Awweh that’s the sweetest! We’ve usually had sister rats, most of the time when they get sick they stayed away from one another... the well ones would warm themselves with blankets and sometimes check on the sick sister, but wouldn’t stay for long. They would literally stay on different levels throughout the night😪they are very compassionate on one another I agree to that! But just asking a question but have you ever had a group of rats where they’d develop a habit that is hard to train them out of? Every group of rats (rescued/biological brother or sister/non-biologically related) we’ve had always bit us to go to bed.. they’d bite us until we’d bleed, we bought home two brothers, one of then would bite and nip our face for no reason, he has passed away, his brother on the other hand is aggressive to other rats but is the most sweetest alone. It’s quite sad tbh. But it was just a question I wanted to ask as you said you’ve looked after rats for years😊I’m still learning since only 2015, not very long enough to me lol

@@poematic2652 not all rats are rat friendly, however there is hormonal aggression that will show up between 5 months to 14 months. You can get your rat neutered by a rat savvy vet or you can separate your aggressive boy out to keep your other rats safe. I myself prefer neutering, giving a 1 month separation then following proper introduction protocol to get the neutered male back into the mischief.

@@tuckerderatt2945 we did reconsider neutering, I forgot why we didn't.. but next time if we get bucks, we will certainly do so! I do agree! we've had a few rats that were not that friendly but they were rescues, old, sick, and we were quite scary to them which we understood but we kept trying and so did they for us and themselves within improvle. I do feel that our 'aggressive' buck that had passed wanted space because our loveable boy always was wanting his attention no matter where this fella went (either if he was in his high hammock, top/bottom level cage or out for his daily run, his brother was always by his side. (His brother is also blind 'PEW'.) Thank you so much for your advice, I will try taking it in the future!😊

@@poematic2652 if his brother was blind & was following him, he was using him as his own "seeing eye rat" & companion. I've had rats over 5 decades & a few were blind. They did like having a companion, some volunteered to be their "seeing eye rat" & some were chosen by the blind rat. The volunteers were the sweetest, they would guide them up & down ramps, levels, hammocks, bring treats, food & protect if a fight broke out.

Too many people why get pet rats do not have a clue how much work and time they require. And they need to stop buying from pet stores.

Yuck rats

@@andreamaria85 Rats are awesome pets.

@@andreamaria85 no one cares about your opinion xoxo

You do because you replied! :)

@@TheJackpoth ignore her she’s commented one everyone’s posts who likes rats, also bullied me on my post for my disability, laughed at me when I said my rats saved me as I was going through mental health and sucicidal thoughts at the time and they were there to get my mind of it, and all sorts, would ignore her clearly hadn’t got anything better to do

I got so mad. The cage isn't even suitable for a hamster let alone a rat. The poor guy needs buddies of similar size and age and in the first 2 weeks of being in a new home he's going to get sneezes. Dark chocolate chip every day and he'll be fine. He's not 8 weeks old at all either. He's far too big to be that young. He's gotta be 6 months old. And yip that cat is gonna be hell for the rat. He needs. Single critter nation type cage at the minimum, lots of hides and hammocks and at least 2 friends. And a mixed balanced diet not pellets

@@belladonnafae1988 Yep. Either that or he would be the biggest 10-week buck I've ever seen. Though honestly, I don't have an issue with antibiotics, moving sniffles should have improved after 2 weeks already and if he's not well in himself, then he really needs something better - though the chocolate chip won't hurt at all! I must admit I've nebulised my rats before when they've had pneumonia and severe chronic myco issues, but I suspect this poor little guy has been sitting in the pet store for ages alone and the staff have just lied to a couple of people who, honestly, know very little about rats. The poor boy has probably been sneezing the entire time he was there, too. Hell, I saw a pet store who deliberately put a buck into a cage of does, because he wasn't selling and they thought someone else might take him thinking he was a she... and when I called them out on the risk of those poor babies ending up pregnant, they just shrugged and said "they can bring the babies back to sell" = like having a litter at a couple of months old wouldn't cause all kinds of issues for a still-growing doe. And this wasn't a small pet store, this was a HUGE UK chain, too. I wish pet stores didn't sell animals, though. The conditions they're bred in are utterly horrific and it clearly wasn't a pet store that has ANY idea about how to properly care for rats.

@@JustAnotherBuckyLover I bet it was pets at home xD im totally with you. Dark choc was always my first port of call when my boys got a sniffle then if it didn't shift or they started with porphyrin then I'd go get them some antibiotics. Luckily never needed to nebulize any of my boys. If antibiotics didn't sort it they were too far gone, but that only happened twice. Most ended up passing from old age, one from a bad tooth abscess (he passed during surgery) and one from a tumour and old age. Think only 2 went from uris and they were quite young and weak to begin with.

