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The rat house where Grey, Sierra & Tauile live. The wooden section is multi-level inside and has a removable glass top and a sliding glass lower door. The wood section bolts onto the pre-made standard cage. Its rather messy in less than 2 days. The rats seem to like destroying it & re-arranging their furniture often.
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Category Photography / Miscellaneous
Species Rat
Size 730 x 548px
File Size 970.8 kB
The best thing I could say is to spend as much time with your rat as possible. They are social animals so the more contact you have with her the better. Having plenty of space is good and a varied environment and diet. Basically they like to be entertained (as you probably know already) and hiding the occasional treat for them in different places keeps them curious. Female rats tend to be quite active anyway so are usually happy to climb things and scuttle about the place. I used to let my rats out in the lounge (with towels down under the doors) and let them have free reign on the place. I had to clean up a little bit after them but nothing too bad. If you do that, just keep an eye on them so they don't chew anything bad for them. Or anything valuable that you don't want chewed. Painted surfaces, matchboxes, wiring & resins are to be kept out of ratty reach. They do need to gnaw on wood (untreated) or hard foods to keep their teeth from getting too long.
This was made with just a few pieces of plywood and some basic tools. It's not precisely measured when viewed up close. It doesn't need to be. The clear pieces are glass and perspex (the long transition piece in the middle). Using perspex is better as it's warmer than glass.
I've read you can integrate rats that don't know each other by slowly introducing them to each other in a neutral space, like a bathtub. They would both be nervous and not too interested in fighting over territory as it belongs to neither of them. You would still need a separate cage for the newbie to go back to as it may take them a few introductions to get to know each other.
Otherwise I would say to check out
's page. She has a lot more experience than I do and some great advice in her journals if you take the time to look through. Hope it all works out for your rat.
This was made with just a few pieces of plywood and some basic tools. It's not precisely measured when viewed up close. It doesn't need to be. The clear pieces are glass and perspex (the long transition piece in the middle). Using perspex is better as it's warmer than glass.
I've read you can integrate rats that don't know each other by slowly introducing them to each other in a neutral space, like a bathtub. They would both be nervous and not too interested in fighting over territory as it belongs to neither of them. You would still need a separate cage for the newbie to go back to as it may take them a few introductions to get to know each other.
Otherwise I would say to check out
's page. She has a lot more experience than I do and some great advice in her journals if you take the time to look through. Hope it all works out for your rat. 
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