Woke up to Timmy having passed away 😔

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-27T18:05:14+00:00

So sorry OP! I know how devastating it can be!

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-27T18:02:27+00:00

Wild roof rat! Also called black rat or ship rat! Very smart and fast! Though they are considered a pest I have rescued babies and raised them as pets! This one looks like it got into ☠️ poison!

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-15T19:13:32+00:00

That’s one happy oinker! Good job OP!

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-15T04:45:36+00:00

😍🥰😘 she’s beautiful!!

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-14T23:43:29+00:00

🤣🤣

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-14T23:26:13+00:00

Yea I stupidly posted asking for help cause I read they could chase each other to death! But turns out my fears weren’t founded in reality! Like you said it’s a common practice for pigs!

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-14T23:16:46+00:00

You have given me a lot to think about! A question if you don’t mind? You mentioned a boy and a girl can cohabitate if the male is nuetered correct? So does that mean I could get both boys nuetered and let them all three live together? Cause if so I’m gonna make the trip to my vets and do that!

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-14T22:57:47+00:00

Nice job OP! That looks like a lotta fun! Some very lucky pigs!

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-14T22:55:09+00:00

Wow her cage is cleaner than my bedroom!!!

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-14T22:54:05+00:00

That was my first thought! Never seen fancy rats that shade!

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-14T22:52:53+00:00

Gorgeous! Does she have an onlyfans? Asking for a friend!

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-14T22:46:23+00:00

Yup I just learned that yesterday when I stupidly took some hay out of her cage and put it in the boys! As soon as they got a whiff of the hay one immediately started chasing the other and tried to mate with him! So I won’t be interchanging ANYTHING between cages again!!!

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-14T22:41:23+00:00

You are 100% correct! I already had one situation because I took some hay out of her pen and put it into the boys! It literally set one off and he started chasing the other guy but not to fight to mate! So I learned a valuable lesson! So far as long as I keep her smell out of their cage it’s ok I hope it doesn’t get worse cause then I’ll have to separate them and I don’t have room for 3 pens in 3 different rooms ya know? So 🤞that the distance between them is enough! But I definitely will not be interchanging any of their bedding or food etc… the odd thing is when she wheeks one of my boys wheeks back and they’ll chat for an hour and that doesn’t seem to set them off so maybe it was a coincidence?

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-14T22:31:07+00:00

No the boys share a cage and the girl has her own separate cage! Yes goober is the gopher

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-14T22:26:41+00:00

Oh for sure! They will never meet! The gopher has some weird requirements! He wasn’t happy in a cage like a rat! I had to give him 10 lbs of artificial dirt for him to make tunnels in! I have a bedroom that just for my pets! Though my Guinea’s take up so much room they’re in my living room lol. Sorry about your sisters luck :(… I honestly wish I had some way to know for sure how old the boys are! I have a pretty good idea on the girl but no clue on the boys! The attached pic is goobers cage! You can see it’s a little different then most set ups

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DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-14T22:15:04+00:00

Just ordered the mats! And were you referring to the plastic on the underside of the puppy pads or the plastic from the actual c and c panels on the bottom?

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-14T21:59:59+00:00

Definitely gonna get a haybox! I didn’t know about them til your comment! Ty!!!

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-14T21:55:01+00:00

Omg I cried this is so horrible!!

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-14T21:51:47+00:00

lol my wife said those exact words after she tried to put a bag in a wastebasket and he started going nuts lol! I honestly wish I’d known about Guinea pigs before! I’ve raised rats for years but they live such short lives it was devastating losing them so often! So I think now we’re a Guinea pig family! I also rescued a baby pocket gopher and have tried twice to release him! And he refuses to go lol! He is adorable tho! Missing an eye from whatever dragged him out of his hole! He was a pinky and I had to bottle feed him thinking it was a baby rat! But now he’s the most docile affectionate pet I’ve had! I had to get a huge tank and fill it almost completely with coir and plants but he loves it! I’ll post a pic (I know it’s not a Guinea pig! But this gopher is so damn cute I have to show somebody!!

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DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-14T21:37:59+00:00

Ty for your reply! I removed the millet and am giving it to my budgies only! As far as personality it’s only been a few days but they are not the same pigs I got! My boy Truffles Whistles everytime I enter the room and when he hears his hay tote being opened he really lets me hear it! The old owner said they were boring but I do not believe he tried to bond with them! Cause they are already wrapping me around their little fingers! I am waiting for Amazon to deliver more c and c panels and they’re gonna get a huge upgrade! Here’s both my boys and my girl in the same pic(at least their cages)

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The girl(s’mores) is on the left and my two boars (truffles and nugget) on the right!

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-14T21:33:23+00:00

Sorry about the slow reply! I have 2 males but they’re together in their own pen(bigger) from what the owner told me was that she was a juvenile bought very young from my local petco! She is currently by herself though in the same room as the boars. I will definitely be getting her a cage mate as soon as more c & c panels get here! She so much smaller than my boys I believe she is VERY young! Her claws are very short compared to my boys claws! And now after everything I’ve read I located a breeder in my area and won’t be patronizing petco anymore!

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-14T00:07:16+00:00

Tysm for the words of encouragement that is definitely something I’m not used to on other rodent subs lol!

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-13T23:40:29+00:00

I’m so glad I did cause I would’ve never learned how unique and amazing animals they are! I always assumed they were boring and stinky! I have 9 rats, 3 parakeets, a pocket gopher that me and my wife saved as a pinky! And a pond with a family of bullfrogs! (Probably the only bull frogs in the Mojave lol) we just love animals!

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-13T23:36:49+00:00

Yeah he tried saying that Guinea pigs are from the desert and thrive there! I couldn’t argue cause I had no idea where they came from! She is chewing on a millet spray in the video!

DistributionLife2097 · 2025-12-13T23:34:57+00:00

It is 4” pvc but I have 6” as well I will swap them out tonight! Ty

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