is it really hard to google "how to care for pet rat?" ?? I'm pretty sure that's how most of us ended up here, with good info, figuring out how to make our ratties the happiest.... it's the bare minimum of research!

Videos of people mistreating their pets or not being educated on proper pet care make me sick to my stomach....

The fact they upgraded the cage is a miracle in itself.

Those EARS! Once I saw the look on the white rat's face and those "I am terrified, I might die" ears I was absolutely furious. These people have no place owning rats or any small mammal for that matter.

Ohh these videos make me so angry and stressed out. I hate how they call the rat "ugly and disgusting".. Like why the hell buy rats if you think that way?

I love how Emi's so polite when criticizing other peoples (horrible) rat care.

The daughter: we did return him bc he was sick The mom: Well it's not our fault it happens Me: NO it's entirely your fault it doesn't "just happen" this is a living creature you guys seem financially stable just take him to the vet 🙄 I hate impulse buys of animals with all my heart 😑

How could anyone call red eyed rats ugly? 😭 If I can get rats in the future I want a white one with red eyes.

she finally got another rat, and she called it ugly and said i quote "it will be fun to have a ugly rat" like- ugh just makes me so mad

My heart broke throughout this entire video. I really hope they see this and make changes ASAP.

Just seeing that woman not know a single thing about the animal she just purchased makes me SO upset! I did daily research for a month before a lovely young lady brought me a pair of rats (she traveled an hour one way to bring a pair to me).

I really hate her reaction to the albino, like I get joking oh I have an ugly pet (I have a kinda gross looking dog and make those joke but I love her) but she actually sounded like she disliked it or was grossed out by it

I admit I was guilty some years back, of thinking small pets didn't need total care and I had the goldfish in the bowl mentality. But the more you learn and the more you have focused channels like yourself emiology, the better awareness pet owners will have. So great vid and great channel, cheers!

Animals are not toys 😔 Why does no body research? 😩

I think you handled this very well, It gave me a vibe of non-aggressive, and wanting to help. I would love to see some collabs of you helping new rat owners would be cool.

people are ridiculous and think they can not look after them just because they are small and don’t live long. this is ridiculous! rats need the same amount of care as dogs and cats, which means if you don’t want to look after them with the right amount of care and giving them attention, DO NOT GET ONE! the same applies to mice, hamsters and any other animals you may wish to have. look after them! anyways, love you emi! thanks for telling everyone how to actually look after their animals, i just wish people would listen more!

Rats are the kindest and most beautiful creatures that deserve so much more than these horrid people. Stay strong rats, one day everybody will love you just as much as I do (so A LOT)

Completely unrelated to the video but.... I can’t help but fall in love with the stickers that are on Orbit’s enclosure!! 💗⭐️⭐️

I know she felt guilty about the baby who passed away, but that's not a reason to buy more....especially when they seem like they don't even really like them? Why would you get a pet you don't really want? I don't get it?! (on a more positive note..I love your content Emi :) thanks to your advice my ratties are so happy, thank you!)

Why are big channels buying animals without research!!?? It makes me so mad!!

These are the kinds of people that should be effected by cancel culture. But instead we lost Jenna. The world is truly awful

I personally think you should to TONS! Of research before getting a rat or any animal. I’ve been watching Emiology for 2 years and after a BUT LOAD of research I decided rats weren’t for me! But I still love them and will get them one day!

I feel so bad for these poor babies, that was shocking tbh. Off-topic, I love the red tones in your hair Emi. Hope you are keeping well.

It makes me so upset when people don’t research or look after their animals properly, animals are living creatures not toys or accessories😔