​@@belladonnafae1988 I could deny your guess... but then I'd be a liar. LOL, I've had a lot of rats over a lot of years, and sadly some were just seriously prone to resp issues. When you get to the stage where you're taking care of a mischief of a dozen or more rats at once, then you tend to have to deal with most things at some stage! It's tough when they get seriously sick with pneumonia - luckily my vet at the time was amazing and would just lend us an incubator and taught me how to provide fluids under the skin, as well as injections of antibiotics, steroids etc. Unfortunately, my health's declined recently and after 20+ years of being owned by rats, I had to let the colony taper out because I simply couldn't give them the love, care and attention they deserved (heck, I'm I can't even manage myself anymore lol). But good grief, I miss them like crazy. It just makes me so sad to see this. From what I can find, the original show was filmed around December of 2015, so it's probably moot now... but I hope he got a bigger cage and a buddy to play with, too, at some point.

@@JustAnotherBuckyLover I feel that. I think I had 6 at a time and that was a handful enough lol. Had a second baby so let the mischief taper and end. My now 7 yr old is asd and losing them so often with the short lifespans was too upsetting and I knew I wouldn't have the time for them with 2 kids. I barely have time for myself xD but I feel the same entirely

I think every loveable owner is like that

@Mochii Good to know. It was pretty funny!

I laughed so hard that I nearly peed myself!😅😂🤣😅😂🤣😅😂🤣!!!

Yep. I had a Siamese cat for 17 years who absolutely adored me and I her. But twice, she deliberately peed on me to express extreme displeasure. Once, I was moving from one apartment to another and she was loose in the car while other cats were in their carriers. She was howling so loudly it was distracting me, and I lost my temper and yelled at her equally loudly. She climbed in my lap and peed on me immediately. I never yelled at her like that again. A few years later we were living in Florida where the fleas were awful, before the days of the flea meds once a month to the base of the skull. I used a flea dip on them that was just awful, but worked. They all tolerated it except the Siamese, who hated all baths, particularly this one. She screamed so loudly during it that I was afraid the neighbors would think I was torturing her. That night, I went to bed and the Siamese was still angry and ready for payback. As soon as I settled in, she just jumped up with me as usual, but instead of snuggling as she usually did, you guessed it, she peed on me. I never used that stuff again. She never peed on me again.

0hi

One of the guys looks like the dr on the good dr.

So adorable! 😍

We have two boys like this! If litter isn't cleaned fast enough he will start peeing as looks @us in several different places.😣We keep it clean ASAP we see it but, when @work lil challenging. The other one HATES being inside so until we all committed to letting live outside it was Revenge Peeing everywhere as like his brother gives us a "Death" stare.🤔🙉🙈

My dog does this when he gets in trouble or when he wants to play and we ignore him. When we have caught him he puts his head down, runs and hides, before we even have a chance to scold him.

So the ducks leg injury might be the result of tying a rope to it, just as they now have on the other leg. Given the way he flaps so intensely, my guess is a rope was tied to the injured leg and the force of his flapping caused the injury. The scar on that leg also seems to fit my suspicion but it’s just a guess. Only the duck can tell us what really happened 😁

@@marilyn3124 war

I wwwewwwww

You can tell they won't....they haven't even done research to figure out you HAVE to get 2 rats, not to mention the horrible horrible size of the cage.....fucking horrendous conditions to live in

Yes! Thank you for pointing that out! 🙌❤

Yeah, doesn't look like they did any research into rats. Was hoping the vets would do so.

They’re simply vermin to me. Why spend money for a mobile vet to come see a rat when Tiggs can just rid of it for free? That was a dog or cats job back in the day on ships mostly.. Look it up! Cats were worshipped in Egypt and Asia. See that doesn’t happen to rats.

This is just not true.

@@andreamaria85 if you don't want to keep a pet rat fair enough but their animals with as much right to be on this planet as any other species. So get over it.

@@andreamaria85 In India, they feed rats milk with honey and spices in the temple.

@@ashleyhayward2319 don’t worry about her she’s commented on everyone’s replies to have rats, she just bullied me for my learning disabilities, she laughed at me for saying my rats saved me as I was going through mental health and suicidal thoughts at one point and they were there for me to get my mind of etc etc, she’s clearly a sad lonely old woman who has nothing better to do.

I can voice much the same; in agreement with you. I think Marcus is wonderful in every way.

