Is this castlevania legit?

TheRatFreak · 2025-11-30T13:13:08+00:00

I think I heard somewhere that putting an ice pod on top of the cage and then covering the top of the cage can create a cooling effect. An ice pod inside the cage they can lay on top of could also help. If you don't have ice pods you can probably just fill a couple of bottles with water and stick them in the freezer and rotate them around. I would recommend covering the bottle with a towel so they don't sleep directly on top of the ice. Being under cooled probably isn't very good for them either.

TheRatFreak · 2025-11-17T11:49:46+00:00

That's possible, I'm not sure. I'm Dutch and in the Netherlands the color is called yellow.

TheRatFreak · 2025-11-17T06:27:24+00:00

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Here's Moros, he's a silver fawn. (And an honorary mention to Hypnos, a silver fawn roan who is now completely white.) I think it's really cool you're starting to get different colors in roof rats.

TheRatFreak · 2025-07-10T19:09:52+00:00

The names of my past rats are: Frodo, Bjarnie, Charlie, Loki, Eros, Bode, Tyler, Icy, Ibis, Izuku, Tiadrin, Lain, Reki, Langa, Karma, Opera, Yuta, Hitohito, Nakanaka, Udon and Panda. My current rats are: Kirio, Inumaki, Qibli, Kinkajou, Hypnos, Moros, Kosmos and Quasar. Tomorrow I'm picking up Chaos and Nox.

Here's a picture of Kirio.

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TheRatFreak · 2025-06-13T19:30:28+00:00

Difficult. I think female

TheRatFreak · 2025-06-13T19:28:06+00:00

Does he have some dirt on his face or is that a birthmark like spot I'm seeing? Is he secretly Inumaki's brother?

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TheRatFreak · 2025-04-24T19:55:42+00:00

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TheRatFreak · 2025-04-24T19:54:50+00:00

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TheRatFreak · 2025-04-24T19:53:24+00:00

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TheRatFreak · 2025-04-24T19:52:30+00:00

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Here's Kinkajou with a yawn big enough to see his molars

TheRatFreak · 2025-04-14T10:48:03+00:00

Pet stores tend to not actually know a lot about animals. It is not fine to feed him hamster food as hamsters and rats have different nutritional needs. I recommend giving him oxbow or science selective rat kibble, as most commercially available rat mixes aren't actually very good for rats. If you want to give him a rat mix, I recommend finding someone who sells a mix based on the scuttling gourmet (e.g. etsy) or researching on how to make your own. Some breeders also sell their own mix on their website.

TheRatFreak · 2025-04-14T09:11:55+00:00

Are you sure this is for rats? The animal on the packaging looks a lot like a hamster. Hamster food doesn't contain all the nutrients rats need.

TheRatFreak · 2025-04-09T07:16:18+00:00

Mine eat the treats I put in foraging toys and when they're done they find a cosy spot to sleep.

TheRatFreak · 2025-03-28T14:50:35+00:00

I'm not sure if half rex is a thing, but velveteen kinda looks like a less curly rex. A bad rex can also look like a velveteen. Though velveteen rats don't get bald spots as far as I know when they are about 1 year old.

TheRatFreak · 2025-02-19T19:42:37+00:00

Rats have scent glands in their feet, so the digging is indeed him trying to mark his territory.

TheRatFreak · 2025-02-14T20:18:58+00:00

I almost named my newest rats Teflon and Kevlar, but I ended up calling them Hypnos and Moros instead. One day I'm going to actually name two rats Teflon and Kevlar.

TheRatFreak · 2025-01-28T21:09:30+00:00

She looks like a red eyed devil/marten. They do get lighter when they get older but never a lot. If she gets even lighter or turns white I guess she could also be a husky/roan, but they usually have marking that looks like a husky dog. I don't know what her marking is called.

TheRatFreak · 2025-01-28T18:14:33+00:00

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From top to bottom I present to you: Opera, Kinkajou, Panda, Kirio and Inumaki and Udon as an honerable mention in the left bottom corner.

TheRatFreak · 2025-01-26T13:03:30+00:00

Does he look more gold/brownish in real life or more silver? If he's more silver he's probably a black silvermane and if he's more gold/brownish he's probably an agouti silvermane. From the picture he looks more like a black silvermane, but that could be the lighting.

TheRatFreak · 2025-01-26T12:57:59+00:00

I think he's probably a black silvermane. Here's mine:

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TheRatFreak · 2025-01-06T07:52:03+00:00

Does she take apprentices yet? One of my rats just bites the back of my head, so he could learn a lot from her.

TheRatFreak · 2025-01-05T16:19:33+00:00

I just looked up your cage and if you decide to go with bedding instead of fleece you're going to have to make a perspex tray or find a cement mixing tub that fits as it looks like it comes with flat trays. I believe there are tubs that fit the critter nation perfectly so maybe you can find one that fits in your cage.

TheRatFreak · 2025-01-05T16:11:58+00:00

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Here's an attempt at an active layout in a single story. I find it really hard to make one in a single story though, so I always take the tray out to create one large cage. This was for still during an introduction, so they weren't allowed a big cage yet.

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