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…
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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…
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…
Thinking about adopting a Roof Rat, but not sure if they are right for you? Not sure if you want males, females, babies or adults? Or just curious to see what we have? Then you need to check out our new Pet Adoption YouTube Video Playlist! Where you can find the latest videos of the…
Ambroxol is a mucolytic with a long record of safety and efficacy. As an adjunct to appropriate medical care, it can help rats with respiratory illness breath better and recover faster, and may also help rats with head tilt due to an inner ear infection recover faster and more completely. You can read more about…
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…
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…
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…
As previously mentioned in this blog, there seems to be a recessive gene that causes Rattus rattus (Roof Rats) to have a white tail tip marking. Here are black (melanistic) and agouti roof rats with and without the marking. Black Roof Rat with white tail tip marking Black Roof Rat with a solid black tail…