Edit 18/05/21: Update since this video is old but seems to still get comments it seems as though the rats were rehomed due to them being too noisy / smelly. I hope wherever they are now they’re happy 🐀 Research before taking on a pet so you know what you’re getting yourself into this happens far too often with small animals. PLEASE READ!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ Since filming this it has come to my attention that they've also bought ferrets, and there is a lot of things wrong with the way they are caring for them, small cage, frequent baths, etc. Pazuandfriends made a video on the topic for you to learn more: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mpNxm9V1sL2zeXk.html Most shockingly they made the decision to put the ferrets and the rats in together. Ferrets are natural predators to rats, and CAN and WILL kill small animals such as rats in an instant. Ferrets were literally bred... to hunt rats. Not okay. They filmed a video where the ferret bites the rat on the back of the neck and laughed saying it was just playing, please do not go over to their channel and give them views, I have tweeted a video at them on my twitter where you can view the moment this happens, but I have not received a response from Smellybellytv but instead I have been blocked. This is extremely disappointing that two grown adults can not put their pride aside for a moment to listen to genuine concern about living beings, and also their influence over millions of young viewers. It pains me to think how many people may think it is okay to keep rats and ferrets in small cages, stress them out for views, and put their lives in danger by allowing them to mix. This is not going to end well, someone is going to get hurt and unfortunately it's going to be innocent animals that suffer from a lack of willingness to learn.

This gave me severe anxiety. My 4 year old knows more about rats and their care requirements than these morons. Educate yourself. Educate your children. And do so BEFORE bringing new pets home.

What really made me mad about this is that she called her own pet discussing........ don’t do that! It’s so frustrating when people don’t take care of their animals properly, and don’t do the proper research........I don’t have a rat but I have a hamster and I did plenty of research before I decided to get her so I knew what to do!

This family need a reality check * they need hammoks, beds, toys * ANOTHER rat :( * they need to LET IT OUT OF ITS CAGE * they need to give it more bedding, an ACTUAL litter tray * they need to do some research god i could go on forever

How can you just go buy a pet and not do any research about them???

Thank you for reviewing this! I requested it a few weeks ago! They are also mistreating their other animals (such as ferrets), and it’s really sad. I really appreciate you for doing this, they really need to correct their care.

their videos are incredibly infuriating as someone who owns are cares about rats deeply. really wish their comments weren’t off 😑

Rats are not just disposable toys. It is not okay to return a new pet just because it has a slight health problem. You are the owner and now have the responsibility to care for it properly and give it the vet attention it needs.

I'm so glad more well known youtubers are reacting to smelly belly. The video where they introduce their rats to ferrets had my anxiety through the roof.

I could never return a pet. I own a cat and even the thought of giving him away makes me sick.

I appreciate you are giving such kind and constructive criticism. I don’t own rats, but I have a hamster, and when I watch bad hamster care, I get SO mad and upset, I could never stay this calm. Thank you for promoting good animal care!

I feel so bad for the 2nd rat they brought. It clearly did not want to go out of the box yet, and they were literally scaring it to death! Just leave the box and let them get out when their ready!!!

I am so horrified by these clips. They act like he is a toy and not a living creature. I am very sensitive to animal care and it was all i could do to not throw up.

Gosh, when she introduced them it made me so stressed! Poor babies! 😥

This makes me want to banish everyone that treats animals like this. It’s so annoying and I hate it. Even if they are small, and don’t live long, doesn’t mean that they can live in horrible conditions. They deserve so much more, and people need to learn research.😔🥺 P.s I’m so excited to get my 3 boys on Tuesday!

Thanks for doing this. I made one for their ferret care and they responded absolutely refusing to change anything, which is incredibly disappointing. Thank you thank you thank you!

Frankly, I think you were MUCH too kind to them. What they’re doing is horrifying, and although it’s because they’re just uneducated, the SHOULD be educated, and they need to be told what they need to do since they’re not going to find that info themselves. I appreciate what your doing (and I love your channel so much, don’t worry!) but you probably need to be more firm with the people it’s directed at, since I think this could just sound like a ‘suggestion’ to them rather than a necessity of what they HAVE to do.

I'm so happy people are finally reacting to smellybellyTv pet care, I hope they see this and finally do research :) B/c it makes me sad to see parents buy kids pets and the parent or kid doesn't do any research and the pet lives a bad life. And I'd never want that for any pet :)

It took me about 6 months to prepare for my mice. The fact that people go into the store not even knowing what the full name of the animal is just breaks my heart.

I honestly think you are far too sweet and kind about this I have only been researching rats for a bit over a month and have adopted four girls and these videos made me want to lash out at this girl... what the hell!!

Emi, please contact them via mail or something, those rats really really need better care and you’re such a sweet person and respected KZfaqr in the pet and rat community. I think it would be better to make sure those people could receive adequate information. Or else let’s send someone to rescue those poor little babies. My heart is aching.