Probably not....😕

Yeah he doesn’t even have a wheel, and the cage is minuscule…

No, he needs freedom above all, his mummy, daddy, his darling, his little rat children, other rats. Animals are in grave danger when they are near the atheists who even don't know who they themselves truly are. Near them, the animals slowly but surely degenerate. Body conscious people touch their bodies and so, they dull their sharpened senses that are necessary for life in the wilderness. In the nature, an animal parent would, without hesitation, kill a weak his or her child or even if there they don't have enough food to feed them. They kill that body and that soul goes somewhere else where there could be plenty of food, for example. As long as we are all here, the souls will continue to take rebirth. It doesn't mean if we don't see some type of animals here any more that that species became extinct no, they hide themselves somewhere deep in the jungles or somewhere else because no soul can leave this physical stage before the very end of this drama cycle. Few months ago I saw that the elephants live in China, what a great and sweet surprise that was to me. Those animal souls wish freedom but those embodied human souls don't allow them to leave. The bondage of karma is the worst thing you can imagine. It is a closed, vicious cycle! I can be happy and content that drama doesn't put any diseased animal on my life path, it means that we, I and those all animals gave respect of keeping distance from each others, we gave each others that freedom. People even don't know that by feeding an animal with meat, they kill their own happiness because eating of meat is a form of violence, you or some other in your name must kill for you to be able to eat the flesh from that costume. There, for example, in Bondi Vet, they try to heal those animals and after their businesses are finished they go home or out and eat meat. So, is it the love towards the animals or a hunger towards money? Yes, the Christian souls would tell that some animals eat meat from the beginning of time but first coming of one particular religion into this drama cycle is not considered to be "the beginning of time"! The beginning of time is, in fact and clearly, 3000 years before the first Christian soul came here. If you didn't read about that truth in the Bible, it means that you read these days falsified the Holy Bible. The first and the purest Christian soul, Christ, came about 2000 years ago from now in this drama cycle, from Nirvana, the soul world. At that time, it was Copper age, the third age of this drama cycle and that is the time when all truth is already lost in this world. Those fallen deities, now Hindus are already here, those of Islam came, Buddhists came.. After 1250 years of that Copper age comes the Iron age, then total destruction of this old world, called hell, begins and again, the new Golden age is to dawn, and again Silver age, and Copper age are to come and so again and again this drama cycle repeats identically because the souls play their parts, not bodies... Be soul conscious, have emerged awareness that we are all brother souls and remember the Supreme Father, the Supreme Soul, God Shiva in His form of a point of light. Our (soul) form is the same. We are the stars. We are to leave this physical stage soon.. Remembrance of the Father means salvation. When we will be in salvation, in that future paradise, the animals there will also be in salvation, happy and peaceful, playful and never eaten by those the most elevated beings, the deities.

I mean I believe they only just got him? Maybe they’re in the process of getting everything he needs?

@@alainnaltz7489 Getting a proper sized cage should be the first step! Before you even get the animal. Rats need HUGE cages with tons of space to run around, and they're social animals that do best with a few other rats.

It's hard to introduce rats to other rats a lot of times they fight they are better to be alone I have had a few rats and tried getting them rat friends but they fight even if u get 2 from the same litter a lot of the time they still fight but I do agree about the cage he does need a bigger one and more toys my last rat she had a huge cage and lots of toys and was fine being by herself but undo have to give them a lot of attention cuz they are alone so I gave mine a lot of attends he was never in her cage only at night time during the day she was with me on my lap or shoulder or laying in my bed with me and my cat lol my cat loved my rat lol

The vets probably did just didnt want to in front of camera to not embarrass them.

@@letsdostuff8967 so they let misinformation spread to all the people that watch this channel? Not exactly the better option is it

@@ashleyhayward2319 never said it was the better option. I agree that they should have called them out.

@@letsdostuff8967 even if they told him infront of the camera, it could have been edited out.

that's something producers would likely make sure is edited out if they did tell them the cage is too small.

Girl, firstly it’s a meme photo, not me, secondly i have more than enough money to spend on my animals and myself, you’re a grown lady, and act like a 12 year old who’s just been told their parents are getting divorced, instead of bullying people work on yourself because you’re not pretty. Vermon is a word to identify animals that are harmful to crops etc, which can be used for other mammals too. Rats are rodents, they’re bred for all sorts one being companionships to humans (pets) did you know they’re cleaner than cats and dogs? Bet not. Did you know they’re used to sniff out land mines and protect people? I bet not. So next time learn. I have worked at animal shelters, kennels, as an animal technicians I have my own animal boarding business and I have studied animal care and management for 6 years aswell as Owned over 50+ pets. So goodbye miss trunchball.

