I got new ratties!

I know that I told myself I would wait since Oscar just passed, but when my sister sent me a link saying these little guys were intended for snake food...there was no way. I spent friday (my only day off) driving over an hour just to pick them up.

I don't think they were handled much because they kinda freak out. I got the brown one to eat from my hand already though. I just talk to them let them sniff me.

They are very cute and I don't have my own pictures yet. I do have the pictures the guy sent me though.





I will take my own pictures soon. Now I gotta think of names.

its great you rescued these guys i have had NO end of calls for my mice for feeders! (Of course ive said no!)

im inlove with that first one....
one question though how small do the bars in the cage have too be?
i have an old parrot cage which i could convert simply too suit a rat or 2....
but i just dont know if i will go that route...

I was looking for Rat Rescues in our area but we could not find any. Then I looked on Craigs List and found these Rats for my Sister. I saw them on her Web Cam the other night.

Originally Posted by pixietina

its great you rescued these guys i have had NO end of calls for my mice for feeders! (Of course ive said no!)

im inlove with that first one....
one question though how small do the bars in the cage have too be?
i have an old parrot cage which i could convert simply too suit a rat or 2....

but i just dont know if i will go that route...

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I think my bars are around a 1/2''. They would need some shelves and ladders if there aren't any in there but, you can make your own or use bird ladders even.

Adorable new additions! My current pair are rescues, too. Their moms were intended to be snake food breeders, but the owner decided they couldn't go through with it, and gave them up to someone kind enough to rescue them, both pregnant.. so my girls are sisters, I'm just not sure if they are full or half-sisters, lol.

Most people that convert parrot cages end up fixing hardware cloth to the outside of the cages, I believe.. Most parrot cages are more like 1" right? That would be too big, unless you had adult males maybe. Rats are like mice in that they can squeeze through things you'd never think possible!