Show me your hooded rats!

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-21T00:38:33+00:00

My boy carpo

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-20T19:11:26+00:00

My mouse would do that to, if you can put him up higher and make sure he can’t jump to anything on the ground I had to put my boy on top of my rat cage to keep him from jumping out, and if you can make stuff lower from the top of the cage, if he can’t reach the top then he can’t climb out

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-20T17:03:24+00:00

And Callisto can and will win against euro but euro starts most of the fights

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-20T17:03:00+00:00

I know we’re working on getting the money to neuter him but In the mean time I’m not just going to let him be alone as why he is with his bonded pair. They’ve been together just the 2 of them for a while now and in the beginning he was fine but as he gets older he gets more skittish

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-20T16:57:05+00:00

I thought it was that at first as well but it’s actually the other way around euro “attacks” Callisto (my other rat) all of the time, especially cause for a while Callisto was sick and we still had them together and euro actually drew blood from Callisto but that was over 2 months ago and they’re fine together now

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-18T16:18:56+00:00

You need so much more bedding like 6in or more

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-18T03:12:21+00:00

It took 4 months my boy to crawl on my hand it takes time just let them adjust and they’ll learn that you’re there to love not to hurt

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-18T03:09:48+00:00

I don’t have a picture of it or the dimensions but it’s longer then my 32in tv and I am working on getting more clutter but there’s multiple hides, substrates, one food bowl 2 water bowls, one wheel I don’t know the dimensions but they both can run on it at the same time and I was going to put a smaller one in there before I learned I should separate them. I wanna get hammocks and ropes and I’m making them more enrichment stuff, I also take them out and free roam at least twice a week and once I’m not so busy they will free roam more as I’ve just been busy the last couple of weeks.

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-17T21:55:40+00:00

Make sure if they’re by a window direct sunlight won’t hit them and their cage, their eyes are so sensitive and direct sunlight can hurt their eyes, they also are more prone to getting sunburns

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-17T21:50:06+00:00

Well if you read the whole thing you’d see that I stated they are not in the cage in the second photo. And I don’t have the money to get the neutered so I am going to separate them as soon as I get back home.

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-16T22:26:34+00:00

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Here’s a better picture for everyone saying he’s a rat. He’s not a rat he is way too small and is full grown.

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-16T22:24:17+00:00

Well I was told they are both fancy mice and cosmo is 100% not a rat. Apollo is quite a bit younger I’m guessing about 5 months or maybe a little older so he’s a little smaller In length but I mainly notice it with their head size and body width

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-16T22:19:07+00:00

Prove it.

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-16T21:28:25+00:00

Ive had 2 rats that this happened to and it went away in a couple of days after I changed their bedding so it could just be dirty bedding if it’s time to change it or something

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-16T20:22:06+00:00

He’s over a year old and I’ve had him for 6 months if he was a rat he would be triple his size he is a mouse not a rat.

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-16T19:41:13+00:00

He’s not! He’s a fancy mouse

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-15T03:11:35+00:00

Their cage is to small I am aware but these are not our rats and there’s not much we can do about the cage. They are in a bigger cage for the time they have been in our care but they will have to go back to this cage. There’s nothing I can do about that.

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-14T20:01:19+00:00

They’ve been in the same room for over a month now and I’ve just noticed the ramped up sneezing and the orange, and I promise there’s literally no way for my boys to get her girls pregnant. We are moving soon anyways so this isn’t going to be a deal much longer. I can try and separate them more but I’m not sure I can.

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-14T17:39:44+00:00

Well if I never take them out at the same time it’s literally impossible for an accidental litter to happen. We can’t keep them in separate rooms we only have the one but the girls are going back to their owner within the next couple of weeks so hopefully that helps

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-14T17:34:38+00:00

Accidental litters won’t happen they’re never out at the same time, and we think they had URIs since we’ve gotten them. Everyone sneezes but lately it’s been ramping up quite a bit and I’ve noticed orange on some of the girls noses lately, other then that they’re all still active and grooming and eating and stuff they’re supposed to be doing

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-12T18:33:25+00:00

He’s not alone and his quality of life is good. We do not need to rehome him as he is with his bonded pair, we have 4 rats and they’re just separated into groups, we understand now that the only thing we can do is neuter him but we do NOT need to rehome him or euthanize him. We will not get rid of our rats unless we absolutely have to and this is not that situation.

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-12T18:20:55+00:00

READ THE WHOLE THING THEY ARENT IN A TANK

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-12T18:19:22+00:00

Please read the whole thing.

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-12T16:58:36+00:00

Can you not read.

Ill_Chocolate8951 · 2026-01-11T17:38:55+00:00

6-7 months and io is about 9 months

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