RATS!!! RATS!!!! and more RATS!!!

this is a video of my rats and some of the neat things that I produce as far as rats go.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VVZXZvuZgZM


Thanks for looking

Nice video and cute rats! :gj:

Thanks I love Me rats

A few ?'s

How do you clean your pinky rat tubs? Do you just take them out with the feeders, and where do you put them all?


Great video, this really makes me want to build a rack for my rats and mice.

nice rats and lovely rack, im planing on building one some of this days lol

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Originally Posted by Beardedragon

A few ?'s

How do you clean your pinky rat tubs? Do you just take them out with the feeders, and where do you put them all?

Great video, this really makes me want to build a rack for my rats and mice.

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Typically what I like to do is pull the tub out and set it on a work table that I have set up. I have an extra tub so I always have a clean empty tub ready to go. I take the empty(of rats) clean tub with fresh pine and put it in the slot I just took the other out of. If this is a breeding tub I separate the pregos in to a birthing tub. If the tub has baby's I take all of the moms out first look them over to check an make sure they are healthy and all are nursing. Some times one mom will try to nurse 20+ baby's and this is very taxing on thier body.

Once the moms are out I check the baby's for cuts milk bands ect just to see that all of them are healthy and eating. I then take the babys and just put them in with the moms, dump the old pine scrap the tub if it needs it and move down.

Ones that I am feeding off get put in a little "Critter Carrier" and set aside for later.

I see, thanks. I thought pine was bad for them?

awesome set up! I love your room, i cant wait until we have something similar set up for our animals. way cool. thanks for the tour. i have the same scale lol. cute rat babies you have there also.

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Originally Posted by Beardedragon

I see, thanks. I thought pine was bad for them?

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Kiln dried pine is fine for them I change it every week so they get fresh dry pine every 7 days. But I use pine because its cheap and when its clean It smells great. Pine is harmful for your snakes but if kept clean its fine for rats

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Originally Posted by AshleyB

awesome set up! I love your room, i cant wait until we have something similar set up for our animals. way cool. thanks for the tour. i have the same scale lol. cute rat babies you have there also.

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Thanks I wish it was cleaner than that. I had wanted to do that on a day that males were paired up so you could see a couple of my males breeding away but alas I did not have the cam then.

That room makes my life so much easier to control heat and humidity it is great.. Thanks for looking everyone

I love your setup. Good idea with the water bottle so you don't have to worry about floods. :gj:

I would have never thought about those kind of tubs. Thank you for sharing!

Awesome video, rats, and ideas.

Thats good to know, ever since ive switched to newspaper ive been useing expensive apsen for the mice and rats.

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Originally Posted by Sasquatch Art

I love your setup. Good idea with the water bottle so you don't have to worry about floods. :gj:

I would have never thought about those kind of tubs. Thank you for sharing!

Awesome video, rats, and ideas.

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The water bottles are a bit of a pain cause I have to check them every day and twice in the summer I will be getting a water system very soon just to save me some time.

Those bus tubs kick butt and they are the same dim. as the freedom breeder tubs so they work great and are a hard dense plastic so they hold up very well.

:gj::gj:

I really like the video Ed. Although you did not show off your ASFs! :evileye: I couldn't stop giggling when you tried wrestling that little baby, but my favorite part was your accent! ;) :love:

lmao
like a piece of scotch tape lol

love it! shakey camera makes me dizzy hahahaha!

I love how you just sorta threw the pinks back into the tub:P * evil laugh*

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I really like the video Ed. Although you did not show off your ASFs! :evileye: I couldn't stop giggling when you tried wrestling that little baby, but my favorite part was your accent! ;) :love:

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Yea the ASF's are something that I didn't think to show. My accent is my trademark.

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Originally Posted by Pork Chops N' Corn Bread

lmao
like a piece of scotch tape lol

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I almost said bugger but I would move it down and right back up it would crawl.

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Originally Posted by patthesnakeman

love it! shakey camera makes me dizzy hahahaha!

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Yea I need to upgrade my cam.

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I love how you just sorta threw the pinks back into the tub:P * evil laugh*

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Gently tossed. LOL

It looks great man. I think its bout time I made a video now.
Thanks for sharing and get an auto watering system up as soon as you can, its the best thing you can do for it

Nice vid. How many females rats with pinks do you house together?

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

Nice vid. How many females rats with pinks do you house together?

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No more than three typically unless they have a small litter then I might put four but no more than three

Thanks for the tour, it almost felt like I was there (without getting shot at least :8:).

I love rex babies they are soooooo cute. :P

Why do you have a bird feeder hanging in your snake room?

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Why do you have a bird feeder hanging in your snake room?

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:rofl::rofl::rofl: It is hanging there till spring.. that side of the room use to be a Garden room..:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Great video!

I see that your keeping the rats and the snakes in the same room. How is that working out for you?
In my new house I have a seperate house in the yard where I was thinking about keeping the snakes and also breed some rats but I'm not shure.

My rats have been two steps away from my snakes for over a year now, and I've had no problems - the snakes aren't any more aggressive - they know when feeding day is.

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My rats have been two steps away from my snakes for over a year now, and I've had no problems - the snakes aren't any more aggressive - they know when feeding day is.

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Bingo

My rats are inches away from my snake rack, and no probs! Just don't clean rats, then snakes...lol.

Very nice Ed! I remember when you were first building it all! And the little black rex rat you were fighting with was a berkshire..lol. Funny I didn't notice an accent..lol. Do a ball python vid next!:clap:

Great show and lots of info. Thanks for sharing.

Your rats seems smaller than the PEW that I have. Mine are about 8-9 inches when stresched, not counting the tail. How big are yours?

I heard if we handle the pinks with our hands and put them back, the moms won't nurse them because of the human scent. How do you do that?

Thanks

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Great show and lots of info. Thanks for sharing.

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No problem I love to share my animals.

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Your rats seems smaller than the PEW that I have. Mine are about 8-9 inches when stresched, not counting the tail. How big are yours?

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I've never measured them before I have some males the size of small dogs and even a few great big females.

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I heard if we handle the pinks with our hands and put them back, the moms won't nurse them because of the human scent. How do you do that?

Thanks

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I have never had a problem with that in fact if I notice a mom not nursing a pink I will pull it out and foster it off to another tub that has pink around the same age. I have done this a few time with great success.

I have good rats I can even reach in and take baby's right off the mom nursing and she just lays there.

Great questions. Glad I could offer my limited input.

nice video Ed!

:gj:

My moms are pretty good about letting me reach in and grab the babies...even right after they are born. Well, maybe a couple hours after..I never see them actually giving birth. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by MeMe

nice video Ed!

:gj:

My moms are pretty good about letting me reach in and grab the babies...even right after they are born. Well, maybe a couple hours after..I never see them actually giving birth. :rolleyes:

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Thanks Chick.. Yea some are better than others about it :gj::gj: glad you liked it