I'm really starting to hate my cute little rats. They are chewing machines.

I had my males and my females separated but my females chewed their way out of their cage. It was one of those cages you get at pet stores. So I had to put the females in with the males because I didn't have the money for another cage at the time. Well, it didn't take them long to start chewing a hole in the males cage. I've been trying everything possible to keep them from making a hole they can get out of, but nothing really stops them.

Last night they must have really really wanted out because they started on an untouched corner of the cage and by morning there was a whole big enough for them to get out of. All 4 were still in the cage thankfully, but this is just insane. I had to move them into a spare 10 gallon tank until Saturday. On Saturday I am picking up a rat rack from someone on craigslist. I would have made my own, but I didn't want there to be a chance I would mess it up and just create something they could easily chew their way out of.

I'm so frustrated with them right now.