The differences between male and female rats:

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

Hello everyone. I wanted to share little pipo’s history. I found him under an electric scooter when he was one week old. Been taking care of him ever since. I was very, very worried cause I read that some people had bad experiences with wild rats in forums and Reddit, so I didn’t really wanted to grow too attached to him. He grew up and now is my little treasure, he sleeps with me in my bed, and never leaves my shoulders when I’m cooking or cleaning the house. He has no cage and is free roaming 24/7. The downside is that he won’t get along with his brothers and sisters, the rest of the mischief doesn’t accept him for some reason. He loves every human that comes to visit. Has anyone had a similar experience? Would love to read your histories with wild rats.

She's 2 years old, doesn't eat a lot of treats, nothing unhealthy or anything!!!

Look at their cuteness

This is not the update we wanted to make.
Moss had her surgery yesterday, and all seemed to be going smoothly. The mass was a nasty fibrosarcoma that was firmly planted into the muscle wall, but they got it off, closed her up, and started to wake her up. Suddenly, she went extremely pale and despite attempts to resuscitate her, she passed. The vet asked about performing a necropsy, which we approved. The mass on the surface was just the tip of the iceberg.
Below it, on the other side of the abdominal wall, was a much larger mass originating from her kidney.

Moss has always been a bigger girl. Apart from all the natural variation in size, she was also one of the rats who gained and maintained extra weight after her spay, which made it more difficult to recognize a change. She had gained a bit in recent months, but not an alarming amount. The changes week over week fell right in line with normal fluctuations we see, especially considering we were supplementing many of the rats to help those who had lost significant weight with the SDAV outbreak. The mass felt identical to normal abdominal organs and fat, which means we also missed it on our routine physical health checks until the mass appeared at the surface. Her behavior never really changed over the time it was growing. Even our vet wasn't able to detect it on her exam last week.

If there is an upside to all of this, it's that she passed peacefully under sedation, and that she didn't have to experience any discomfort either from the mass itself or surgical recovery. But despite that, our hearts are heavy. We had such high hopes for her. She was so healthy throughout her two years with US.

This loss comes on the heels of four others in just the past three weeks. Our own boy, Dale Cooper, Ozzie, Hot Pocket, Chowder, and now Moss, gone so close together with no time to grieve.

On top of it all, the medical expenses have piled up and donations have slowed to a trickle. We desperately need help catching up. The financial burden on top of the emotional one is breaking us. We truly appreciate your support, and we know we will recover, but anything you can do to ease the strain is appreciated.

How to help? 🐀💞

V3NMO: @ratwaysanctuary

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Don't let her cuteness fool you, she's a GLUTTONOUS BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(i love her)

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.

He has an appointment with the vet next Thursday, but until then I'm curious what could be the problem.

This is one of my older boys, he is turning 2 in December.

Over the last few weeks I've noticed that he was a bit wobbly and walked on his whole sole not just toes, but there was no signs of pain or sickness. He was a bit clumsy all his life so I just waved it off as him getting old.

But today during free roam he really scared me. He started vibrating, like full body shakes and couldn't really sit up when he was eating a treat. I managed to take a video, it only lasted maybe 15 seconds? He was fine afterwards, and just went back to playing like nothing happened. I've never seen this happen before and it didn't happen since this morning either.

Otherwise he is active, playful, eats like always, didn't lose any weight and he doesn't seem to be in pain, his mood is good. His cage mates are all healthy too.

Any idea what could have caused this? could it just be excitement? Or maybe something like HLD that makes it difficult for him to sit up straight?

The crime and the main suspects

hey guys! unfortunately i’m looking to rehome my 2 big boys due to me moving away soon. It honestly breaks my heart knowing i won’t be able to take them with me and being sure that my parents nor sister would care for them.

They’re 6 months old. Remy is a bit shy at first but he’ll eventually come out of his shell, he’s also very energetic. Butterbutt (BB or butters) he’s fully white and is a sweet boy, he’s very loving and loves licking.

If anyone that’s interested please let me know, and if possible i’d love updates here and there about them.

I just want them to have a good loving home.

grabbies for rat tax!!

My baby has been prescribed f10 antiseptic solution in a nebuliser. I know you connect them to a box and all good with that side, but wondered what machines people here use.

Thank you!!

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?!

Hi guys, i am not a well experienced owner, and I have 2 girls with me. Today i got to buy something in the petstore and found this little precious. I've never tried to identify gender from a rat so young but if its a girl i want to adopt. Can u guys help me?

And her ears are different from my 2 girls, is she from a different type?