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Fleece instead of Aspen?
2007-10-31 01:49:00 After that bad experience with the mites I decided it’s time to do something a little more practical for the rat’s cage lining. I was spending a lot of money and time lining the whole cage bottom with Aspen . Plus, there’s always a risk of reintroducing mites with future bags of Aspen. So I picked ... More About: Housing
Oh no, Mites!
2007-10-25 02:29:00 About 2 weeks ago I noticed a few tiny scabs on Pica’s neck, and both little guys were itching a lot. I looked them over but didn’t see any bugs , and no scabs on Pixel. I figured it was either mites (you can’t actually see mites, only lice) or Pica grooming himself too hard, ... More About: Health
Good Morning Ratties
2007-10-19 01:26:00 Here’s what I’m greeted with every morning… I like to think they’re happy to see me, but really they’re probably waiting for their morning treats. Wow, Pixel’s belly looks really round in this picture… it’s not actually that huge. More About: Pictures , Morning , Good , Good Morning
Rat Bellies!!
2007-10-12 03:05:00 There’s a thread over at Goosemoose full of cute pudgy rat bellies. Here’s my rat babies’ bellies. Pixel hammin’ it up: Pica looking smug, he hates showing his belly: More About: Pictures
Rat Nap
2007-10-06 21:24:00 When I checked in on the rats this afternoon they were cuddled up and sleeping in their tunnel hammock. So cute. I managed to get my camera before they woke up. Here’s one of Pica sleeping with his tail curled up by his head. And here they both are a few minutes later after the ... More About: Pictures
New Food for the Rats - Harlan Teklad 2014
2007-10-06 05:30:00 I’ve heard such good things about Harlan Teklad, so I decided to go ahead and try them out. It comes in different varieties and levels of protien, but I got the 2014 which means it has 14% protein. Unfortunately you can’t just buy it from a pet store, so I ordered it from ColdBloods.com - ... More About: Food , Rats
Rat Freerange Playtime
2007-10-04 03:20:00 Freerange playtime is so important for the ratties. First because it’s great exercise. Rats can get big and squishy and overweight pretty easily, so letting them run around a little each day helps them stay in shape. But also they’re very curious animals. Being in a cage all day can get extremely boring for them, ... More About: Playtime , Play
Spaghetti for the Ratties
2007-09-26 02:09:00 The rat babies LOVE food! They go nuts over fruit, cheerios, and oatmeal, and I gave them whole wheat spaghetti with tomato/basil marinara sauce tonight for the first time. It seems like they really enjoyed it! Check out the pictures and see for yourself (sorry they’re a little out of focus…) They also got a ... More About: Pictures , Food , Spaghetti
Lap Rat Picture
2007-09-22 03:18:00 I just wanted to share this cute picture of my lap rats. They love chewing on socks for some reason. You can see Pica chewing on my foot in this pic. More About: Pictures , Play , Picture
New Rat Cage!
