RatPalace.com - Pet Rat Care and Discussion

Thu Oct 06, 2005 3:51 am

Oh and at the hobby lobby it was $2 for a thing of 4 10x10 squars and 50 cents for a pack of 25 key rings.

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Sat Oct 22, 2005 7:32 pm

Mine hate there hammocks, so I took it out and put it on top of there wire cage. Yesterday they partially pulled it through, and they have a little shelter!

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Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:42 pm

My home is not set up properly to have my two rats free roam. It's pretty much an open concept and I have 7 dogs and a cat. I would love to see pictures of indoor rat playpens so I can get some idea. I will have a nice large area in the basement where me and the boys could have some out of the pen time but I need some ideas on building an enclosure where they can play safely.

Sat Oct 22, 2005 10:55 pm

Cardboard works well temporarily. The small animal play pens at petsmart let rats climb out of them super easily, so they do not work.

Good luck Crossed Fingers

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Rosie

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I miss you Tut, Goldy, and Raoul Angel rat

Sun Oct 23, 2005 8:54 pm

Watch out for cardboard being too short as well. Ah, jumpers. Rolling Eyes

Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:59 am

	puppyfish wrote:
	Watch out for cardboard being too short as well. Ah, jumpers.

Any advice you can give me on how tall you feel the enclosure should be in order for them not to jump out?

Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:03 am

I would say anything higher than 2 feet would be okay. 2 1/2 for jumpers. Good luck!

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Rosie

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I miss you Tut, Goldy, and Raoul Angel rat

Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:52 am

I FINALLY got to turn my room into a rat room! I've been wanting to forever, since I had an insane amount of cages in this tiny room, a bed that took up way too much space...everything just looked awful. So my parents finally said they didn't care (I have no idea why they cared before, but eh.)
So I had to do the whole thing myself, moving furniture, cages, taking stuff apart, shampooing the carpet, scrubbing the walls and baseboards...I'm completely exhausted. Faint

It took literaly all weekend, working non-stop. I started Friday morning and got done about two hours ago. It was SO worth it though. Now everything is rat proofed, (well, almost. I still have to move some wires out of the way.) and there is a ton of open space, so I can let them out without having to worry about them getting into stuff, getting lost, getting hurt...its SO much better.

I had to move nearly all of my stuff into the attic. Puppy Dog Eyes

I really don't have that much stuff anyway. What little bit I have is now shoved into the closet, and I had to take my bed apart. I was going to sleep on the floor, but my mom had a lapse in personality and got me a foldout bed, so that's good.

Anyway, pictures!

This is what it looked like
Before:

After:

I got this awesome cage used from a pet store for 40 bucks. All it needed was a new coat of paint. hyper

Its perfect for my girls, and WAY cheaper than the Martins I was going to get.

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Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:57 am

Ooh, that looks great! I bet your guys are so happy! It is amazing that you could get such a nice, big cage for only $40!

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Rosie

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I miss you Tut, Goldy, and Raoul Angel rat

Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:02 am

Wow. Wish I could do something like that!

Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:41 pm

	puppyfish wrote:
	Wow. Wish I could do something like that!

Your room looks awesome! Wow how big is that cage?

Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:05 pm

The boy's cage? Its a Martin's F-450. (Ferret cage.) Its 36 x 30 x 60, I think. It holds 18 rats. Mr. Green

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"He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom."

Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:55 am

Wow, I bet they are so happy in it!

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Rosie

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I miss you Tut, Goldy, and Raoul Angel rat

Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:22 am

Are those bins the permanent mouse homes? Please see here just in case.

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Kate & the M.O.U.S.
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Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:53 am

Yeah, I saw that post a while back Kate, and now I'm in the process of switching over to tanks for them. Unfortunatly, I had JUST spent all my spare cash on new bins not long before you posted that, and sold my tanks to get the money for the bins. Faint

Its taking me a while to save the money to buy acceptable tanks. Even a 10 gallon tank with lid would add up to about 16 dollars, and I prefer at LEAST 20 gals, and I would need several of those.

