Hey, I just cleaned out the rat manor and thought I would share. I have 2 rats, Lilly and Penelope, and they're the best. Rats are awesome pets if they are well socialized and intellectually stimulated. Whenever we are home they roam around the house, jumping on my housemates and digging through things that don't belong to them. We actually had to get a rodent ball for Lilly recently because she figured out how to crawl up onto the kitchen counters. (eek)
Penelope came from a pet store in Medford, along with her sister, Olive. They kept their rats in 5 gallon tanks on ceder, with no hides, and did not separate the sexes. A couple weeks after I got them, Olive died suddenly. One day she was sneezing and lethargic, and the next she was dead . So I took Penelope to the vet the next day, and she was diagnosed with a bacterial infection, which was treated with Baytril. She recovered from the sneezes, but then had a severe reaction to Baytril and started having massive seizures and periods of weird frozen-ness. I thought she was going to die, but she got better! A couple weeks after she recovered fully, I adopted her a new friend (because rats should never be kept alone) over Craigslist. Lilly was the product of a pregnant pet store rat, and was nuts from the start. She's more like a pit-bull than a rodent
Penelope is modeling their mansion here because she loves it in there- Lilly was probably out terrorizing the world.
Penelope, investigating the camera:
Lilly, back in September before we knew she was a terror:
Lilly, showing off her tummy:
I perused a few rodent forums a while ago- and rat people are nuts! I mush prefer chelonian folk
Penelope came from a pet store in Medford, along with her sister, Olive. They kept their rats in 5 gallon tanks on ceder, with no hides, and did not separate the sexes. A couple weeks after I got them, Olive died suddenly. One day she was sneezing and lethargic, and the next she was dead . So I took Penelope to the vet the next day, and she was diagnosed with a bacterial infection, which was treated with Baytril. She recovered from the sneezes, but then had a severe reaction to Baytril and started having massive seizures and periods of weird frozen-ness. I thought she was going to die, but she got better! A couple weeks after she recovered fully, I adopted her a new friend (because rats should never be kept alone) over Craigslist. Lilly was the product of a pregnant pet store rat, and was nuts from the start. She's more like a pit-bull than a rodent
Penelope is modeling their mansion here because she loves it in there- Lilly was probably out terrorizing the world.
Penelope, investigating the camera:
Lilly, back in September before we knew she was a terror:
Lilly, showing off her tummy:
I perused a few rodent forums a while ago- and rat people are nuts! I mush prefer chelonian folk