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...NOT KIBBLES & BITS!!!!!!! unless u want ur rats on a sugar high (learnt my lesson by going the cheap way). Chicken bones are also ok for rats & beef bones aswell, pork has too much fat so stay away from that. Oh the bones must be cooked & just a little bit of meat on it, not too much.

I kept my rats in a homemade 2 story wire dog kennel. I gave them boxs to sleep on, grass, hay, a wheel for the younger rats, a med. dog food bowl, sticks, a bouncy wire ramp ( going from the first floor to the second. I bought a ferret ball (the type of ball they run inside).

don't feed them too much apple, it can kill them by getting them drunk & will lead to poisoning them. an old friend went through 3 rats before she was told that it was the apples. give then one 1/4 once a week or less not more. Too much sugars is bad for them, mainly for there teeth & there hyperness. Having 8 rats running around non stop all night will drive you mad. If you r gonna give them an odd sugar high, do it during the day or when ur not home!!!

I have one worry. I read some where that someone is keeping there rats in a Tank, I don't get me wrong but please read what I say & consider it....

When rats (like other animals) pee, there is a toxcin that is in the pee & when it is breathed in, it slowly starts to cause lung/ breathing problems leading to death (I've been there, its a horrible thing to watch).
If u have no choice but keep the rats in a tank, change the shavings/litter every day, keep a fan blowing away from the tank (the wind cannot be blowing into or on the tank at all), a screen needs to be ontop so the toxcins can leave the tank.

I hope that bit of info helps.


Jess


P.S. to read the sad story about my rats go to my website /photos/pets/rats the story is on the 3rd page.