I'm working on it, but in the meantime I have nothing else as far as housing goes but wire cages with really wide spacing, so they're stuck there until I save the money I need for tanks. Sad

Edit: I just re-read your orignal post on the bins, and actually, I never noticed a smell when I got them...and that's something I definitely would notice. Confused

Still, I do plan on switching just to be safe. I'm not happy with those bins for reasons other than possible dangers anyway.

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"He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom."

Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:54 pm

I am still looking into polycarbonate, I'll post my search links later in that thread, I'm just tired now.

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Kate & the M.O.U.S.
If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event ... what kind of film would you use?
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Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:14 am

Okey doke, here's the info:

Forgot to say that I love your rat room -- a tank on your desk, too! Wonderful.

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Kate & the M.O.U.S.
If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event ... what kind of film would you use?
~ Anonymous

Wed Nov 09, 2005 8:07 am

Thanks, I'll have a look. And yeah, I'm super happy with the rat room...Minus the sleeping on the floor part. Faint

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"He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom."

Fri Nov 25, 2005 9:33 am

Do you have a problem with the rats peeing on the carpet?

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Rosie

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Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:24 pm

	dragynflye wrote:
	cat toys! like erin said, the little furry mice are great! my girls looooove these little plastic jacks i got at walmart for like 97 cents. and dingle balls... and feathers... and laser pointers... and chasey dangley things...and...and...and....crap! off to wallyworld to buy more toys!

Would these cat toys have to NOT be infused with catnip, cos many of them are - I don't know what CatNip does to a rat (if anything) but aren't risking buying anything for them with it on!

Also was reading Dapper Rat website (fab site) and read about his digging boxes with soil and grass in etc, is clean soil and grass OK for rats to snuff about in? I'm guessing so as they would do in the wild but just thought I'd check!

Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:05 am

I've always got non-catnip ones.

Re: digging boxes - you can either get the cat grass boxes from pet stores, or you can make your own - make sure soil is free from pesticides, fertilisers etc, and try to ensure that there are no harmful bugs. No chance taking risks (wild rats aren't exactly reknown for their long and healthy lives). You can get soils from garden centres etc that are probably more likely to be lacking harmful bacteria or parasites.

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Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:29 am

I have REALLY had the fealing lately that my girls cage NEEDS to be updated. I need to replace some things, and fill some space up. The hat hamock needs to be replaced, the plastic "airborn crate" nest has to be replaced, becasue it stinks bad every day because of the paper towels and kleenex, and the wood bird stands need to be replaced. The crate I think Im gonna replace with a Cuddle-E-Cube.Im also going to add some hanging toys and cat toys, but thats how far Ive gotten. I need some serious decorating help, my ratties seem so bored in their cage! Sad

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Mon Dec 12, 2005 3:28 am

Have a read back through this thread for some great ideas.

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Kate & the M.O.U.S.
If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event ... what kind of film would you use?
~ Anonymous

Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:22 pm

Hey all. I need some Ideas! We're buying a house and will be moving in very soon! There is three bedrooms two downstairs and one upstairs. The upstairs is all one big room. 24 by 48. My parents tell me that I get the big room upstairs, since they dont want to deal with stairs anymore. Anyway. That is way to big for just me! So I decided I will probably convert half of the room for just my two rats. They will have there cage still for sleeping in at night, ect. But for most of the day they will probably be free ranging in the half of the room (with acess to thier cage). My question is, what could I use to block off that half of the room? My rats arnt jumpers, so I dont think that would be a problem, and they arnt chewers either. Also, thats a lot of space for two rats! What all could I put in there for them? The only thing I can think of is boxes and tubes. But they would probably get pretty bored with that. Maybe something they can climb up? (away from the wall, or whatever I use so they cant jump over it). I'm pretty brain dead sometimes! lol. Any ideas?

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Sat Jan 14, 2006 2:02 am

I live in Canada (Winnipeg,MB) and we have a store here called PetTraders...it is a used petstore and there are soooo many good things for ratties there! You can get ladders or extra shelves for only $2...so I'd recommend looking for a used petstore in your areas. But I make sure to clean everything extra good when I buy from used places. Also check out the classified ads.

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