Pet Rat

[Desert Arabian]

Hello.... I was wondering who has rats?? What is their name? and how many do you have?

I have 5 rats. All girls. Oreo, Peanut, Punkin, Nugget & Sweet Pea

I am currently looking for a female dumbo rat. I can't find any dumbos anywhere. If you know of a good place, PLEASE PLEASE let me know. Thanks!
*~*~*YellowLabLover*~*~*

[Aspen and Misty]

I have two little ratties. There names are Melony and Hope. Melony is a grey hooded rat and Hope is a black hooded rat. They both are so adorbale and I love them so much!

Ash

[lovemymaltese]

We had a class pet rat in elementary school named Peanut, he had a really long tail.

[Desert Arabian]

Apen & Misty- I am very sorry to hear about your ill rat. I just lost my dear rat Skittles on August 3rd, from a viral infection. I know what it's like to have an ill pet. I hope she recovers soon- you have my prayers.

*~*~*~*YellowLabLover*~*~*~*

[Aspen and Misty]

thank you so much! I need all the prayer power we can get. She is doing better but o my is she moody! But I still love her any ways!

[Aspen and Misty]

Do your rats groom you? My do! All the time! LOL I just feel this little wet tongue on my neck when they are up there. It is so weird. At first I thoguth they were attempting to bite me then I read they love to give kisses.

[Redd]

I have a handsome little [well, not LITTLE anymore!] rattie named Master Splinter [from the Ninja Turtles]. He is a little over a year old and is a chinchilla berkshire. He is an absloute sweetheart, he would ride around on my shoulder all day if I'd let him. And yes, Splinter loves to groom me with his kisses! I dont have any pics of huim yet, but I will soon!

[Desert Arabian]

My rats don't lick my neck when they are on my shoulder. But they sure do love to burrow in my hair. They do, however, lick my lips and my fingers. Their kisses are way better than dogs, because you don't get coated with slimy bacteria. I sure do love em!

[Aspen and Misty]

LOL. I refuse to elt my puppy Chewy lick me! He eats cat poo and liks and eat everything! So you never know where that little mouth of his has been! Blah! My little rats are in the carrying cage at the moment as I am adding a second levelt to there cage! I just took a brake, I swear I almost took the thing outside like 3 times to burn it! Grr, its anoying! But I know the girls will love it when its done.

Ash

[Desert Arabian]

That's exactly why I hate dog "kisses"!! One time I was at my neighbors house and their German Shepherd, Sassy, shredded up all the baby diapers. I didn't let that dog lick me for at least two months.


By the way, about the adding a level to your cage, that sparked my curiouisity (sp?). What kind of cage do you have?? I have one of those four-story ferret cages made by Super Pet.


~*~*~*~YellowLabLover~*~*~*~*~


p.s. I have terrible spelling.. if you haven't already noticed, sorry!

[lovemymaltese]

Ya'll do not have trouble with your pet rats trying to bite?

[Desert Arabian]

My old rat Skittles used to be a terrible biter when she was younger (she recently passed away). She would bite me at least 6 times a day- for one month. Finally I started to hit her nose (not real hard!) when ever she bit me. She then stopped. When I got my other rat Nugget, she bit me too. Sweet Pea (nuggets baby) bit me too. Those two still bite me when they have a chance. Those two are real close to me for many reasons. They are so wild and nervous all the time, so I never get to bond with them. I only get to hold them about once every two weeks. They are so determined to get out and run away. One time they got loose outside in the middle of the night. I found Sweet Pea in the garden hose reel box. The next day my mom was looking out the window, and saw Nugget pop out of the chipmunk hole at the base of the tree. So... we had to go to Fleet Farm and buy a Havaheart traps, and set it up. About 5 hours later she came out. When that metal door came crashing down, she had a fit. Chewing on the bars and jumping all over the place. She did not want to be caught. I'm not real close to those two, but my other three are like the blood cells flowing through my veins- we are so close!! So yeah... you could say I have a few rattie problems. I have about 10-15 small scars all over my arms and hands Oh well!

[Aspen and Misty]

My rats never ever bit me! I have used to have 25 mice to and none of them bite either! I am surprised that your ratties bit! I have a 20 gallon turtle tank. I don't like it and want to get them a bigger one but can't afford it. I think I will always have rats. My friend also might be giveing me her 3 story bunny cage. But I have to buy it for 5 dollars! LOL. Sorry ok. What kind of toys do you have for your rats? My rats dont' liek eanythign I give them so I need to think of new things to give them!

[Desert Arabian]

My rats love to play with bell balls, tubes, boxes, string, cable ties, each other, and any other thing they can get their little grubby paws on!!!!

[Aspen and Misty]

I need to go out and get some of that stuff. My rats at the moment have pratically no toys in there cage so they are aloud out all day, on my shoulder. They love to be out but like yesterday I wasn't able to hold them yesterday and they were just laying in the cage bored. So I felt real bad but with everythign that went on yesterday I couldn't hold them. So I held them late at night but only for a half hour each. So I really want to get teh msomething in there cage for them to play with.


Ash