Not to hijack the thread or anything but a question kind of related. About two weeks ago we purchased a small rat for our Volta giant to eat (didnt take it). Anyway, this rat stunk up my entire apartment, it smelled like very strong dog feces. He also defecated in her enclosure, semi runny, and it smelled so bad I went ahead and ran chlorohexidine through the enclosure to kill the smell.

Any reason for the exceptional stinkyness? I thought about breeding rats as well but there is no way I could deal with that kind of smell in the house.