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Rat Information Please2007-11-24 22:14:25

maintaining a rat cost a bit at first, but once you get the cage and all set up, its only like 5 dollars for bag of food, which if you give them fruits and veggies will last about a month. also make sure the food doesnt saty in the cgae too long, if it is bad or stale they wont eat it. also if you give them too much food they will start paking it everywhere.

other than that they are great pets to have.

p.s. hampster cages are too small and all the plastic tubing and stuff will get chewed and the rat can escape.

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The best home is the roomiest cage that you can offord & have room for. Aquariums are too stuffy & kind of boring for rats, who would appreciate things to climb on. A multi-level cage is best & you can always add hanging boxes & hammocks for her to hang out in, as well as hanging toys & treats. Many rats aren't interested in exercise wheels, but our hairless loves hers & with an aquarium there's no place to hang the wheel. Silent Spinners are safer & *much*more quiet than wire wheels.

Rats are individuals & not all of them have the same food preference. You can buy a mix like Reggie Rat but you'll probably find that your girl will just pick out what she likes & either leave the rest or dump it out ;-) We give ours a bit of vegetarian dog food (dry) mixed with puffed cereals (unsweetened) & add sunflower seeds a couple times a week. They can have a small amount of veggies and/or fruit, too much isn't god for them. Dairy isn't really god for them either. I also give ours cooked rice, wholegrain bread or crackers when we have them.