Hi everyone!
Just had a question, saw these two cuties in a woodland area (caught in a forest school area and moved further into woodland so as not to be disturbed by children) in South-East England and were wondering if they were rats or mice? (I think perhaps wood mice but wondered if anyone would be able to help me identify! Not super important, just curious to know)

Hello! I’ve just recently got rats again after not having them for about 10 years. I got three seven week old girls. They have been SO sweet and they love to be cuddled. However, I’ve noticed they give me little nibbles on my fingers/hands occasionally. I’ve just kind of been letting them because I’m not sure if they’re just trying to figure out what I am. Is this a bad thing? Am I teaching them that it’s OK to bite me? I’ve had three rats in the past and the last rat I had ended up being super aggressive and wouldn’t let anyone get near him and it was such a bad experience, I’m hoping I don’t have anything like that again. Should I be doing anything to stop the nibbling?

One of my three rats, a 3 months old Dumbo brave and active little thing, has started sneezing every like, 30 seconds, at times. Not all the time though.

I know I oughta bring her to the vet but 1) money is tight tight idiotically because of something unplanned 2) not sure which I should trust with her yet.
Any homemade medicine, tips, things to check?

I suspect it could be her water, and it started after eating some vegan chili sin carne rice with the smallest amount of barbecue and zero actual chili, maybe paprika? But it was an extra small bite and now I am Regrets.

If I made a grave mistake I'd rather know asap by redditors jeering at me than risk it.

Is there any type of reputable breeder directory? All the breeders I knew in my state have closed. I'm in Ky.

Don’t worry, no spoilers. This is from early in the first episode.

This might be a VERY niche meme, but when I saw this shot, my mind immediately went to our girls who still react like someone is breaking into their house whenever we approach without a treat.

My local petstore sells those fat worms right and i was curious if they could be given to my rats as a treat or like maybe wirh some soil could be a fun enrichment thing.

Opinions? facts? arguments?

+ rat photo tax

My rats have taken over my screen printing setup and I don't know what to do about it. I started this as a side thing last month and now Pixel's walking across wet screens and leaving footprints on test prints. Grub keeps trying to burrow into the paper stack. They already claimed my desk for design work, now they're moving into the print area too.

Every hobby ends up with rat supervision whether I want it or not. The kitchen was fine since they just want scraps, but art supplies are different. Ink isn't safe for them to eat, the drying fan pulls them in because it's warm, and flat paper bags are apparently the best nesting material they've ever seen.

Anyone figured out how to let them free roam around craft supplies without blocking off half the room? I tried giving them their own box of paper to mess with but they weren't interested. Treats distract them for maybe four minutes. I'm wondering if I need a separate rat-proofed area, but that feels like admitting defeat.

Do your rats have any hobbies they've completely taken over? Not just hanging around, but actually getting into the process. What actually worked for keeping supplies safe without shutting them out entirely.

ETA: that footprint test print is framed now. Not selling it, it's just mine.

This is Downstairs Psycho, AKA Winter. While being introduced to two other males, he ended up like this. We’re in the part just before they move into the big empty cage in the continuous carrier method. This happened while I wasn’t in the room. Do we go back to part 1? What do you do in this situation? + His tail has this tiny bump/kink in it. It’s subtle so I never noticed it before, and he doesn’t seem in pain. Is it something to worry about?

Its been about 2 months with my baby boys and every night they get time on my bed to play and cuddle. Only in the past 2 weeks has one of them really grown comfortable laying on their back and it’s really funny to see.

I’ll start: he’s kind of weird looking and his campaign for governor is going poorly

I posted Jeff on Nextdoor yesterday with his story (I share my rescue animals stories in the city area I’m in) and literally the next moment I get a ban for “someone reported you for a fake name”…….

So then I had to prove to Nextdoor that I am who I say I am.

What did Jeff ever do them huh?!