These babies are 7 weeks old today! (Not their cage in first pic, this is what I brought them home in)

The greyish/tan one has some freckle spots on his back and is much more brave and has already started climbing all over me. The black one has a small splotch on his back and is a little skittish but trying his best to be brave and follows his brother. He seems to be the dominant one and initiates play fights a lot.

They will be integrating with their older brother named Gollum after Gollum is neutered.

I made another post about my cage setup before getting my 2 GIRLS, and someone made a comment about the bar width, but I was like its okay were gonna make modifications. BUT we were planning on making the modifications AFTER they came home.... completely forgot we were originally planning on getting adult boys, but we have wound up with around 6 month old GIRLS. Tina immediately slipped through the cage lmao. So it was kind of a disaster as I held Tina while my partner put the hardware cloth on. We made it through the night, though we both woke up frequently, I kept waking up terrified she had gotten out.

Anyways, our biggest issue (?) now is that we may have given the girls too much bedding too soon. We did the cement mixing bin method, and filled her up fully. Louise immediately borrowed, and once Tina was contained, she helped Louise with making entrances and hung out with her but comes out every so often and just chills and explores. Louise has come out maybe 3 times that we know of.

Im just wondering how this is going to effect our bonding. We specifically chose not to over crowd the cage to prevent them hiding and being difficult to get out while we practiced handling and bonded... now that they have created tunnels in their bedding, I definitely would not want to destroy them to get them out. :( Should we just give them a few days of zero handling? We are wanting to do the patience method for a few days before doing the confidence method. But im wondering if I should do patience for longer because of how crazy the first night went for Tina and because of how much Louise wants to hide. At the same time, I wonder if doing nothing and waiting will just do nothing? I just want to do whatever will benefit them and our relationship. I want them to know its safe to explore and rest absolutely anywhere. They seem to have eaten their pellets overnight, so I am happy about that. Tina also drank lots of water.

Louise: cream

Tina: Grey

I can't travel to get them and I do know of a rattery close by and ill probably go there but I just thought id ask here in case theres others that are respected that are close.

Hi, so is a bottle or a bowl better when it comes to water. Currently, I have 2 bottles in with them but I feel like every time I turn around, I have to refill it. whenever I ask my roommate, she said the same thing that she's constantly refilling it. I know it does leak a little bit, but I don't feel like it leaks enough for it to warrant being gone that fast. I just want to make sure they are getting enough water.What can I do?

Is this ok? There is red area , is that ok?

Hey guys, I’ve been thinking about adopting a few rats in a few months and needed help with the cage. Any cages I find that are marketed for rats/rabbits/mice are all really small and not tall and any on my Amazon are all over 400€. I was wondering if a parrot cage would be acceptable as they’re big and tall and a more comfortable price. Would they be okay? Especially that I can add floors and obviously many climbing things and toys? Thank you for your help 😊

Editing to clarify:

Im getting my 1st pair of girl rats soon, definitely going to be adding more girls to the mix once were settled, and we have the top cage attachment just waiting on adding more cage space to not overwhelm them because theyre going to be nervous. Super excited, definitely need to see how rats actually maneuver and climb in order to configure the accessories optimally, so please don't make fun if some of the placement doesnt make sense lol. plus we're going to be buying many more things- we're gonna be CROWDING this thing so worry not about the low accessory amount!! Let me know what you think, and if theres any must haves I can't forget while im shopping!

I adopted two female rats for my daughter, We adopted them on the 29th of September, the past few days though one of the girls has gotten really cranky and actually bit my daughter to the point she drew blood, she is actually one of the sweetest girls so I was so surprised I almost didn’t not believe my daughter, I then tested it myself and sure enough she is cranky, I’ve also noticed she seems a bit more hungry and active, this is our first time owning rats so I’m not sure what I’m looking for and I also had no intention of babies… They were adopted out of a petstore that had poor conditions each cage had at least 30 rats we ended up adopting the two girls he assured us they have never been with a male. Tbh I thought she was just fat but with the recent behavior in just her I’m wondering if it could be something more & don’t mind the pictures with her recent behavior I’m honestly a bit scared to handle her so I took the best pictures I could without disturbing her to much … thank you in advance for any advice or opinions! Again please be respectful we adopted them out of a bad situation and this is our first time owning them.

I had to separate one rat for a few hours (about 8–10), and now one rat is hissing at him and taking up an attacking stance sideways. And the second rat (with which they were close) even bit him a little on the shoulder because they couldn’t share the food, even though he used to be completely passive and didn’t have any food‑related conflicts with him before. Please help. What should I do now? I’m afraid that the longer he’s in isolation, the more they’ll forget about him.

Im an inexperienced owner and I just recently got this new rat and he gets pretty aggressive eye boogies whenever he wakes up normally it’s most prominent on his right eye is this normal or should I see about taking him to the vet , he seems to act perfectly normal and happy whenever he’s wandering around I’m just a bit worried about him

Looking for all thw advice i can get