Whether or not your rat sitter is familiar with pet rats, you’ll want to review the symptoms indicating distress along with your rats’ day-to-day needs such as feeding and cleaning. Here’s a guide of what to cover with your sitter: Emergencies Make sure your sitter knows what is normal and what is not. Discuss this list […]
The Great Indoors…..why the outdoors is overrated
Your Questions | About Pet Rats Answers QUESTION: How do you get your rats to calm down enough to take them outside? Mine get really excited and start sprinting all over me like wet bars of soap trying to go hide wherever but I can’t have them doing that since there’s wandering cats in the […]
20 Ways to Show Your Pet Rats Love
Your Questions | About Pet Rats Answers QUESTION: I found a ton of posts telling me how to know if my rats like me, but how do I tell/show my rats that I like them? ABOUT PET RATS’ ANSWER: What a wonderful question! There are SO many ways you can show your rats you love […]
When Is It Necessary to Separate Pet Rats?
Ever wonder if you should separate your pet rats because of aggression, illness or age? There are times when separating one or more rats is the best thing thing you can do. However, there are also times when separation is NOT necessary and can even make situations worse. Because it can be confusing, here are […]
Always Have at Least Two Pet Rats
PET RATS NEED LOVE from humans…. …..and from other rats. They sleep, snuggle, groom, play and express their love with their rat friends. With humans they do the same, provided you spend lots of quality time together. You may also enjoy: What to Do When You’re Down to One How to Ace Pet Rat Introductions […]
Pet Rat Sounds: Good & Bad
Your Questions | About Pet Rats Answers Question: Hello! I just got a couple of young male rats and was wondering something. I’ll put my hand in and rub them a bit and they’ll run around and come back to it and they do that for a bit before they start nibbling at my hand, […]
