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[MoonfallTheFox]

I have a few pictures, since I have begun introducting my four to eachother. It's not going too well, I'm afraid. They are great when on my bed, but when they go into the younger rat's cage (main cage) the older rats attack, fluffing up and sidling, and are just really foul. So we're just going to keep trying I suppose.

This is Rosebud, she will be two in january. She has been spayed, so it is totally safe to have her with all of these boys.-



And this is Romeo, who is two and a half-



And here is Louis, one of my two little babies, brothers I adopted from the humane society in July at 6 weeks old-



And his brother, Mendel-



And the whole mischief. Left to right, Rosebud, Mendel, Louis, and Romeo-



Oh, and I know Romeo looks very bald in the last picture. He is a very, very old pet shop rex rat. At a year old his coat started to thin somewhat and by the time he was two there were almost no guard hairs left. He now has a very thin, fluffy, soft coat that is incredibly tough to photograph. He has a few extremely thin areas and does look a bit bald even in person- I assure you, he is totally healthy. No parasites, nothing, just old. The vet noticed it last time we were there and asked about it, but when I said he was rex and told them his age, they weren't worried at all.

Also want to say- these are really BIG rats. Mendel and Louis haven't grown at nearly the expected rate and I'm supplementing them with extra protien to help with that, the rats in my area get HUGE. Romeo is 1.5 pounds, Rosebud is a pound, and my old boy Snitch (RIP buddy) was a whopping 2 pounder (not unhealthy either, just BIG)! It's expected for them to look a bit funny. There's no explanation as to why they get so big here, and it's not just me- I got Rosebud as an adult and she was a big girl. She came as a rescue.

(I've had comments on both Romeo's balding and the size of them before. Just clarifying.)

[Kouvinxx]

I would show you all my girls but there are 26 of them yep that's right I have 26 rats but I love them all so much :3

[~*Fyra*~]

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Have you ever had a rat?: I did at one time, but my parents decided to take him back to PetSmart or wherever Maybe someday I'll get another :3

I just love rats, and I am very excited to find this tread! One of my friends thinks I'm insane, but she's never even met a rat, so how would she know how truly amazing they are?
Heck, I'm a night owl myself, and so are rats, so that makes us alike X3

-Fyra

[Kiliann]

My rats are so fat...
They need excersise.

[rachaelandrats]

the rats there are over bredd so i doubt that ours would be equaly healthy

But if you are breeding 2 pet shop rats, it's just the same. They aren't any healthier.

[Trollestia]

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Have you ever had a rat?: Yes, 6! but we had to give them away :3

[Pandora Gaskarth]

The petshop my sister works at finally got rats. The last rat they had there was one of my boys. There's another in now exactly the same, he's so cute! And the girl rat was pregnant and has babies, they're nearly a weak old and look to be hooded ones from what I could tell. They're adorable <3

[PuddlebyOnTheMarsh]

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Here is a pic I happen to have:


A toast to rats!

whats it drinking..

Apple juice.

Loving all the rattie chat. Glad to see so many are appreciated and well cared for.

[Trollestia]

Username: PuddlebyOnTheMarsh

Here is a pic I happen to have:


A toast to rats!

One of my rats looks like your rat!



It isn't the best picture of her. This was a few years ago...

[Rainy Dayz]

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Have you ever had a rat?: I used to have three males, then five rats, my cusins two females, they had babies and themales all died, then the girls and now I have one living baby