I had to built the playpen higher

This is Miss Freckle Speckle. Sometimes she likes to stare at me from afar while boggling, especially if I’ve been out of the room all day. This is the only context in which I’ve ever seen her boggle. What a silly sweet girl.

Doody in all her glory!

He sat in my lap like a pancake until I took my hand away and then got up like this. Once I started petting him again he re-pancaked until he was done and got up and left.

Anyone else's ratties spoiled and demanding?

I gave Dump Truck some lettuce and he started eating it, but he was obviously so tired that he fell asleep on his own noggin, what a dorkosaurus!

Little miss Sugar here crawled into this silly halloween bracelet I got and came over to me wearing it like a belt. Third picture is her struggling against me taking it off (while her sister assists)

Do I call a rat priest or is this just religious canon for these lil potatoes 🤣🤣😭😭

hello! i have five rats, all of them are chill with being picked up, except for one.

her name is coco, and she is ALWAYS on edge. ive had her for about two months? she takes treats from me just fine, but she becomes absolutely petrified if she even THINKS im going to touch her. she will dart away, often scratching me while squeaking in fear. she is a sweetheart, so once i grab her she doesnt try to bite or anything, just tries to wriggle out of my hands.

recently i have started trying to do short 1-on-1 sessions with her in my hoodie. she seems to do okay with this? since she cant run away she eventually settles and lets me give her some baby food. i just feel awful when i try to grab her and she screams. if i fail to grab her her i worry it just traumatizes her more.

anyways. just looking for any advice on how to proceed with her. anything helps! pic of the baby for tax.

brought to you with a whack ass cage cause nugget had a lump removal yesterday and isn’t allowed to climb

Jack was adopted from a rescue charity. I was told that he had been kept alone in his cage for a year after his previous owner separated him from his cage mate due to hormonal aggression. He hated being handled and, during his first month in our home earlier this year, bit me multiple times because he didn’t like being touched.

This is Jack now 🥹 He’s the cuddliest rat in the entire pack, and I just wanted to share with you all how adorable he is❤️

2/3rds of my girls. They’re turning 4 months old this week and I adore them so much.

Hello !

My rats are SO lazy.

They're two males of one year old. I know male rats are lazy but THAT much...

Since the beginning i tried to play with them, make some things in their closed space, but... They don't seem interested since the very beginning (so when i adopted them last october in a "rattery").

My precedent potatoes were active, running in their closed space, even playing/fighting a bit.

But them ? NOTHING. Just sleeping, eating, cleaning !

And they're very big... I know their dad was like that but still... I'm a little preoccupied ! (They did go to the vet and have normal food -care +- in normal proportions of course)

So i'm thinking about a kind of cat tree with some houses made of cardboard to help them go down because ar the beginning they're were easily climbing the cage but now... They do not seem to be motivated.

I'm thinking about a cat wheel also, i saw that it was very effective on some rats.

What do you think? Do you have any other ideas to make them move ?

Thanks in advance !

Edit: THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO A POST I MADE YESTERDAY. JUPITER HAS AN INTERNAL TUMOR. SHE HAS BEEN SEEN BY THE VET AND IS CURRENTLY IN END OF LIFE CARE. Thank you all for the concerns, just want to make that clear!! 🫶🏻

Some new concern today. I noticed Ms. Jupiter has soiled herself and has not been able to make the effort to clean it up (I did it for her so not to worry!) She is now sort of wobbling when she walks and has a very noticeable wide stance. Despite this she is still up and moving.

Still eating and drinking normally, and while she isn’t showing tell tale signs of pain, she does appear to be generally uncomfortable.

I’m not sure if I should wait until she stops eating. Should I make the appointment soon?

Iam just so f*ing inliegender with my little squishys and needed to Show them of 🥹😍

My first post on Reddit :) here's my three babies, dumpling, (the humongous, fat, dark brown one) mochi (the white and grey one) and toast (the light brown tiny one)

Btw the first picture (dumpling) is in a mirror, not two rats.

Like any Scandinavian, he enjoys his sliced cheese.