A lot of great things to report today! At first, we were having trouble feeding our little rescued baby rat, but then we discovered that the dropper from a Japanese candy kit worked perfectly. https://youtu.be/PIPSvVtccV8 Also, we got a special heating pad which could maintain a perfect, constant temperature of 30 degrees celcius, made a safe…
Today, someone found 2 orphaned wild baby rats whose mother was poisoned. He called us and asked us if we wanted to care for them. At first, we weren’t sure we could do it, but we decided that we couldn’t allow those little babies to die without even trying. Here is a video of me…
In this post, we answer the age old question: do rats also celebrate Pi day, just like humans? To answer this question, I have enlisted the help of 3 groups of males and female rats. I offered them them some Shakey’s pizza, and carefully recorded their responses. First, the adult male rats: Patches, Rudy, Melon, Baldy…
Someone recently told me he was considering getting pet rats to serve as his emotional support animals and asked for my honest opinion. Well, the short answer was “Yes, rats are ideal emotional support animals.” My longer answer, which I sent to him, initiated some serious soul searching on my behalf, and led me to…
Hi, I’m Minnie. Let me tell you how to raise a litter of great new born baby Dumbo rats! Hey, I know what you’re thinking: but I’m not always this fat! In fact, this is like 1 day before I gave birth to my litter of babies. And here is my litter, already a couple of…
Did you know that sleeping baby dumbo rats are absolutely adorable? Yes, it’s true, sleeping baby rats really look cute! What makes sleeping baby rats so cute? Well, for one thing, we are just so good at it. We can sleep almost anywhere, and in any position. For example… Here I am, sleeping in a…
Can you believe we were ever this small? Here we are when we were tiny babies Patches: A real rat pile! Spot: I know, I can’t even see myself! Patches: Was that Snoopy? OMG, he was so small. His mom, Whitey. Spot: Awww, that’s you, Patches! Did you think nobody could see you? Patches: And that…
I get a lot of homework. Fortunately, my Dad is always happy to help! Fluffy: Hey, Spot, come over here and do your homework! Spot: Aww, Dad, do I have to? Spot: It looks really hard, can you help me? Fluffy: Sure, honey, let’s do it together… See, it’s not so hard! Oh, Dad, you’re the best!
Hi everybody. I’m Spot, and this is my blog entry! This is me and my best friend, Snoopy! My other best friend is a human. I don’t know how to use a camera (yet), so I couldn’t take his picture. He’s kind of weird and funny looking: big, doesn’t have much hair for some reason…
