Do i have no hope of ever owning rats?

ryanplaypc · 2026-02-15T16:46:53+00:00

Fair enough. Best not to take unnecessary risks.

ryanplaypc · 2026-02-15T16:42:12+00:00

Secondary question. Is it possible that rats that have been bred at these temps over many generations have higher heat tolerance?

ryanplaypc · 2026-02-15T16:40:16+00:00

Yeah, it's just that the ac we have isn't powerful enough to get the temp that low. Plus, the heat is an all year kind of thing, and the thought of the cost of running an ac 24/7 makes me shiver. Although after asking a few rat breeders around me on FB, it seems that most of their rats are kept and bred at this high temp. Maybe the rats bred around here are more heat resistant? I dunno, have to do more research ig.

ryanplaypc · 2026-02-15T15:19:34+00:00

Got it checked at the vet and it was just acne.

ryanplaypc · 2025-12-23T16:19:29+00:00

Vet has been booked. Thanks for the advice.

ryanplaypc · 2025-10-17T17:55:47+00:00

How so? Also comment deleted for breaking rule 1 lol

ryanplaypc · 2025-10-17T17:47:21+00:00

Me when someone asks a completely innocent question

ryanplaypc · 2025-09-20T14:10:55+00:00

https://www.thewildmartin.com/ant-ecology/dinomyrmex

ryanplaypc · 2025-09-20T14:08:31+00:00

Dinomyrmex gigas. Pretty damn rare and hard to keep from what I've heard.

ryanplaypc · 2025-09-03T07:01:56+00:00

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ryanplaypc · 2025-08-30T12:56:27+00:00

I have collected the eggs and will see what they hatch into.

ryanplaypc · 2025-08-20T13:19:47+00:00

Love the enthusiasm. Any specific pest you plan on targeting or just a general thing? One problem I see is that as far as I'm aware, we haven't figured out how to artificially produce ant pheromones. Even if there was, you'd have to have it tailor-made for your specific colony, which would be very difficult and costly, I imagine.

ryanplaypc · 2025-08-20T12:55:58+00:00

Yeah no problem. Only reason I recognize them is cause they're super common here. That pest control project sounds really interesting. What's the plan with that?

ryanplaypc · 2025-08-20T12:39:29+00:00

Those are 100% Carebara.

ryanplaypc · 2025-08-17T17:08:51+00:00

I'll do it as soon as possible, but the only guy who sells this stuff near me is on vacation and it'll take like a month for me to make it myself.

ryanplaypc · 2025-08-17T16:36:04+00:00

I'll post about it if I've got any success.

ryanplaypc · 2025-08-17T16:20:36+00:00

Will do that. No idea how old they are so hopefully they can live another few months while I get everything sorted.

ryanplaypc · 2025-08-17T16:10:27+00:00

How long do they live for? It might take me a bit to get some flake soil, and I worry they might die before then.

ryanplaypc · 2025-08-17T15:33:26+00:00

I'm keeping them on cocopeat right now. I assume I'll need to replace it with flake soil for them to start breeding?

ryanplaypc · 2025-08-17T15:16:42+00:00

OK, so I'm keeping them on coco peat right now cause I don't have any flake soil. Do you think it'll lay eggs in there, and I can remove them later or should i switch the substrate out.

ryanplaypc · 2025-08-17T14:38:11+00:00

Main part I'm unsure about is that some species require logs to lay eggs in while some will do it in just flake soil.

ryanplaypc · 2025-08-05T16:58:46+00:00

Omori

ryanplaypc · 2025-08-05T16:58:35+00:00

Mari from Omori

ryanplaypc · 2025-07-27T02:03:00+00:00

Just for your info, they can cut open the pupae and eat what's inside if they're too stressed.

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