Rats can survive at 95

Hey everyone just thought i would share that my rats have survived a long couple of days, i live in phoenix AZ and it gets to about 115 the past couple of days and of course the air conditioning in my apartment went out its been like that for two days and when the guy was standing in the middle of my appartment with a didital gage it was 92 IN MY APPARTMENT and my room faces with west with a glass slideing door, so my room has to be hotter then that, sorry for the rant but now hes the inportant part my rats and there babies are still alive and dont seem to be bothered by it, they still play and run around and everything, just thought i would share my horrible couple of days haha. thankx andrew

I think if you could survive in there I think the rats would,just make sure they have water & air circulating.They get real stinky when its hot.

Yes they do and they drink water like no other but so was i haha

Try to put a fan in front of their enclosure to cool them down!

Do your neighbors complain about the rat smell?

Nope, not at all i cant really even smell them most the time, they have 2 fans on them so there ok and the air conditioning people are at my place right now fixing it so i might be able to sleep tonight

We've been experimenting with rat heat exposure as well as it's been 100-105 in the afternoons here. Our rats are in the garage where it's not 100...but I'm guessing it's in the high 90's. Anywho, we have three fans blowing on them right and I fill their water bottles twice a day...

They look hot, but seem okay.

I have one mouse nursing a litter and she's inside. =)

Ick... not fun to be without AC over there in summer! Glad the rats made it through ok.

I keep a rotating tower fan on a timer in front of my rodent area from about May to September. :)

yea i have a tower fan and a normal fan blowing on them, i just got a call and they are replacing the ac unit so its going to be a hot day for them, i hope they make it, and i also have a female with 7 pups, so i hope they will be ok :(:weirdface:tears:

Watch that momma...I lost 3 nursing mothers (one rat and two mice) during the first heat wave in May...but granted we didn't have any fans going..

Yea i know im at work like a worried father haha, but i have 2 fans goin on them so i hope they will be ok there in my bathroom small room with two fans so i hope they will be ok, :weirdface:weirdface:tears::tears::tears::tears:

Hey Drew,

Remember . . . it's a dry heat!

Jim

Yea i know its a dry heat and we both know thats crap still feels like we live in a oven !!!!

Glad to hear your rats are ok, and that the AC is getting fixed. Having no AC is NO fun. I did it for 2 days last summer, and the weather wasn't as hot as what you are dealing with.

I'm not sure I believe the "dry heat" thing either. You might be more comfortable because the humidity definitely feels gross. But my personal experience tells me that 95 degrees that "feels like" 100 really isn't like 100 at all as far as making me feel sick.

haha thankx man well its my own fault for living in the middle of a desert

Yeah I feel ya...it hits 125+ every summer here. I dont know how Im gunna keep my temps down for the rats in summer.

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q...l2004/temp.jpg

At eight AM. Yeah if we can live through it, so can they. But good on ya for worrying like that. It says a lot about ya.

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At eight AM. Yeah if we can live through it, so can they.

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No, sorry, that is not true at all. Rats succumb to heat exposure a lot easier than humans. They regulate their heat through their tales, and are in a fur coat for heavens sake. The only sweat glands they have are on the soles of their feet.

Keep rats cool, mist them down when its over 90, keep fans on them, and out of direct sunlight.

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Yeah I feel ya...it hits 125+ every summer here. I dont know how Im gunna keep my temps down for the rats in summer.

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You live near death valley? I imagine the humidity is extremely low, and super hot. You'll likely have to deal with ring tail quite a bit with that low humidity, and expect seriously low litters if you can't keep them cool. (70's range)

use lots of fans theyll be alright but you wont get many litters

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

No, sorry, that is not true at all. Rats succumb to heat exposure a lot easier than humans. They regulate their heat through their tales, and are in a fur coat for heavens sake. The only sweat glands they have are on the soles of their feet.

Keep rats cool, mist them down when its over 90, keep fans on them, and out of direct sunlight.

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I hope you did not take my post for me saying that you could just leave them. No that is not what I meant. But they can and do survive in extreme tempratures.

If you want a good read check out. Bilateral Lesion of Anterior Hypothalamus and Regulation of Body Temperature in Rats. Medicina et Pharmacologia Experimentalis 1967;16:355-364 (DOI: 10.1159/000137011)

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Originally Posted by Typical_08

I hope you did not take my post for me saying that you could just leave them. No that is not what I meant. But they can and do survive in extreme tempratures.

If you want a good read check out. Bilateral Lesion of Anterior Hypothalamus and Regulation of Body Temperature in Rats. Medicina et Pharmacologia Experimentalis 1967;16:355-364 (DOI: 10.1159/000137011)

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I have surprisingly read that (or an article suspiciously titled closely), however, I still stand by my statements.

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I have surprisingly read that (or an article suspiciously titled closely), however, I still stand by my statements.

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I do not deny that their tails have a great deal to do with their temp. Just throwing out information.