What do you feed them? ANd how often? -random questions- I feed mine Oxbow adult rat food, and usually give them some in the morning and at night. It's hard to know how much to give them since they just take it and hide it awayDarn it, I meant to take some photos of some of my gang when i went up to feed them this evening but I totally forgot!
They're in a loft room and it's all the way up a ladder, so i'm not going back up now
I feed once a day.What do you feed them? ANd how often? -random questions- I feed mine Oxbow adult rat food, and usually give them some in the morning and at night. It's hard to know how much to give them since they just take it and hide it away
Oxbow rat food is the only food I can find in my area that actually has what is good for rats. It's like every other company knows nothing about rat diets! I also give my rats fruit and veggies, basically stuff that I eat. xD Today I let them try superworms (which I have never tried and never will, thank you) They loved 'em! I am considering making them food with liver and other fresh stuff, but my mom is a hater and doesn't like spending money on themI feed once a day.
I have mice and multimammates as well as rats, and quite a few of each, so i buy several types of food in bulk, and mix them according to which they're being fed to. If that makes sense. And i try to vary it also.
These include rabbit foods, poultry corn, bird seed, dog biscuits, oats, nuts. I find the actual rat feeds that i have access to are stupidly expensive for what they are and often full of sugar and colourings. Not good.
And then they get extras and treats as well when i can, veggies, wholemeal bread, cooked egg (when the chickens are laying well), cornflakes, spaghetti, rice noodles, potato, meal worms, any leftovers that are suitable. I have been told many times that i spoil them but i like to know they're getting a varied diet.
Russian blues are sooo pretty! I'm on the hunt for a Siamese and rex, but there are pretty much no breeders anywhere near me
my first male was a chocolate Siamese and later picked up his Himalayan brother ;P they run in my bloodlines alot lmao actualy pretty common in my brood to get a double banger of a siamese rex or Himalayan rex.. took a bit getting some into my bloodline.. theres 2 or 3 breeders i trade offspring with every now and then as i breed for color and type not just food.. im so strict on my stock if a male gets a tumor later in life [hasnt happened many times only with rescues that keep my males company] ill scrap the entire line, any baby, grandbaby neice or nephew.. i dont want none of that jazz in my lines lmao
[im trying to phase it out of mine as i hate a double rex lol]
I don't really like double rexes either, xDmy first male was a chocolate Siamese and later picked up his Himalayan brother ;P they run in my bloodlines alot lmao actualy pretty common in my brood to get a double banger of a siamese rex or Himalayan rex.. took a bit getting some into my bloodline.. theres 2 or 3 breeders i trade offspring with every now and then as i breed for color and type not just food.. im so strict on my stock if a male gets a tumor later in life [hasnt happened many times only with rescues that keep my males company] ill scrap the entire line, any baby, grandbaby neice or nephew.. i dont want none of that jazz in my lines lmao
try lookin on craigslist for feeder rodents. they are usualy cheaper and healthier then pet stores and most contain rex genes ime
lol yea and not all rex's are as fluffy as some images reflect. i had a momma who i had no idea was rex pop out 16 double rex babies and a dumbo [didnt know either parent was dumbo gene lmao] i thought she was a standard ruby eyed fawn gal. her sister who i thought was a rex somehow popped out a mink guy when paired with same chocolate point Himalayan male and has never thrown a double rex and they are a perminant pair
Rats are so weird! I can't wait to breed some, haha!lol yea and not all rex's are as fluffy as some images reflect. i had a momma who i had no idea was rex pop out 16 double rex babies and a dumbo [didnt know either parent was dumbo gene lmao] i thought she was a standard ruby eyed fawn gal. her sister who i thought was a rex somehow popped out a mink guy when paired with same chocolate point Himalayan male and has never thrown a double rex and they are a perminant pair
I knooww, I joke and call my rats jerks and say they're brats but I will be sobbing when they die
They're already just over a year old, I haven't taught them really anything. They will stop doing bad things when I say "No!" but one of them will just look at me for a seconds and then do it again lol.
Haha, you got that right. Some of my T's I check every five seconds to see if they've molted, and then there's my female B. albopilosum who I check and feed like every few decades, LOL. She is so boring, but I love her <3Got to admit, it's weird going from a very cuddly, social animal that I could play with to one that I don't handle and just look at two or three times a day to see if it moved two inches
Thank you so much for the kind words! My rats that I had growing up were always hooded agoutis or albinos, so I completely understand; first time I read a paper about their genetics and coat colour variations, my jaw just dropped. I fell in love with double-rex a while ago, and when I saw that a breeder about an hour away in the state above mine had an available litter of hand-raised boys? I couldn't resist. I think I looked at my man and cried and shoved their litter photos into his face over and over until he said 'yeah, sure'.