@@andreamaria85 you call yourself a lady? You’re nothing but a disgrace. Actually so your research on animals and rats before stereotyping them. Let rats have a far more nice and sweeter personality than you. What happened did your husband leave you or something? Ever told to respect people? 🙄 and these people say children on this society are bad.

Personally I’d ignore Andrea she clearly has some issues that she needs to sort out and instead is taking it out on other people

Couldn’t agree more, I’ve had so many animals dogs and cats and I found that rats had the biggest personality. Wish they had a bigger life span, mine were also litter trained lol! Maybe this Andrea lady could take some tips out of this, she’s probably the type of Karen to fall down and pretend you attacked her even though you’ve filmed everything. What a weirdo!

@@andreamaria85 a disgrace to human life.

We had one yrs ago, Natasha was Super sweet HIGHLY intelligent n VERY affectionate💜

🙄🤔some ppl make stupid comments

🥰Best pets ever! I had a mischief of 4girls. The only sad thing is that they don't live long enough!😰

@@lylawhalen5444 its not really a stupid comment. Its probably out of frustration. Rats should always be kept in a larger cage with lots of climbing space and they are highly social creatures that need a cage mate. If they dont have one they get depressed and even suicidal (they will stop eating, moving, and drinking) humans cant give the same social interaction. the way the owners are keeping Roddy is improper care 100%

@@Joeslette oh I'm sorry did I direct a comment 2 U? 🤔

Agreed, I use to keep rats, rats need to be in pairs and in much larger cage. It could also be the hospital cage most keepers have at home and not the usual one

@@RCMN-2024 that was my hope! That maybe they moved him into that for the vet to come? If not that cage isn't even suitable for a hamster. Either way he needs a friend

@@brinnleywatts6027 Yes I use to adopt and help a rescue, sick rats are usually in separate, smaller cages as larger cages can stress them out sometimes. Yes usually in pairs but I had an adult boy that got picked on by any rat and preferred to be on his own in a large cage, & preferred the company of humans lol, but he was let out quite often.

@@RCMN-2024 it just didnt sound luke they have more rats.they said"new RAT dads" and hes been there for 2 weeks. ,maybe im wrong its iust my feeling

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@@andreamaria85 seriously get a grip love

You should too because you replied!

@@andreamaria85 you've replied to so many comments on the rats. They are completely different then wild rats and are specifically bred to be pets. Please stop. We get it that you dont like rats. You are entitled to your opinion but stop being so rude to those who keep and love them as pets. Rats still deserve a place in the hearts of those who care for them

For all you know, off camera The rat could have his own room or just run free in the house, It clearly shows that the rat is in the kitchen on a towel, i highly doubt they keep in there, It could be for the video or maybe because the vets were coming over, Maybe they wanted to make it more easy to access the rat, You don’t know the real life of these animals! Stop assuming!

They said that they just got the rat that night. Who says it isn't just quarantine and such. Stop assuming

@@lottepepplinkhuizen9220 it should still be in a large cage. And unless a rat is aggressive towards other rats, they should always be sold in pairs

@@lottepepplinkhuizen9220 they actually have had the rat 2 weeks.

@@lottepepplinkhuizen9220 "That night" they saw sneezing. You didn't hear correctly. They've had the rat for 2 weeks.

@@flamingbridges1649 aggressive rats need to be neutered and rebonded to other rats, not kept alone.

Oh yes. Pretty nice. How are you doing. Hope you are fine and staying safe out there?

Rats truly do make Fantastic Little Pets, They Are Smart and Loving and very Engaging Little Animals. If my son forgot to Feed his Rat, Spot would let Himself out of His Cage and follow my scent to wherever I was and let me know He was Hungry! He Lived to be over 5 & 1/2 years old, Quit old for a Rat,

It’s really interesting and I love to watch it too. How are you doing. Hope you are fine and staying safe out there?

They also live in two different countries , Chris in Australia and Scott is an Australian living in England.

@@add1msk1 lol okay so get this..i knew scott was an aussie who ran a clinic in england. i literally thought he would travel back and fourth in between countries and his jaw would get bigger?!xD when i noticed chris adopted his black cat and it showed his bachelor pad i thought scott’s wife, kids, and dog left him.

It just sucks they don't live nearly long enough for how lovely they are. Otherwise I consider them the perfect pets!

I have a few ruining my pineapple farm harvest that I can send her way! @Denise Roe

That cage is too small for any animal it's a travel cage at best

You mean a echidna

@@Ryanrulesok A baby Echidna is called a “puggle ”

Keeping rats alone, regardless of cage size is just not acceptable.

