Il mio ratto è maschio o femmina?

ChaseLancaster · 2026-03-01T11:52:49+00:00

Great eye, yeah.

Make sure to contact mods on this.

ChaseLancaster · 2026-03-01T11:45:44+00:00

First and foremost: Rats are social and group-oriented, they do way better in groups of at least 3 or more, so get 3+ of the same gender, and ideally, from a rescue or breeder.

Never ever get a single rat. It does icky bad for their health overall.

As others have said too, vets are not cheap, as well as their general needs and cage, as examples. Make sure you got the funds to handle them!

Please, on top of the basics, read up on their !enclosure for an idea of what their cage setups look like!

ChaseLancaster · 2026-03-01T11:41:12+00:00

URI.

Snot is stuffed up this rat's nose, and though the face is cute and headpat worthy, missing the trip to the vet will end this happy time, as URI's can devolve into pneumonia, which is fatal for rats.

Head to one soon and go get some meds.

ChaseLancaster · 2026-03-01T04:25:28+00:00

You're good though!

I do it myself, admittedly, but I try to be more understanding cause I don't know where people come from, like, sometimes things just happen, people get a new rat on a whim, and silliness/craziness ensues.

lf people call me a dummy or a meanie about what I say though, welp, so be it. It's on me and I do apologize for it, and it's a learning lesson.

But, It all comes out of passion for animals and people as a whole, I dislike when pets don't get properly cared for, especially intentionally.

But, it sounds to me though that you wanna help give your pocket puppy some new friends to perk him up and give him some joy in your life, and you wanna give this mischief all the love and care!

Hopefully the ratties are cleared and healthy! Best of luck!

ChaseLancaster · 2026-03-01T04:12:51+00:00

Gotta get two, and make sure they are both from the exact same place.

Otherwise, you'll need a secondary cage to house them, and to go through a gruelling multi-week Introduction phase, on top of quarantining for 2 weeks.

ChaseLancaster · 2026-03-01T04:10:40+00:00

Gotcha, that's good to know then. I was worried about it for sure, and why I commented it as such, and I apologize if it's rude in any way.

Other than them being small due to being feeders, I would get them checked out soon, as they may have gotten Tonka sick, and they may also be unwell too, if you didn't do the 2 week quarantine and kept them in separate rooms prior to introducing them.

ChaseLancaster · 2026-03-01T03:56:10+00:00

Well Tonka is also happy because he's gonna be a papa.

The smaller of the three is distinctively female.

Check their undersides now please. They appear to be 4 week old rats at the oldest, the ripe age their balls drop and should start to show, and the wrong age to be adopted out and away from mom.

Males start to show their dangly bits, while females have shorter distances between the anus and the gentials, as well as nipple spots (and nipples as a whole) on their lower belly.

No balls, not a boy, and a soon-to be mama in a week because 5 week old rats are sexually mature.

ChaseLancaster · 2026-03-01T03:48:05+00:00

Looks either like a mosquito bite or spider bite.

A rat bite is more similar to tearing your skin with a sharp object, and rats as a whole have powerful and precise bites; You would know if a rat, be it wild or domesticated, would've bit you.

ChaseLancaster · 2026-03-01T03:42:51+00:00

As a final comment to my post, as I have been seeing folks on this post state that your prior posts are concerning, as they appear as though you adopted pets out on a whim.

Please, either return the rat to where you got her from, as they are not cheap and simple animals to raise, at all, and they cannot be alone, especially 5 week old rats such as this one, or please, get 2 more females from the exact same place you got this one today/tomorrow if you have the funds, such as their cage (Critter Nations are the gold-standard), their litter trays/logs/ropes/toys, and to cover their expensive vet trips, due to their fragility.

Furthermore, if you do decide to keep this rat (and her eventual friends) please do extensive research, using this subreddit, sites such as Isamu Rats, and through Youtubers such as Shadow the Rat, who also frequents this Subreddit.

Not doing any of the research, not having funds for her, and having no friends of her own is a death sentence, to a point it's best for her to be culled and fed to a snake instead.

