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The Snoo posted:god bless What a chubster 
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OK so, what do you all use for your cage substrates? I've been experimenting and can't find the right thing. My goal is to keep ammonia and food dust low, not so much even for me but because it irritates their little snoots. I've tried: 1. Full-cage coated wood; collected piss real fast, awkward to clean 2. Full-cage fleece; collects dust from food etc, difficult to clean without pulling the whole lot out 3. Partial-cage fleece; one or two of the rats will throw it out of the cage 4. Bare bars; still collects some piss, neither hard nor easy to clean, concerns about bumblefoot 5. Partial-cage perspex sheets; collects lots of piss from floors above, similar issues to the wood, easy to clean but needs doing at least daily
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Apr 4, 2018 12:06
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since our cage had bare wire and no trays or anything, I cut pieces of vinyl flooring to size to cover the wire, and use fleece pads I made to fit the cage that are fleece on top and a wicking fabric on the bottom, which we clean poop off of daily-ish and change every 3 days. they love to move it around a LOT but it's weighed down in a couple of corners with their bricks and some heavier houses. still lots of pee!!! pisssss edit: I was at work when I wrote this earlier but uh my girls haven't had any (noticeable) respiratory issues outside of the first day we brought them home and finky almost died bc they were both sick before we got them  but we do change the liners frequently and they have a huge cage for two rats, so there's more space for pee. I change their main hammock once a week and I have fleece scraps and small pads I switch out with the liners for their hanging basket that they love.as for food, the cage has two plastic platforms and one food bowl is on one of those, and the other food bowl is on their brick next to the water bottle. so those are easy to brush/wipe the food dust off of! snoo fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Apr 4, 2018 |
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Apr 4, 2018 18:57
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The Snoo posted:my silly rat crew gangtag is available if anyone wants it! Hello, I'm the moderator of ADTRW and I'm here to say thank you, for a great tag, I love it!
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Apr 4, 2018 23:33
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The Snoo posted:edit: I was at work when I wrote this earlier but uh my girls haven't had any (noticeable) respiratory issues outside of the first day we brought them home and finky almost died bc they were both sick before we got them I'm probably pushing a bit too far in the clean cage direction since I'm reasonably sure it's what lead to them all having a myco flareup a couple of weeks after arrival, and one can't seem to shake it. The Snoo posted:as for food, the cage has two plastic platforms and one food bowl is on one of those, and the other food bowl is on their brick next to the water bottle. so those are easy to brush/wipe the food dust off of! The problem is they like to carry the food to odd places before they eat it. Right now they mostly eat in the litter trays so that's fine but previously they would eat in cosy spots which for one or two of them meant wrapped up in the fleece.
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Apr 4, 2018 23:36
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Scholtz posted:What, in your opinion, is the cutest rat behavior? When they were younger my dumbos would fall asleep in the hood of my jacket Cookie fell asleep in my lap a couple of weeks ago after tiring herself out and it was unbelievably precious.
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Apr 5, 2018 01:05
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The Snoo posted:my silly rat crew gangtag is available if anyone wants it! How do I get the location for this gang tag? cant find it for some reason. Content: My little pearl has a hurt (sprain?) rear left foot, but just yesterday I noticed she has some weird blackish gross bump on her rear right foot. Seems pretty okay, might be a cyst? Time to see what vets charge to look at a rat.
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Jaded Burnout posted:I'm probably pushing a bit too far in the clean cage direction since I'm reasonably sure it's what lead to them all having a myco flareup a couple of weeks after arrival, and one can't seem to shake it. haha, my girls will eat their oxbow triangles at the food bowl, but anything else (no matter how big) they'll drag into a hammock/under the liner/etc.  I hope your one rat improves  after our initial non-myco respiratory issues, we got extremely anxious about keeping things clean for them so I get it!a lot of people don't recommend fleece when it's used alone, since it doesn't actually... do anything but let the pee just sit under it. I did find some washable pet 'underpads' that other rat websites recommended, meant to absorb pee, that I would consider buying and sewing fleece on top of for aesthetics and softness, tbh Paladine_PSoT posted:How do I get the location for this gang tag? cant find it for some reason. I'm an idiot and not entirely sure what you're asking but here's the link you'd add to your custom title text!! code:
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Apr 5, 2018 03:33
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Hi rat thread. After a brief flirtation with owning mice, a couple of years ago I eventually convinced myself (through the aid of this very thread) that upsizing to rats was the way to go. I have never looked back since, they're such gorgeous and gentle little things. Here, let me share with you a picture of my girls.  Sorry, that one didn't quite work let me try again.  Ah fuggit, nevermind.
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Apr 5, 2018 10:59
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I see your ratto has mastered the classic hammock improving technique of the ratkind.
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Apr 5, 2018 11:15
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Jack Trades posted:I see your ratto has mastered the classic hammock improving technique of the ratkind. I’ve no idea what you’re talking about 
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Apr 5, 2018 11:46
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Jaded Burnout posted:I’ve no idea what you’re talking about Awwww geeez. That is so perfect. 
