You know, speaking of fat rats, my Himalayan is still gaining weight. He must be around 750 grams now! I've been giving him a handful of food daily (mazuri) and he still packs on the weight. I don't know what to do short of starving him. I don't give him any treats except for a hard dog biscuit for him to chew on once a week.
I am sooo at my wits end with him. His "brother" that we got at the same time is around 500 grams. And it's such a difference in size. Lil Pimp is such a fat rat! I'm hoping he's not diabetic, or has that fatty gene. I want to take him out of our breeding program, but Chris doesn't see it that way. I would love to get a new male, but the only pet store's are petsmart, and Pet paradise (and pet paradise is just so nasty now). We still have 2 females in quarantine as it is, and they are getting over the sniffles. It's been about 2 months for them. Getting another male to quarantine for some different blood is going to put those other girls back to day 1.