2007-09-16 21:14:00 I got a new cage for my boys yesterday. It’s a Marchioro Tommy K 102. I know I said I was building one, but it just wasn’t turning out the way I wanted it to. And when I found the Tommy cage it had everything I wanted. The base is really deep, so they can’t ... More About: Housing , Cage
Gerbil Picture
2007-09-11 03:28:00 Here’s a cute pic of the gerbils sleeping cuddled up together from earlier this evening. I was hoping to have the new rat cage built by now, but it’s taking a lot longer than I thought it would. I’m sure by the end of this weekend it’ll be ready for the boys to move in. The ... More About: Pictures , Picture , Housing , Gerb
Rattie Play Time Pictures
2007-08-28 03:54:00 I finally got a new charger for my camera battery (yay!!) so I took a ton of play time pictures tonight. Unfortunately, they’re always on the run, so I only got about a half dozen good ones. Also, when I was at Petsmart yesterday I picked up one of those kitty teaser toys, with a stick ... More About: Pictures , Time , Play
More LOLRats
2007-08-22 03:55:00 That’s right… I made another LolRats ! This was the only good picture I could get during play time tonight. They just run around too quickly! More About: Pictures
Crafty Rat Baby
2007-08-18 04:46:00 Sorry for not posting for so long! Things have been pretty busy around here, but I had to share this story. I had the boys out for play time tonight in the kitchen. Well, I thought I had the place rat-proofed pretty good. Apparently I didn’t. Pixel found a small hole under the cabinet next to ... More About: Baby , Play
The Boys? New Kitty Friend
2007-08-07 02:25:00 This is Tyler, Pixel and Pica’s new feline friend. You can check out his blog here: Tyler’s Blog. Thanks for being friends with my ratties Tyler! More About: Kitty , Friend , Boys , The Boys
More Rat Pictures
2007-08-05 23:14:00 Some updated pictures of Pixel and Pica from play time a couple days ago. They are really growing fast! The picture quality isn’t very good because I had to use my cell phone, but I touched them up as best I could. Pixel: Peek-a-boo! I love ths picture! He only stopped playing long enough to get ... More About: Pictures , Play
The Big Boy Rat Cage
2007-07-27 23:54:00 Last night I was able to upgrade the ratties into their “Big B oy” cage! It took a lot less time than I thought it would. I can’t believe how fast they grow! After only 2 weeks they’ve grown about 1.5 times their size. I’m sure it won’t be long before they’re big squishy lazy rats. ... More About: Housing , Cage
Ratsitting
2007-07-26 00:12:00 Last weekend I went on vacation to Michigan to visit my grandparents. I felt so bad for leaving my rats so soon after I got them, but fortunately my sister was a wonderful ratsitter and I was only gone for 3 days. There were a few things I had to think about before I left, ... More About: Housing , Rats
Lolcats? No! LolRats!
2007-07-18 18:18:00 You’ve heard of lolcats… what about lolRats !! More About: Random
I?ve been groomed!
2007-07-18 03:24:00 I had the ratties out for play time tonight. I took them out for a while yesterday too, but they seemed a lot more comfortable and happy tonight. It seems like they’re getting used to their new home. I noticed yesterday that they were trying to nibble on my fingers a little bit. I kept pulling ... More About: Play , Been
My new rats!
2007-07-15 21:00:00 Ronnie and I went and picked up Pixel and Pica today. They’re soo cute! And so small! I have to keep them in a big plastic bin for now, until they’re big enough to live in their normal cage. Right now they can fit through the bars - I think the bars are 3/4″ to ... More About: Pictures , Rats
Tomorrow?s the day?
2007-07-14 20:31:00 Only one day to go now. My sister’s going with me to get Pixel and Pica tomorrow morning. I just called the breeder and they said they’d reserve 2 little guys for me. I hope I have everything ready for them… I’m sure I’ll be making a quick trick to Petsmart when I realize I’ve ... More About: Random , Tomorrow , The D , Morrow , Tomo
Rat Food Plans
2007-07-13 01:21:00 The past couple of months I have been doing a lot of reading about rat food and learning what’s best for the ratties. There’s a lot of bad info out there, and a lot of terrible commercial food! I can’t believe pet food companies get away with selling such nutritionally poor food. I’ve decided the way ... More About: Food , Plans
Cage Set-up
2007-07-08 20:41:00 I worked on setting up the rat cage today. The rat cage calculator says it will hold 2 rats, and since I’m getting 2, it should be okay for now. Maybe as they grow older and bigger I can afford to get them a bigger cage (especially if I decide to get more rats… shhh… ... More About: Housing , Cage
Meet My Rats!
More articles from this author:2007-07-05 16:03:00 Hello and welcome to my new blog all about my pet rats, and caring for rats in general. In less than 2 weeks I?ll be a new rat owner. I?ve been learning so much about caring for rats. I almost have their cage set up and I?m working on getting the food, bedding, toys, etc. ... More About: Random , Meet , Rats 1, 2 |
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