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Apr 5, 2018 11:52
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Paladine_PSoT posted:Content: My little pearl has a hurt (sprain?) rear left foot, but just yesterday I noticed she has some weird blackish gross bump on her rear right foot. Seems pretty okay, might be a cyst? Time to see what vets charge to look at a rat. Update: pearl has a sprain on her right leg and a little abscess on her left. Antibiotics and antiinflammatories for her! Also she is barely 200g full grown, tiny little squeeker.
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Apr 5, 2018 17:16
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Paladine_PSoT posted:Update: pearl has a sprain on her right leg and a little abscess on her left. Antibiotics and antiinflammatories for her! Gosh! My juvies weigh more than that. Hope she recovers well. Having another go at the fleece. Rex here always liked it the most. 
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Apr 5, 2018 17:31
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Thanks to whoever got me the gang tag! I'll love it forever! 
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Apr 7, 2018 19:51
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All these rat snoots are making me IRL. As for cage lining, I used Blue Buffalo's walnut cat litter and that worked out really well re:controlling odor.
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Apr 8, 2018 00:29
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 WE HAVE NEW RATS!   We're still quite stumped on what to call them. We're currently using Mäy and Nana as project names.
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Apr 9, 2018 16:51
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Kuule hain nussivan posted:
I love those tiny beans.
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Apr 9, 2018 16:55
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Grubbelina and Tootsmin
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Apr 9, 2018 16:57
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Glad to see I'm not the only one who uses beer boxes in rat cages
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Apr 9, 2018 19:02
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Paladine_PSoT posted:Glad to see I'm not the only one who uses beer boxes in rat cages 
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Apr 9, 2018 19:12
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Paladine_PSoT posted:Glad to see I'm not the only one who uses beer boxes in rat cages I don't drink so mine get Monster boxes.
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Apr 9, 2018 20:26
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Amazon shipping boxes work really well too! (And for the geekier among us, LootGaming boxes add a cute bit of whimsy to the cage...for approx 5 minutes before they are
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Apr 9, 2018 20:27
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I move to henceforth refer to all rat cages as "Chaos Factories".
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Apr 9, 2018 21:05
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Mine are currently destroying a puppy pad so I'd back that.
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Apr 9, 2018 21:14
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Apr 11, 2018 01:28
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Would explain the constant munchies
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Apr 11, 2018 02:08
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I dunno if I want to be a man anymore I'd rather be a rat who smokes 100,000x their bodyweight.
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Apr 11, 2018 21:32
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this site doesn't deserve my cute pet pics
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Apr 12, 2018 03:31
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 father... please, release us
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Apr 12, 2018 23:24
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Scholtz posted:
I love those snoots.
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Apr 12, 2018 23:27
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Scholtz posted:
Food trek 2: the rat of Khan "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, is that a sunflower seed?"
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Apr 13, 2018 02:46
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I'm glad my rats can bring other people any amount of the joy they bring me. By the by, if anyone else has a Critter Nation, Milk Bone Mini's are the best thing ever because the bars are spaced just enough to put one in, twist it, and leave it stuck there. I love leaving the peanut butter ones as surprises for my girls. e:  We just hit the 12 year anniversary of our gang tag's inspiration! Scholtz fucked around with this message at 06:11 on Apr 15, 2018 |
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I'm trying to find an alternative food for my rats since most rat mixes have those alfalfa pellets that my boys seem to just think is their poo poo because they kick it outside their cage and make a mess. I got some bird food since it seems to be mostly kibble, nuts, and seeds which are great but it also has dried red peppers in it. They look like the spicy kind, will my rats uhh eat them and die?
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Apr 16, 2018 19:29
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It won't kill them, but it might make them uncomfortable. Rats can't belch or puke, so spicy foods can give them upset tummies. Have you tried a food pellet? There's a lot less waste, and they make a good foundation for a diet. I usually go with this brand, but I've heard great thing about Oxbow as well (though my own experience with those has been mixed.)
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Apr 16, 2018 19:35
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I want that framed inside my house.Vhak lord of hate posted:I'm trying to find an alternative food for my rats since most rat mixes have those alfalfa pellets that my boys seem to just think is their poo poo because they kick it outside their cage and make a mess. I got some bird food since it seems to be mostly kibble, nuts, and seeds which are great but it also has dried red peppers in it. They look like the spicy kind, will my rats uhh eat them and die? Mazuri also makes good rat food and there's also Harlan Tekkad lab blocks. I heartily recommend Oxbow's food.
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Apr 16, 2018 19:56
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I feed mine primarily this stuff, and they seem to love it.
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Jaded Burnout posted:I feed mine primarily this stuff, and they seem to love it. Yeah, my ratters were quite picky and after a few different brand choices they seemed to only like that one.
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