@@ashleyhayward2319 Hmmm...I beg to differ. Riley, my runt, racked up over 500 in vet bills in his lifetime. Acheron, my first, had a tumor on his foot...over a thousand in vet bills. My beautiful Silkie had a skin condition and numerous trips to the vet...so, let's see, just how many people would have actually paid for the vets or just let the rats suffer or put them out or fed them to a snake. My babies preferred life, love and comfort and that is exactly what they got even without another rat in the cage.

@@Ravennwing rats are social animals and need same species company to thrive. You're not special or a top notch pet owner for taking your pet to the vet. That's the bare minimum to pet care. Rats need company, there are many many scientific studies that prove this, they get stressed, depressed and lonely without other rats to interact with. So much so that even in labs where they are tested on they MUST be housed in groups by law. Humans cannot replicate behaviours like social grooming and sleeping together and we do not speak rat. You can't argue with facts of the matter, rats need company and anything else is frankly not adequate.

@@ashleyhayward2319 Oh you're right, I certainly won't argue. You are one of those people who just HAS to be right and any other opinion must be squelched. I know the truth of the love my precious boys received and gave and NO ONE is going to even begin to make me think I did not give them a wonderful home. So you can write reams of factoids here, I don't care and I won't respond or read so, have at it.

@@andreamaria85 why are you replying to all of the rat positive comments like this? Move on 😅

Free range wouldn't be safe. They have a cat

Actually, it’s perfectly fine to keep cats and rats in the same household, so long as the cats don’t have constant access to the rats or their cage(keeping the cage in a room with the door closed is usually fine), and that they’re all supervised any time the rats are taken out. It can also be a good idea to try and teach your cat(s) to be calm around the cage any time they do have access; keep them from jumping or climbing on it, trying to get inside, pawing at it, etc. That can reduce a bit of the stress those situations may put on the rat. I’ve kept rats for years and my family has always had cats at the same time, and there’s never been any issues. Well, other than the time our cat Musket(who was closely supervised despite never showing any interest in small animals) laid on top of my late rat Pepperjack after he’d tried to jump off my shoulder onto Musket’s back. Neither were harmed and they were quickly separated, but Pepperjack immediately wanted to go back in his cage to groom himself for several minutes.

I had six rats and two cats, neither cats touched the rats and the rats weren't bothered by the cats.

Lol I had a 3 rats and a cat, my cat was petrified off them 😅

@@juicytea8297 😂😂😂😂

@@juicytea8297 😂😂😂😂

And a lovely blessing

You're lucky your cat never killed that poor little hamster. What an incredibly thoughtless thing to do.

@@JustAnotherBuckyLover we were right there and I wanted them to learn to get along. We always knew where the cat was and just watched the hamster. We had the hamster for about 4 years it died of old age in its cage. My Persian was very gentle.

@@lindadickson783 You can't be guaranteed to teach any animal to not have their prey drive - and even if they don't deliberately attack and hurt the small critter, it would be SO easy for the cat to accidentally hurt a rodent while "playing". That bopping? Could easily smack the hamster off a table, or into a wall, or startle it so much it has a heart attack, or accidentally puncture the skin with the teeth or claws. - I'm sure your cat was wonderful - but the very fact that your cat also batted at the hamster, period, demonstrates WHY it's foolhardy thing to do. I'm very glad to hear that your hammy lived a good, long life - and hopefully wasn't too stressed by the interactions, because MANY small critters are stressed just by the smell of predators or their presence outside the cage. But I've seen too many horror stories by animals that "wouldn't hurt a fly" who one day did. It just not worth the risk.

Doing that with the hamster free is incredibly risky. It’s not worth it. Not just from the perspective of the cat being able to kill the hamster but the hamster’s stress at having this predator nearby. Personally, my cat and hamster got along but my hamster would be in her ball during that time. We’d section off the hallway with a gate so she could run through my room and the hallway. My tabby would lay in the middle of the hall where my hamster would run herself into his belly, he’d kick her away, then she’d do it again. Both could easily go anywhere else and that’s just what they chose to do.

@@lindadickson783 a cat and a hamster getting along??? You must be crazy lady.... a hamster is PREY for a CAT... >.

Rats need other rats for company regardless of how much interaction you give them. No human can replicate that rattie bond, it's vital for their mental and physical health.

Rats also need out of cage play time not just a friend. They should always have a friend. Period. And they should always have a bigger cage. Period. They are highly intelligent and active animals and should always have time out of the cage. In my opinion the way they are being kept is abusive. Yes the rat is loved but ignorance is no excuse for improper care. Rats have the intelligence to mourn their lost cage mates, stress out when they have been taken away, and have the capacity for empathy when their buddies are hurting, sick, or in trouble