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Another rat question2007-11-24 21:57:35

Rat owners, if you had to go on vacation, what would you do with your rats?

1) Leave them at home with a sitter

2) Take them with you with a spare cage, food, litter and a travel cage (specially designed for rats).

Please tell me what to do. I'm not going on vacation, but I would like to know what would happen if you had to go, or if you have gone, what did you do?

Thank you in advance!

Answers:

I have around 100 rats so it's never been easy for me to find someone who likes rats, let alone someone who knows enough about rats to come into my home and look after that many.

But I found someone and she has been a gem. I rarely if ever go on vacation, but if I do I prefer my mischief to stay in their own home where they are surrounded by everything that is familiar to them.

I'm assuming you have only a couple of rats so with that assumption...If you are away for a weekend, say 2 - 3 days, you can keep your rats happy in their cage by providing them with *2* water bottles that are functioning properly and plenty of *dry* food. Do not give them any moist food, or fruit and vegies, while you are away because if they stash these, they will go rotten and make the rats sick should they nibble on it.

If your vacation is longer then 3 days then you really need to get someone to come into your house to look after your rats once, preferably twice, a day.

Some pet stores will board small animals, and that way there will be somebody watching out for your rats most of the day, every day.