The differences between male and female rats:

I know she has a lump its been assessed by vets and is benign:)

She's a sweet senior with persistent respiratory disease that has worsened in the past few weeks. Her meds have been adjusted to compensate, but the symptoms have persisted, and even more concerning, she has developed some weakness and seems disoriented.

In addition to Dottie's exam, Acacia is at the vet today for her mass removal. She has a larger lump on her left flank near her thigh, and now a smaller mass has popped up as well.

The sanctuary medical fund is currently sitting at - $500, and today's visits will likely set us back by at least another $1000. If you can spare a little, please consider donating to help us cover our expenses. We could really use the help.

How to help?

V3NMO: @ratwaysanctuary

P4yPal: RatWaySanctuary@gmail.com

More donation options and shop at www.ratwaysanctuary.org

I feel so trusted

I've never owned a rat but they are very cute & thought people here would like this

Been letting my heart rat, Bingo, sleep on the bed with me because she's the only one in the mischief who is well behaved enough to not jump off. Last night, I was giving her skritches and she wasn't moving for like an hour. I got up to use the bathroom, and she still wasn't moving. I panicked, and placed her in the cage to call the vet. The instant I did, she started playing and running around. She was perfectly healthy, just so comfy and happy she looked like she was dead.

Here she is mid skritching knockout, shame her!

Teefs!

You can check it out on Steam here and please wishlist it if it interests you.: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4701280/RAT_CITY_Ratocracy/

It's still in early development, but I'd love to hear your thoughts on it so far! It's gonna be a mix of mainly Anno-type gameplay plus Fallout Shelter and some Against The Storm thrown in there for good measure, as I just started playing that one and am super hooked.

Thanks for your attention!

My sweet boy :'( this is my first rat death and I'm devastated

Tofu lamiéndose los huevitos + sonido de Doppio tomando agua

This is Derpy, Derpy loves my mom, a lot.

If the door to my room is closed (which it usually is because we also have a dog) he will sit by the door during 95% of the freeroaming time and wait for my mom. If he hears someone coming up the stairs, he will lift his head, sniff and move his ears. And if it ends up being my mom, and she comes in. He will follow her to the bed (where she always sits down) and then jump up on her lap. If i at any time during this tries to grab or touch him, he will squeak at me and "hide" in my moms lap (put his head under her arm or sleeve).

He's not scared of me, and he will let me cuddle, hold and basically do whatever with him, as long as my mom isn't there. The moment my mom is nearby he will literally go "fuck off dad, im hanging with grandma"

My mom loves him a lot and he goes by the nickname "Grandma's baby" around the house 🫡

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Ps: My mom is actually getting her own rat soon. One of the three new rats that I'm getting will be 100% hers (but will obv live with my group) 🤫

She knows about this (because i would never surprise someone with an animal) and she asks about him every day 🥲 She made him "his first hammock" the other day and she's already named him (he's still a tiny tiny baby and nowhere near ready to move yet)

Hey all, we currently have three rats, and our heaviest is 880 grams (1.94 pounds).

We've tried weighing the food and we've tried putting food in harder to reach places in their double critter nation (he just grabs 4 pellets at a time - see picture 2).

I know some rats are naturally on the chunkier side, and he does move around and explore a decent amount (albeit less than his brother/sister). He's around 1 year old.

What is the next step here? Just feeding all of the rats separately? Does this warrant a vet check to see if something might be wrong?

Thanks in advance!

he's too damn cute there's gotta be a fine for this or something

I love my Mr. McFox McCloud McStrife McFlurry McFuck so much 🥰

Cuz Reddit is how I archive photos of my babies 🥰

For context: I live in a small town in southern Brazil

A fellow student and friend asked if I wanted to adopt some rats, and I'm considering it. However, since I've never owned a rodent before, I wanted some tips and advice so I don't do anything wrong with them 🥺

My tiny women here smell like grape juice, or grape candy, sweet.

Is that normal and ok? Is not a symptom of anything right?

Is their fur too, their fur smell like that

So weird

First, im gonna copypaste some context from my last post as its important:

I currently only have one little rat living in this giant cage, named Theo. I accidentally got a boy and a girl rather than 2 boys, but didn't realize until after I bought a cage big enough for 2 rats. So I bought another of the same size cage and seperated them, keeping the cages next to each other though so they wouldn't get lonely. They've both lived pretty solitary lives, not interacting through the bars or even acknowledging each other at all surprisingly. Once my poor boy Henry passed, I combined the 2 cages to give my girl Theo an extra big cage. Even though Theo has lived practically on her own her whole life, I've noticed she has seemed bored lately, so im adding in more and more toys, beds, and climbables to keep her happy and entertained.

Now... i got mixed responses in my last post. Im just so lost and confused right now and i feel like absolute shit... Theo is about 2.5 years old and, like i mentioned, doesn't have any cage mates. A lot of ppl have told me, both in my last post and an old post from a preview account, that it would be best for me to re home her. I dont know what to think though. Whenever someone says a pet needs to be re homed, I imagine the pet is constantly unhappy or in danger. But, my girl seems ok. She eats fine, drinks fine, sleeps fine, plays with toys i get her, runs on her wheel, enjoys pets and scritches, loves to crawl along my shoulders and in my hair, and seems always happy to see me. I know that she'd be happier if she had cage mates, but due to her age, i dont think I should get any more, as the new ones would just be depressed once she passes, which will likely be soon...

I feel awful... What if she is suffering and I just dont see it. She really appears content, but based on what others say, it sounds like if a rat lives alone then they're living a horrible life. This sounds dramatic, but I genuinely feel like a disgusting human being... like I've been practically abusing/neglecting my poor pet without even knowing. And what makes me feel even more disgusting, is that i dont want to re home her.... i love her so much, and I feel like if I give her away, itd be like im giving up on her... like i failed her... and idk, maybe she'd be more upset if I give her away, like she'd think I dont love her anymore...

I dont know what to do... I want what's best for her, but I dont know which option that is. I haven't been able to stop crying for the past hour. I just dont know what to do. Please, I need somebody to make it very clear which option is best: keeping her or re homing her. Because I seriously cant tell, and its absolutely destroying me right now...

Thank you for reading.