Quote Originally Posted by cchardwick View Post
Personally I find that my African Soft Fur rats don't like to eat blocks from above. But considering that one died overnight I would say it may have taken some sort of trauma. They should be able to go days without food and water. I also found that my rats die from regular pine bedding. It's very toxic to rodents, I would switch to shredded paper.
What kind of trauma would you say? The female was alive at around 1am last night and was in a state of rigormortis when i found her. I do use pine but it's kiln dried pine. I used it with my rats with extreme success. Would you recommed a food dish? What about the waterr bottle? Should i change that?