I saw her fish videos and I got so mad because her fish care is not the best too 😔

the albino rat isn't digusting! He's so cute!

I am going to adopt two male rats in the winter and I am wondering if my rat supplies list is complete, I’ve been doing lots of research and watching your channel (I love it). So please check out the list below to see if I need to change or add anything. Rat Supplies ◦ Ferret/critter nation cage (1/2” bars at max) ◦ Fleece blankets, strips of fleece for nesting ◦ Binder clips ◦ Hideaways ◦ Wooden chews ◦ Foraging toys ◦ Hammocks ◦ Water bottle ◦ Clip in food bowl ◦ Feed ◦ Nail clippers ◦ Pet safe wipes (for cage and body) ◦ Litter box ◦ Litter ◦ Pee Rock ◦ Scooper

You're so calm, I was so nervous through the entire thing. Especially when she showed that hamster potty. That is not a proper litter pan for a rat... I don't know how one would even fit in and turn around with its tail. Bless you for so kindly helping, I hope that family sees this.

Felt physically ill watching this and then hearing about the ferret incident. Thank you for your reaction and advice to them. Hopefully they made/will make necessary changes to provide all their animals the proper care they need and deserve. Love your content. 💗

I appreciate your grace with these people, especially since in some ways you can tell their hearts are in the right place. They have updated their care on many of their pets.

YES THANK YOU! I’ve been waiting for someone to make a video on them. They are constantly buying exotic pets without research and are always neglecting them

had to cover my poor albinos' ears when she called them ugly >:( my albinos are beautiful

In the beginning, I had the same starter cage filled to the brim with toys and hammocks but I’m getting a dcn for my birthday soon.I love your channel💕💕💕

I chose to get pet rats because I knew they needed a lot of care. I suffer from depression and the motivation of helping my rats and taking care of them has brought light into my life

Creating a fun and enriching cage is one of my favourite thing about owning rats, it so fun to walk around the dollar store and imagining how you can use some random object in the cage and then watching them explore and have fun in when you put it in

I love how nice she is even though those people had no idea what they were doing and had no common sense. It really shows she’s a nice person

this is absolutely heartbreaking and makes me want to cry because i just know that their newer rat is miserable and they don’t care. this is awful.

I'm going to reserve my three boys today! I'll probably take them home in a week and a bit. luckily the Mainely Rat Rescue has fosters close to me so I can adopt instead of buying from a pet store or breeder. :) your channel has helped me a lot with research so thank you!!

"Theres nothing we could have done" WHAT. He is your pet! You take him to a vet.

calling that a “mansion” is so stupid in my opinion, yes it is big but there is absolutely NOTHING to do, it hurts my heart when people dont take good care of their animals :/ oh gosh i also forgot to add that calling your rat ugly is kind of sad :((

how did you stay so calm?

I recently had my 3 mice pass away but watching your channel has definitely helped cheer me up and Pearl is my favourite mouse especially since she has the same name as my best friend so yeah thank you for posting amazing content and you are one of my favourite youtubers So thank you for helping me with mouse care 💜 :)

Your videos are great because you are honest and share your expertise. I currently live with a feline and no rodents but you give me memories of the Gerbil, Hamsters and Mice I used to care for. X

how did you stay so calm😂 i was literally screaming inside

1:13 living feeding is dangerous for all snake keepers, but this whole thing is stupid

I did my research for one year before getting my rats your videos helped me so much💜

Thank you so much, I have been hoping someone would talk about these people.

Did you see that they let there ferrets play with there RATS! The ferret bite the rat

Don’t understand why people go out and get a new pet probably for ‘views’ anyways every other video is a getting a new pet video I just find it a bit irresponsible ngl

You are so sweet and professional😂 I would not have been able to give as calm as advise. You are a dear❤

I've been watching you're videos for a couple of months to do my research and I'm going to get my 2 babys in a week so thank you so much for all the information

I have a idea you should post daily stories with all ur pets!

Hi emi,u make my day when u make a video,your rats are really cute and ive been watching for quite a while,i want to start a small youtube channel but im not sure how,u have inspired me lots!❤

Yay I tried to tell them in the comments! I just found out you made a video! Thank you ! Hopefully they change their care!

this isn’t related to the video, but your videos have taught me so much about rats! i’m planning on getting 2-3 in a month or two, and i’m so excited!

