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Treating Rats with a respiratory infection. Medicines and common symptoms.
Category: About Rats
Basic Roof Rat handling techniques
Getting your rat to do what you want! In this video, I demonstrate how to pick up both adult and baby Roof Rats, how to hold and handle them, what happens if they jump, and how to put them back in their cage. Special thanks to Debbie and her daughters for helping us make this…
The Pet Savvy writes about Roof Rats and Brian
Roof Rats are in the news! Eddie Chevrel, animal journalist and founder of ThePetSavvy, has written a fascinating article about keeping Roof Rats as pets. Read: All About Roof Rats (Ratus Ratus) – Care Tips From a Breeder The Pet Savvy has also published an exclusive interview with Brian, the founder of Pet Roof Rats…
How Yucca schidigera protects your rat’s health
If you look at the list of ingredients, of commercial pet foods, including rat pellets, many will include Yucca schidigera. Yucca schidigera This is an extract from a plant that grows wild in the deserts of Southwestern USA and Mexico. Research has shown that it helps animals utilize nitrogen more efficiently, and excrete less in their…
Pet Roof Rats Facebook Group
Hi Friend! We are inviting you to join the our new Facebook group about owning and caring for Pet Roof Rats. https://www.facebook.com/groups/petroofrats Here, we can all share our post our stories, photos and videos, advice and information. This will be a resource for current and future pet owners, as well as folks who just want…
Rats Available for Adoption
Get a free pet rat today. Watch videos of some of the rats that we have available for adoption. See a rat you like? Email us now or book a visit or video conference to see and reserve them! New rats are always available, so subscribe to our YouTube channel and sign up for future…
Introducing strange rats into the same cage
People often ask about introducing Roof Rats that don’t know each other into the same cage. You can, but some combinations will be harder than others. In order of easy to hard: Baby rats (until maybe 7-8 weeks.) No problem. Just pop them in and all will be well.Baby rats with adult males males (>8…
The Rat House Playroom Live WebCam
Welcome to The Rat House – The Playroom
would you like to see a house specifically designed and built for rats? We’ve got one, and you are invited! We’ve built a separate little “Rat House” for our Roof Rats. It was designed specifically to make it easier to care for and play with them. In this video, you can see The Playroom, which is…
Two rat buddies available for adoption today
It’s true that you can’t buy love and happiness. But you can adopt them! Meet Dumpling and Milky. Probably the world’s sweetest, most lovable and friendliest rat buddies. These two boys are about a year old, and love giving rattie kisses! They are ready to love you forever… Would you like to give them their…