The BRODENTS! Rodent Enthusiast Thread!

[Lydia♡]

A fed my Piggie yesterday a lot of cucumber, a few little slices of bell pepper and some nice lettuce. Not too much variety but cx

Be careful with the cucumber. Don't feed more than a slice per week. It has very little nutritional value and too much can cause diarrhea. Make lettuce the main part of your pig's veggie diet, but add in a good variety of other things: bell pepper (try to feed a little every day for vitamin C), parsley, kale, broccoli, dandelion greens.

OK thanks c:

[Saskia1982]

Some of the mice

[Keriae]

It's been a while since I posted here!

Anyone remember that time I was looking for shelves? Well, I found some lookout shelves at P@H! I've got three so far, and all are in Hercules' cage, so he no longer has his wire shelves! Orion doesn't need any as she has solid shelves and my sister has bought one so far for Honey. Hercules seems to love them and I can change them around too, which is good news c: They create a 3D angle to his life.

[cat;;]

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Some of the mice

They look so shiny and soft omg

[idiosyncrasy]

I own a golden brown/tan hamster named Butters, I thought of some really cute names so here's a list!

. Skittles
. Peanut
. Crumbs
. Milky-Way
. Twix
. Brownie
. Ham/Hammy
. Taffy
. Caramel
. Pupper
. Tiny Smol
. Bro Ham

etc.
Basically any thing that sounds cute! :3

[nimrod.]

hello everyone, I am the former owner of two handsome dumbo rat boys, Louis and Stewie, though for some time now they have not been in my life due to their lives coming to an end. there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about them.

I feel it is time to bring rats back into my life, and though I have my cage still from the past, I hope over time to bring in a larger, better quality home. alas, this is where I struggle with making up my mind. I cannot decide on if I should settle for the single critter nation cage, or if I should go for the double unit. I only plan on getting two boys again, though three is a possibility depending on if I come upon a bonded trio. any thoughts and or advice would be wonderful. I know that a single unit is more than enough room for two, yet I want for them to have a great avaliability of space to run around. I am trying to think about the future, and I am most certain I will be adding more boys to my family, which is making the double unit sound more and more tempting to me. if anyone has a critter nation/ferret nation cage, I would love to see how you have it decorated!

also, I am curious to hear of what mixes some of you put together for your rats. if you don't wish to post here, feel free to pm me.

[spiderfish]

Might have progress on finding a skinny pig- fingers crossed!


So, what does everyone use in home made rat mixes?
I'm not planning on feeding a home made mix permanently, just want to keep it on hand for when I run out of their normal food and can't go get any till the next day, or if the shop is out of stock of their regular stuff.

And to UK people, where do you source the stuff for your mixes?

[nimrod.]

i found this diet that I am quite fond of, though it is quite some work and requires an abundance of items. I feel it may be worthwhile to try perhaps. does anyone use anything similar? I'm especially curious about the liver and oysters. also, how often should eggs be fed to rats? we have a surplus of eggs due to our six hens laying daily, but I don't wish to overdue the vitamins. I feel it would do them some good to have a nice egg every now and again to crack into.

[Lydia♡]

I have in a pet store near me two skinny pigs for sale for $80. I can't really afford one though and I'd have to buy another bigger cage-plus I'm not sure they'd get along with my boy . The skinny pigs for sale are all male, in fact I believe the majority of the guinea pigs there are all males because they don't want any babies from them. There where other Guinea pigs there too, cheaper of course god there cute cx

[The Lost Gremlin]

So, what does everyone use in home made rat mixes?
I'm not planning on feeding a home made mix permanently, just want to keep it on hand for when I run out of their normal food and can't go get any till the next day, or if the shop is out of stock of their regular stuff.

And to UK people, where do you source the stuff for your mixes?

Although I don't feed homemade mixes (yet), most people I know and have asked said that they got their individual food items from ratRations.com. They've got a great website with a lot of variety, and everything is moderately priced, too.

i found this diet that I am quite fond of, though it is quite some work and requires an abundance of items. I feel it may be worthwhile to try perhaps. does anyone use anything similar? I'm especially curious about the liver and oysters. also, how often should eggs be fed to rats? we have a surplus of eggs due to our six hens laying daily, but I don't wish to overdue the vitamins. I feel it would do them some good to have a nice egg every now and again to crack into.

Eggs are pretty high in protein so I would think that eggs should only be fed every so often, maybe once or twice a month.

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My sister's friend's two rats each had accidental litters a while back (after they gnawed through the base of their cage) and now they're all ready... they're all really well socialised and there's several little bucks... I'm so, so tempted to get one or two. My Aventura cage can apparently fit up to 12 rats if space is used efficiently, and I already have 6... gah I'm so torn as to whether or not I should qvq