Something about it got me yesterday. I don't know if it was pregnancy sense of smell or what. I nathed my pet rats once every 6 months even though they didn't stonk. It was a way of keeping their skin and coat healthy. The smell of wet rodent doesn't bother me. It could have been the pet store wasn't feeding a high quality food, or they weren't keeping the cage clean. I know the owner is not big on rats. They think they are dirty and mean. They prefer mice. Me I prefer rats over mice. If I were to breed again and needed a large quantity of rodents then I would do rats and I would be able to do a nice euthanasia tank for them, but with only 1 girl I'm not going to worry about it. I did find a better pet store that sells the rats for less because he breeds his own for his snakes and his store. His place was very clean and the rodents he had in store were well fed and clean also. He showed me the feed he uses and it was a very good quality. I just wish I knew what messed me up about this rat yesterday. It didn't smell like defrosting meat but almost my son's diaper lol. The smell was gone as soon as she ate it but still. Maybe its just preggo smell. Even neef stinks at times and I love beef lol