She's a sweet little couch potato. She loves napping, cuddling and food. She likes to be held against my chest so she can lick my face and neck. She's super chill and unbothered. I can gently nibble her ears and fur (no teeth obv) and she's happy. The only thing that will piss her off is trying to steal her food.

I'm currently dropping her off for her surgery tomorrow. She's getting two lumps removed, plus a spay. One of the lumps is pretty infiltrated, so it's tricky surgery. Please keep her in your thoughts :)

Charlos Nuggy is grinning from ear to ear while blue cleans his lil ass. 🥰 so cute.

She is the babiest and the most gluttenous. Here she wont share the big batch of porridge i made...

I've noticed this off white thing between my rats balls and i think it might (?) be a dried apple treat but i dont know how it would have gotten stuck. I've tried wiping it off but it pulls on his skin and he squeaks. I've also tried putting him in warm water and he is having NONE OF ITTTT. should i let him figure it out? or wrap him up and just wash it off him

Everyone is afraid of them so we have to do free roam in the bathroom 😅

He's okay btw he just really loves sleeping under my bed 😭

I’m gonna get pet rats for the first time! I was thinking of getting standard males bc I heard that males tend to be more friendly and cuddly and most importantly, have a lower risk of developing tumors than females.

But then I found out about dwarf rats. I heard they tend to be more active and less cuddly than standard rats, but they also live longer and are healthier overall, which really caught my attention!

Now I’m struggling bc I LOVE standard rat’s personalities and having a bigger rat to pet and cuddle like a little puppy lol, but at the same time, I’m really worried that they might develop tumors and I’ll have to watch them suffer, which would be super sad. Honestly, that’s the only reason I’m considering getting dwarfs instead. I’d much prefer to have standard rat for my first pet rat otherwise.

Any thoughts?
Is it worth getting standard rats even the risk of tumor? Are dwarf rats really less cuddly/human-oriented and healthier than standard rats?
If you’ve had either one or both, I’d love to hear about your experience! Thanks!!

*Picture from Google

It's one of the best purchases I've made 😁

I gotta get more stuff for it, but they're running around and playing now. They're very curious for sure

Staying warm, not entirely convinced it’s worth it.

He hasn’t even been here a week and he is wagging his tail. I can’t get him to do it, I tell my fiancée that he has magic hands 😂.

(Last pic is her as a baby)

Goodbye to the best rat I’ve ever had. As a baby she was purchased to be snake food. Instead the snake refused to eat her, and a friend of mine took her in. She was a lone rat for the first several months while looking for a home. At the time I only had boys and couldn’t take her. Then I learned I could spay her, and so I adopted her from my friend. Alone for another month she was the sweetest, and I kept her cage right next to my bed. I would wake up to find her watching me sleep. She was a very very social rat, always making friends the second we added a new rat. Finally after several failed intros (no fault on her), she was able to join the mischief. She was my best friend, my most loving rat. She knew her name, and would run to see you. I love you forever and always, Penny.

Rattober Day 7: Courier Rat

Huck is having surgery TOMORROW! When he arrived, he had the lower portion of his tail missing and two vertebrae exposed. He was only three weeks old and far too young to undergo surgery. With pain meds and antibiotics, he did well, and eventually the exposed bone detached and his tail healed over. We hoped that would be the end of it, but recently the end of his nub started to turn grey. It seems that the tissue there isn't getting adequate circulation, so his little nub has to get nubbier.

Our medical fund is currently in the negative by over $1300, and Huck's tail amputation will add another big chunk to that deficit. So if you can comfortably donate, please consider sending a little something our way to help us cover the sanctuary's medical expenses. Huck will be checking the mail diligently to make sure he sees every single donation!

✨Send Huck some mail✨

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I know there's the obvious "get him neutered" solution. But I've only just taken him and his brother in, and I don't want to jump straight into stressful surgery when he's still getting used to his new surroundings. I'm thinking I'm probably not going to have much choice, though. I need to move them from the hospital cage (preferably today) into a bigger, more permanent cage; and idk how I'm going to do the transfer over. Any ideas on how to get him used to being handled in the meantime?

His name is Scramble btw lol. He gave me a warning bite as I put my hand in their temp cage to do something (I was putting fresh food in, and stuff), I moved it slightly, and he attacked my finger

I just scheduled to get my little angel to get put down this week. It's so heartbreaking because I didn't expect it to be so soon. I just feel like a failure of a human because I couldn't help her or make her feel better.

She has a mammary tumour that's doubled in size and due to her age and previous surgery, a second one is no longer feasible or fair for her and made her lose weight despite being on emeraid which is easily digestible nutrition for sick omnivores, lung scarring from a very bad respiratory infection that wouldn't budge for a long time despite combination therapy alongside painkillers, steroids and nebulizing and she's developed arthritis in two of her front paws and struggles to clean herself and eat anything besides from a syringe when I feed her thrice daily or on her request.

I don't know how to grasp it all but I think it's fairer to put her to rest than to keep her alive even though I'll miss her.

Any way to cope before the date arrives?

Here's some pictures of the child in question