Her: "I kept him for like.... a week" Me: At least try if you really cared you would of took him to the vets, reashearched it, and defiantly NOT returned him. If you cared for the rat then you would of kept helping him and tried all you could to resolve the issue! And then getting a new rat that looks exactly alike, it just proves that they were probably doing it for the views, if my rat passed I wouldn't go out and buy another one that looked exactly alike!

this video is making me so anxious 😭

THANK YOU for talking about this subject

This just makes me so sad I’m getting rats soon and I have been binge watching your KZfaq and googling how to take care rats and all of that so stuff like this won’t happen so I appreciate you being able to educate me and others about rats 😁so plz keep doing what ur doing

That family and the way they react with the rats is disgusting. The family is arrogant and ignorant. All of them! Emi, you’re a class act. I would not have given them the courtesy and composure you did.

It really hurt when they got a rat without even knowing what a fancy rat was or how to care for it. *cringe*

Thank you for educating people !!!!

Hi emi! I’m eleven and a year ago in may I got two pet rats, called Milo and moose, they were rats who were rescued, and they were around six months old when I got them, but my mum really supports me having them and I got the right cage and stuff, I did lots of research and I am saving money for christmas so I can get my rat boys some more stuff, I find these videos so interesting! (Not these ones of horrible rat care) but I really hope when I’m older and have more money I can get a couple of rats like you and have an amazing setup and a whole room! Thank you for all the help, I really admire you!

I love your vids as getting rats after lockdown

Look like all the pet community is reacting to them and its honestly important to

Im extremely impressed with you Emi! You stayed calm and explained why it was wrong and how to fix it. I would’ve just gotten mad lol

I have just found your channel and I love it 🥰 . Those people really frustrate me I don’t own a rat or am thinking of owning one in the future, but I know more about them than these people do! Ahhhhh some people just don’t deserve animals!!!!

I dont have rats, but I think I know more than they do, because I watch your videos

🚨PET RAT UPDATE🚨 so since they got the rats, they decided to also get farrets... the ferrets aren't being properly housed and their care isn't the best. ALSO FOR SOME REASON THEYY PUT THE RATS WITH THE FERRETS!?! THAT IS NOT OK

I have never been more heartbroken by a video before. I feel so bad for these poor babies.

I love that your giving them ways to improve other than "your doing it wrong everything is wrong" they should be greatfull your trying to help!

I got a bit sad when they said they got a different rat because the other 1 was sick :/

If your animal is sick, you take it to the vet. There is NO excuse for this behavior. She's uneducated because she can't be bothered to do some research. This makes me so upset.

10:36 "...because they're kind of ugly." Your face was PRICELESS and spot-on 😂

I have a friend who is a whiz at pet care, when she was in the third grade she got a hamster from a pet store chain (which she now knows is bad, she was very young and her family hadn't done much research). She took it upon herself to do a lot of research and that hamster lived for almost *FIVE YEARS*. She's like a blessing to pets, all the pets she takes care of are happy, healthy, and just positively thrive. She's basically the opposite of these people, and it just goes to show that people (including children) *can* be smart and take care of animals properly, and that the way these people treat animals is not simply innocent concern but stubborn refusal to learn and grow in any capacity. On a much happier note, that friend I mentioned has two lovely rats and is the person who introduced me to your amazing channel!

You’re right, rats are good pets for kids with responsible adult supervision - thing is, their parents seem to be more focused on creating content and being ‘cool’ rather than actually caring for the many animals they have.

I love your hair!!

Thank you so much for doing this video because I’ve been commenting and commenting and commenting on smelly belly TV’s channel and they don’t listen to anything that other people said because I read some of their comments to

I love your videos! I am a vet tech, and have owned snakes for years. I now have 4 baby rats because I have one that unfortunately has been very hard to transition to frozen. It wasn't even that she wouldn't take; I just couldn't do it haha. (I am not letting her starve I promise) They are about 3 weeks old now so eating blocks soaked in KMR and needing stimulation to urinate, but they are doing so well and I love them so much! I have really enjoyed your videos helping me get prepared for their future with me. (I even bought my parrot a new upgraded cage so her current one can be their forever home)