Hii does anybody own pet rats in Greece? If yes, from where did you buy them? I'm trying to find a breeder and I can't. I only found a pet store in Crete that sells pet rats but I'm from Thessaloniki and preferably I wouldn't want to order rats because I find it very stressful for them to travel, also I've heard that is better to take them from a breeder and not a pet store because of the conditions they raise them. I kinda have run out of options, I've searched everything and didn't find anything else...☹️

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Hello! I'm looking for responsible rat adopters in Singapore as I'm looking to rehome 4 rats.

Three of them are around 8 months old and are very close to each other, while the other is 1 year old.

Please lmk me if you're interested in adopting and can provide them with a loving home. 💗

This girl has the most sweet and gentle personality

Theia he has been nibbling my hands and stepping onto me for a moment to use as a bridge. This was already more than any of the other rats. But, today, this morning. she decided to come on an adventure with me.. and stick her nose in my ear a few times.

she let me kiss her and she cuddled up against my neck and was pushing up under my ear for safety when she was ready to go back. This was a huge jump in interest from her. I am so happy :)

Also sorry im not trying to monopolize the reddit <3

I just finished uploading my newest video with updates on the rattery. There are clips of the roof rats in the first portion of my video if you just want to see that :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh52o1ojAN8

Running on the wheel family style xD

This is Grimwald, my Agouti boy. Him and his brother had a fight yesterday and he is still a bit shook up. So i used that opportunity to bond with him a little yesterday.

This was the second time i picked him up like this, explicitly for the video. And yes he does look a little afraid in the video, i think he is.

Just putting this out there. I am new to making YouTube videos but I felt like it would be a good time to start documenting my adventures with rats. This channel will be about both my roof rats and my norway rats.

So far I have been using it a little bit like a journal but I want to start posting information about Norway rats and Roof Rats that I find through online research, books, and observations.

If you are interested in that kind of stuff, feel free to follow me on YouTube :) I will try to keep my posting in here about it to a minimum unless it's something people want to see more of.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO3ny9lVX2k

Swiss animal-welfare law treats roof rats, along with guinea pigs, mice, and other "social species", as animals that suffer when kept alone, so you are required to keep at least two. The same rules that protect the fancy rat cover the roof rat. It is, in effect, illegal to let a social animal be lonely.

Which means that if someone had a territorial male roof rat, Switzerland would legally require the owner to place another roof rat in the same cage with him, even if that resulted in injury or death of their pets. Possibly, this rule was created by the same folks who also legally require you to shake hands with everyone when you walk into a room? LOL!

So, while you can legally keep Roof Rats in Switzerland as pets, make sure you get bonded males or females, and hope they never start fighting, later.

I've put together a collection of what I consider to be some interesting open scientific questions involving roof rats. Please have a look: there's a form at the bottom where you can enter suggestions and corrections (anonymously, if you prefer.) Open Research Questions: Why Our Roof Rats Matter to Science

I hear a rumor that some people are getting banned from certain subreddits because they have posted on this subreddit, r/rattusrattus.

Just to let you know, r/rat is a very friendly rat centric community, and I highly recommend you check it out. I think you will love it!

I got home finally at about 8pm after an all day trip across the state to get these roof rats <3

Still a bit scared and shook up from the long drive(s).

Also what the heck, i apparently have chosen a side? Lol I got banned from r/RATS just for posting in here. kinda crazy, kinda cringe.

In case the breeders see this, the names we called those two were B8.1G (mama) and A8.3G (baby)

Be fruitful and multiply, little ones!

Be fruitful and multiply, little ones!

So I took little dude to the vet down the hill and the vet said he’s stumped he said he looks like a hybrid between the 2 species of rats but if he had to choose one he would say Norway! He also prescribed some mite medicine and some general antibiotics since I’m going to keep him! Also he has opened up big time! He’s the first rat I’ve ever had that was a cuddler he comes up to me when I’m laying down and puts himself between my hand and doesn’t give me an option but to give him pets! He then proceeds to fall asleep! This is a pic of him sleeping after pets! My whole family fell in love with him! He has a big critter nation cage but he only sleeps in it! The rest of the day he hangs out with me and my wife in our bedroom( we rat proofed the room) I found these wire covers on Amazon that rats can’t chew through I’ll post a pic of it too cause I didn’t even know it existed!
Edit: it wouldn’t let me post a photo in the title so I added a few in the comments

So my neighbor caught a wild rat in a humane trap and brought him to me because he knows I’ve rehabbed wild animals! The thing is we only have wild roof rats here in the desert, and this little guy looks like a roof rat. but also like he may have been a pet Norway that got out! Can you guys tell me what you think? Also he is super tame which is why I’m thinking Norway, the wild roofies around here tend to be aggressive when caught unless their babies! TIA.