies.

14.)How Many Male Rats Do You Own? Two.

15.)Do You Celebrate Your Rat/s Birthday, And Or Home Coming Day? YUP

16.)Use 3 Words To Describe Each Of Your Rats Seperatly. EXAMPLE: (JOE)*happy, joyish, lucky* (BOB)*Messy, Mad, Cunning* Frisco: Smart, hyper, lovey. Icarus: Sweet, senstive, calm.

17.)Did You Kiss Your Rat/s Today? Yep

[CathyBogart]

1.)How Many Rats Do You Currently Own? Six!

2.)Are Any Of Your Rats Related To One Another? Please write the relation EXAMPLE: sisters, brothers... Zylle is the mother of three of the others.

3.)How Old Are Each Of Your Rats? Zylle and Chloe are under a year old, Fiona was a rescue so I have no idea, and the other three were born March 10 of this year. (NO I did NOT breed Zylle!)

4.)What Day/s Were Your Rat/s Born? *if you dont know, please tell me when you got them.* I got Zylle and Chloe...um...about six months ago. The young ones were born 3/10, and I got Fiona a few weeks before summer started.

5.)Why Did You Want Rats? I had a rat named Dexter several years ago (He ended up with a friend of mine when I learned what a horrivle thing I was doing to him by keeping him alone) and was craving some more of the type of wonderful companionship they provide.

6.)What Are Your Rat/s Names? Zylle, Chie, Chloe, Walnut, Speed Racer, Fiona

7.)How Much Was Your Cage, And What Brand? *if it is homade please describe how you made it and how much it coast* It was about $150 and it's a Super Pet cage

8.)How Many Levels Does Your Rat/s Cage/s Have? Anywhere from four to nine, depending on how I arrange the shelves.

9.)How Much Water Does Your Rat Recieve On A Days Basis? I fill up their 32 oz bottle with fresh filtered water every day.

10.)When Was You Rat/s Last Vet Check? Chloe and Fi were checked Wednesday before last.

11.)What Does Your Rat/s Diet Consist Of? harlan Teklad lab blocks as a staple, and LOTS of fruits, veggies, grains, meat, etc as fillers.

12.)What Time Of The Day Does Your Rat/s Have Their Meal/s? *and how many times a day?* Harlan is always available to them. I usually give oit the "good stuff" around 11pm.

13.)How Many Female Rats Do You Own? six

14.)How Many Male Rats Do You Own? none currently

15.)Do You Celebrate Your Rat/s Birthday, And Or Home Coming Day? Not especially, though I may make 3/10 everyone's b-day so I can just have a big party.

16.)Use 3 Words To Describe Each Of Your Rats Seperatly. EXAMPLE: (JOE)*happy, joyish, lucky* (BOB)*Messy, Mad, Cunning* Zylle: Bossy, energetic, fast. Chie: Skittish, hiperactive, playful. Walnut: jumper, oddball, sleek. Speedy: quick, silly, stealthy. Chloe: Sweetheart, kisser, cuddler. Fiona: Nipper, bruxer, boggler.

17.)Did You Kiss Your Rat/s Today? But of course! Belly kisses all around!

[tikeyas_mom]

hee hee did you like my question aire??? lol it took a long time to write out lol . hope you all liked it

[magcpen]

1. 2 ratties
2. My babies are brothers, born on the same day.
3. Hmmm.... they were born on June 25, so aboput three months.
4. June 25, 2003
5. My aunt's doggies were very therapeutic, and I'd alsways loved mice, so when I needed, er, therapy, my stepmom suggested rats, because they make better pets.
6. Bart (El Barto) and Wiggum (Cheif Wiggum)
7. I have ABSOLUTELY no idea, lol.
8. Three levels, with a hammock.
9. They can drink freely from the bottle.
10. They haven't had one yet, but they've been pretty healthy so far.
11. Labblocks, carrots, salad, and occasional treat of a peanut or other sweet gob.
12. Their bowls always contain some food.
13. 0
14. 2
15. I probably will next year.
16. Bart- The Jumper, Adventerous, it's not really a word, but LOVES to hide in hair.
Wiggum- The Burrower, Likes to keep low to the ground, Food Snatcher, lol.
17. Yup. I was so proud of Bart, I puckered and he knew to lick, but that might have just been instinct, lol.

