Pics of Patron sleeping in his travel carrier.



To give you an idea of how big he is, two of my other rats usually fit well in that carrier.

Here's a few stray pics with Hirschel, Meshugganah, and Lowensenf.




Patron has very dry skin and sheds a lot. I think he may have a protein deficiency. His staple food was a seed mixture at the kennel. He's also very big. So he needs a diet and richer food all at once.

I only found one site about soft-hair rats. Its a reptile site and the topic was feeding and breeding feeders. It seems this species doesn't ever really get hand tame or anything. Since I'm looking for something with a better temperment than I've been getting with my mice, this isn't the species for me.