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God I hope it hasn't been done already

Moral cannibalism or unforgivable crime?

This was the first time one of my girls has ever snuggled up and slept in my hood, couldn’t be happier to share this moment🥰

Look at these adorable freeloading girls!!! 🥰🐀

But two of them are ill… Peter Pettigrew is the oldest, 2 and half years old and has some tumors… but he is a very good boy and eating his medicine… since he got his medicine, he looks better and also walks better… and his friends are taking good care of him 🥺❤️‍🩹😭

But Frodo, I can't make him to take medication in any way. It makes me so incredibly sad and worried. I’m scared of the worst…

I went through a breakup recently so too much pain these days…😢

she’s so sick of me 💀

Hello!

I was wondering if anyone could tell me of she likes this or not? These are my first rats and I have the feeling im doing something wrong, I dont know why bit it feels like it.

I have never had had rodents, only cats or dogs and they’re quite different in body language. So I was hoping some of you could tell me if im stressing my girls out or not.

Thank you!

I thought yall would like this

attempting to eat my mattress topper 💔

Since Blondie passed, the other two have become really cuddly. Defo at first it was because they were grieving, and it might still be the case, but I think since Blondie was their pillow all the time, they miss cuddling up to a big warm body (Blondie was huge compared to them) and also since I didn’t let them leave my side for a while, I think they also bonded to me stronger then before. Grief has brought us closer together, we already had a close relationship but so many people say when rats become cuddly is when you gotta start worrying, and maybe that’s what’s going on, but because all this started happening after Blondie passed, I think they honestly are just finding something with me that they had with Blondie before. Because honestly that is what it feels like.

Sorry if this paragraph doesn’t make sense, the text is kinda just a rant, I am doing much better since Blondie passed away, I still miss him every day, but the rant was just trying to put my thoughts into words

Edit: Yoshi in the first picture immediately got up and left me after I posted this lol

This is my boy Ralphy, he has big heart shaped dumbo ears ❤️ They get a lil waxy so I help him clean them from time to time 😆 had him since he was a tiny pocket size chicken nugget. His ears definitely match his personality! He is full of love and cuddles 🫶

Chip and Zumi are family of my very first rat i had 5 years ago... the love of my life Quinn 💞

They are all already loved by my other boys Chibi, Mochi and Koko🥰

This is s’mores, he was only 1.5 years old but had to be put down unexpectedly today due to respiratory distress and possibly being dependent on oxygen.

He was a very loving and cuddly rat and losing him today was very unexpected and difficult. Heres some of my favourite photos of him. I was able to keep his body and will be burying him in a plant pot next to his late brother (who died very young due to an eye tumour), i also will be rehoming his other brother since i don’t want to own anymore rats for a bit (i made another post about this if you’re interested).

Im going to miss seeing them cuddling together, their cage setup is right behind my desk where i could turn around and watch them play and cuddle and redecorate their cage with toilet paper. RIP s’mores ❤️❤️❤️

He had a hard life, though I wish he didn't. The pet store I rescued him from used him to breed rats as snake food. Once he was no longer viable, they put him up for sale. He had a horrible UTI, respiratory infection, lice and fleas. I bought him, thinking I was giving him a quiet place to die comfortably...

But after some vet care and lots of attention, he perked up 🖤 I got to enjoy his company for much longer than I expected.

He was a very good rat 🖤 I'm going to miss him terribly.

Not sure if the bandage needs nsfw but she's healing up nicely. It's not letting add a photo and a video of her high (from the anesthetic) so that's a shame. Will have to post that separately.

She's pretty much back to normal already even though she just had the surgery yesterday so all she needs is upkeep with prescribed medication and a couple follow up appointments (first one is on Friday).

I will be letting her and her sister have some supervised time together today as they weren't really allowed to be near each other all weekend and Monday. I'm hoping she heals up quick so she can go back to the main cage with her as I only have 2 rats so they are both alone rn (Wensleydale got to see cheddar through a carrier before the amputation but they will get to be face to face today)

My first girl is a rescue feeder and she has always been a bit sneezy. A month ago it got worse to the point where she was having sneeze attacks lasting several minutes and showing visible discomfort, and her sneezes sounded painful. The vet gave me antibiotics which worked, then it came back. Got more antibiotics (Baytril), gave them to her for a week and the sneezing went away so I stopped. But now a week later she’s back to it. Not as bad, but still having episodes of up to 50 sneezes/min. Should i keep trying antibiotics, or separate her from her cage mates (not preferable because I don’t want her to be sick and lonely), or try something else? Could it just be a chronic condition? The only bedding I use is dried wood shavings in a dig box and dust free paper bedding for the litter boxes. Any advice is appreciated!

Max fell to the floor from the top of her cage last week. She didn’t seem to be fazed by it, but I checked that none of her limbs were broken or hurt and left it at that.

Over the weekend I noticed that she wasn’t as active as usual, and she was drinking a lot. I thought she might have an infection, but after observing her for a few hours I realized that she wasn’t eating properly. She would pick up a pellet and sit with it for a while, but she wasn’t actually biting on it. She and her two sisters get a small amount of hemp seeds and linseed with each meal, and that was all she was able to eat.

I’ve been feeding her human baby food for a couple of days, until I finally managed to get her to the vet this morning. It turns out both her upper front teeth are missing, the lower two are intact. The vet wasn’t able to determine if the growth zones were affected, but I’m hopeful…

For now she’s on soft food. She won’t eat pellets softened with water, so I’m trying to find healthy alternatives that can sustain her for a couple of weeks.

If you have been through something like this, did the tooth/teeth end up regrowing, and what soft foods did you give?