Just wondering, why are we taking thsi survey?

[lv4dogs]

Originally posted by tikeyas_mom
1.)How Many Rats Do You Currently Own?
8

2.)Are Any Of Your Rats Related To One Another? Please write the relation EXAMPLE: sisters, brothers...
I have one mother & 3 of her daughters

3.)How Old Are Each Of Your Rats?
3 are unkown (adopted @ full grown size, had 2 of them for almost a year now, the other one was adopted also full grown about 1/ 1/2 years ago) 2 are a little over a year & 3 are just about a year old

4.)What Day/s Were Your Rat/s Born? *if you dont know, please tell me when you got them.*
3 were born 11/2/02, and the rest of the answers are above

5.)Why Did You Want Rats?
Have had rats for 18+ years love em' they are like mini dogs

6.)What Are Your Rat/s Names?
Crazy Horse, O'Reighlley, Togette, Lil' Momma, Aenka, Kends, Gillian & Ishtar

7.)How Much Was Your Cage, And What Brand? *if it is homade please describe how you made it and how much it coast*
I have a large Martins cage bought at a garage sale for $5.00 but they sell for 80-100ish

8.)How Many Levels Does Your Rat/s Cage/s Have?
3

9.)How Much Water Does Your Rat Recieve On A Days Basis?
I fill their 2 bottles w/ fresah water daily although they are not empty, each is about 1/2 - 3/4 full

10.)When Was You Rat/s Last Vet Check?
Only when needed (I was a vet tech for years & have friends in the profession still so I know & have a lot of knowledge & supplies to treat many things)

11.)What Does Your Rat/s Diet Consist Of?
Mostly rat diet (mixed seeds, nuts, dried fruits, lab blocks etc) and everything I eat they eat, except for sugar snacks etc.. but I hardly eat them anyways

12.)What Time Of The Day Does Your Rat/s Have Their Meal/s? *and how many times a day?*
I fill their bowl w/ rat food every morning & ussually give them a bit of cat &/or dog food and some cereal. At night they get a little of whatever I eat for dinner

13.)How Many Female Rats Do You Own?
all 8

14.)How Many Male Rats Do You Own?
none

15.)Do You Celebrate Your Rat/s Birthday, And Or Home Coming Day?
No I'm a bad mom... just too busy & have too many pets

16.)Use 3 Words To Describe Each Of Your Rats Seperatly. EXAMPLE: (JOE)*happy, joyish, lucky* (BOB)*Messy, Mad, Cunning*
they are all about the same very happy, playful, loving & nice except for Ishtar & O'Reighlley who are kind of shy & skittish due to neglect from previous owners. Ishtar is worse but they are both better than when I first got them.

17.)Did You Kiss Your Rat/s Today?
every morning!

hope you liked my questionair hee hee, I made it up a long time ago befor I got my rats. I wanted to make sure I was ready to give my days to them . I thought It would be neat to see what fellow rat owners write. !! ...

[tikeyas_mom]

Originally posted by magcpen
1. 2 ratties
2. My babies are brothers, born on the same day.
3. Hmmm.... they were born on June 25, so aboput three months.
4. June 25, 2003
5. My aunt's doggies were very therapeutic, and I'd alsways loved mice, so when I needed, er, therapy, my stepmom suggested rats, because they make better pets.
6. Bart (El Barto) and Wiggum (Cheif Wiggum)
7. I have ABSOLUTELY no idea, lol.
8. Three levels, with a hammock.
9. They can drink freely from the bottle.
10. They haven't had one yet, but they've been pretty healthy so far.
11. Labblocks, carrots, salad, and occasional treat of a peanut or other sweet gob.
12. Their bowls always contain some food.
13. 0
14. 2
15. I probably will next year.
16. Bart- The Jumper, Adventerous, it's not really a word, but LOVES to hide in hair.
Wiggum- The Burrower, Likes to keep low to the ground, Food Snatcher, lol.
17. Yup. I was so proud of Bart, I puckered and he knew to lick, but that might have just been instinct, lol.

Just wondering, why are we taking thsi survey?

For fun! no specific reason.