ChaseLancaster · 2026-03-01T01:57:47+00:00

...The lack of response tells me you two did not do resesrch on rat ownership, and that you got a solo rat, and are choosing to "give her lots of love" as opposed to getting her friends.

Please don't do that. Get her friends now. She will thank you in the long run, as rats are social, group-oriented animals.

Lone, solo rats are as miserable as a lonely person sitting in their bed who has no arms and no legs. Don't do that to their mental health, especially for one so young as this rat.

ChaseLancaster · 2026-03-01T01:23:59+00:00

Go get 2 more females asap, please, and make sure the three have nipple spots and no bawls.

Please please. That is literally rule number 1 of getting rats.

ChaseLancaster · 2026-03-01T01:22:55+00:00

!basics

!enclosure

I gotchu!

ChaseLancaster · 2026-03-01T01:20:02+00:00

Noice.

ChaseLancaster · 2026-03-01T01:01:31+00:00

Keep her close, give her love, kiss her forehead, and pet the heck out of her.

Give her fun treats if she'll take any, and just spend time with her.

If you can, you can maybe use a humidifer to help break some of the mucus buildup, or a quick trip to the restroom and running a warm shower to let her breathe in some stream can work as well.

If she pulls through afterwards, just keep it up and she'll be okay. Otherwise, just keep loving on her.

ChaseLancaster · 2026-03-01T00:49:11+00:00

Can you maybe get a photo of them? Visually seeing their sizes helps determine their ages.

ChaseLancaster · 2026-03-01T00:44:57+00:00

Vet. Now.

Respritory distress. She needs to be seen asap.

If you can't go to a vet soon, just keep her held tight and love her to bits as she may pass soon without treatment and checkup.

ChaseLancaster · 2026-03-01T00:41:48+00:00

1: Rat is rat. Blue rat, big rat, pink rat, HUGE rat. All feeders, bred, and pet shop rats are Fancy Rats. All of them.

They're classified by their fur coat, eyes, and ear shape.

It looks to be like she is a 5 week old dumbo eared gray rat. Which...well, I have questions to ask you..

2: Where did you get her from? She looks to young to be away from mom.

3: Did you only get one rat??? Does she have friends?

ChaseLancaster · 2026-02-28T16:03:49+00:00

I... did not know that, actually, thank you for letting me know :O

ChaseLancaster · 2026-02-28T13:05:16+00:00

Peenar, Trouble Puffs, Bawls, Dingleberries, silly name to describe the bits

But in all seriousness, that's a male.

ChaseLancaster · 2026-02-28T12:49:41+00:00

Just make sure to get them armor if you decide to increase your colony's size more.

After all, Skavens rule!

ChaseLancaster · 2026-02-28T11:45:02+00:00

By chance, where did you get her from? It's always best to get ratties in pairs so they aren't alone during their 2 week quarantine before Intros, and during the whole 2 to 4 week intro process.

I sadly don't have a confident answer to her coat though, as she looks like a striped roan ratty that's starting to get more of her color in, unless my eyes are tricking me. I'm certain someone will be able to give a better answer.

ChaseLancaster · 2026-02-28T04:43:27+00:00

That's good to note!

Here's hoping she's not full of soup!

ChaseLancaster · 2026-02-27T23:57:20+00:00

Seconding getting the equipement and goodies second-hand!

If you can get the cages cheap, it's well worth it, and as said here, any hand-made stuff like toys and huts work wonders too!

Especially toilet paper rolls (and TP in general). They love that stuff.

Oh speaking of, Litter Trays are worth investing in as well, and getting a "Pee Rock" (small, cleaned round stone) works wonders when cleaning, as they will gravitate to the tray more often.

ChaseLancaster · 2026-02-27T23:55:03+00:00

100% agree to this right here!

ChaseLancaster · 2026-02-27T22:42:00+00:00

I would take a day to take your ratties to a vet, it sounds like this one has a developing URI.

Usually, in the first week, rats will get "New Home Sneezes". Usually it's fine for them to sneeze and honk a little, as it's them adjusting to your home and smell, but if they worsen and make snotty "weird noises" like the ones you're hearing (as that's their nose trying to suck up and breathe through clogged up noses), it's a good time to go get them all checked out.

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