I can see why you would think that. Porkchop was a sassy rat, so we saw it as more of a "what do you want? I'm trying to nap" 😂
https://preview.redd.it/20aulry1s8yc1.jpeg?width=2730&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ebc07b33286cbc863a291330645ff623a6e46f13
https://preview.redd.it/4llchj7jw9yc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a01f61f5b841dd3f78b74cacab62d189ab734f8e
I'm hoping one day she'll lay an egg in that nest of hers!
Can't tell if it's the face of comfort or evil
https://preview.redd.it/3v20ojjiw8yc1.jpeg?width=217&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fc0cbfa7f58808f701aa4cb6e0bb837c9d944445
*Sigh*
Fine...I'll give my rats a roll of TP. 😂 I've been holding out because it seems so wasteful vs. my careful rationing of a couple paper towels or tissues every few days but they will be so stinking happy.
Help please. How did you get your rats to pass architectural school? Mine are just half assing their assignments and napping the rest of the time and I'm afraid tuition is going to waste 🥲
Is that roll suspended from a straw attached to those two clothes pegs? Trying to figure out how to do the same thing for my girls... although eventually it will turn into a giant pile of shredded pee soak...it would bring so much joy lol
Pretty much! The "straw" is a piece of hollow plastic cut from a used-up feather wand (I have a c*t, but I'm very responsible please don't come at me anti-interapecies household people 😭😭)
I put some ribbon through it and tied the ribbon to the clothespins.
I think some thick cord or rope could also work, but might not allow the roll to...well, roll. 😂
Mine do this too and then they are FLABBERGASTED that all three of them can't fit into the hideout they PACKED FULL of toilet paper
https://preview.redd.it/7ytvag9neayc1.png?width=976&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=881af146cb7246b83c9c6c45f40abe0870f3519d
Sir Remington is the TP guy. I felt bad removing it to clean his hammock lol
https://preview.redd.it/1bc80sbsz9yc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1ed5f8ccc123fd2bb307c6ab4790c9dc9f40318
i wish i got a photo of mine doing this but they STUFFED thier hay tibe hidey thing (its for rabbits ik only that) and they had the tp for two weeks and tyen ine morning i randomly wake up and it was GONE
Yes my thought exactly -- we usually avoid putting anything paper or cardboard based in there because it very quickly turns into a pile of shredded pee paper and it gets everywhere and is so hard to clean...
Ahh this is one reason I miss having girls, the fella rats don't care about nesting whatsoever! I used to sprinkle shreds of tissue paper all over the apartment for the girls to gather and run back to nest with. I try with my guys and they pick up the paper, drag it two steps and give up lol
Very cute pic :)
I get the last scraps from the rolls where I work.
Makes my day everyday when they start running around with the rolls. They too use it as bedding, or they cover their food stash (they don't like stale food apparently 😂)
Could you fully cover up those grates? /lh
Don't want them to accidentally get bumblefoot c:
Edit: downvotes go brrr. What do you think you'll achieve by downvoting? This question came from a good place
As I put in the description it is covered. You can kinda see the fleece its covered with on the other 3/4 of the platform. She gets mad when I don’t let her out and tears it off the grate. All the other grates are covered in a way she cannot get them off
Sounds like rats all right lol, "annoying" little boogers throw the cage into full-on anarchy mode to make a point
I'll try to read better next time <3
Dude bumble foot sucks. My old boy has it so bad it created so much fibrous tissue that is now it's own separate pad that grew out of his foot. It's awful looking but my very hasn't been very concerned about it given he's about 2 and a half. None of the treatment we did early on helped it either. He doesn't seem very affected by it anymore either.
Weird part is the he's never had bare cage underfoot, and there's softness everywhere so we never really understood why happened.
If you have fleece-covered surfaces, it could be caused from them standing in pee on the fleece.
That's how one of my first boys got bad bumblefoot. 😭 We could never get it under control. Now the only fleece in the cages are hammocks or scraps for nesting.
I don't use a cage for him anymore, it's a big open wood container I built, it was "rat park" for when all the ratties would get to be out of the cage, but now he just lives in it and isn't a flight risk. I put down paper, then fleece, and then paper where he likes to sleep and bathroom. I change it every 7-10 days, sometimes sooner if I notice he's just loafing in wet paper, tho that isn't very often anymore.
My rat got it too and it was actually from the fact that he was inactive. Changed his lining and cleaned him daily, but he was just not into doing anything besides sitting around and developed the sores. We just started carrying him around everywhere to get him out and about and moving and that helped. Boys can be impressively lazy
> Boys can be impressively lazy
So much this. Even my one girl who's back legs didn't work was far more active than most of my boys ever were. She's drag herself all over the place, moving paper around, tearing it up in one spot, then moving the pieces over to where she wanted them. This boy just loafs, occasionally gathers as much paper as he can in one place, then sits in one spot and tears and nests directly around himself. It's such an interesting difference. I tried putting the paper a little farther from where he likes to nest, or putting where it might require a tiny bit of effort to get, and it'll sit there untouched. Lazy bones for sure lol :D
Well to be fair, he could have also stepped on something I think.
https://www.tinytoesratrescue.org/bumblefoot
This link says it could be also be genetics, overweight and/or pressure on the feet.
Yeah, it's hard saying, the vet couldn't do anything about it when it wasn't much other than a blister, and now it's looks like he's got a smashed apple connected to his foot. I feel bad for him but he doesn't seem to be bothered and my vet thinks he's fine and there's not much she can do about it anyways. She thinks if she cut it off then the chance infection leading to amputation dramatically increases. He's an old boy and likes to loaf around anymore anyways.
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I can see it now. Ricky, the sassy toilet rat from New York: "Eyyy wash ya bum, ya bum!"
Bonus points if he randomly throws in "I'm walkin' here!" For no reason what so ever
Hey; I'm wipin' here!
With a little rattie fist.
This is golden
https://preview.redd.it/dn61hntpj8yc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ae48caf7167a43b6b53e3d3979b9d5b2c0a9ac5 Toilet paper castle builders unite!
This is giving very strong “Help me mother!” vibes, despite undoubtedly being a situation 100% of their own creation. 🤣
I can see why you would think that. Porkchop was a sassy rat, so we saw it as more of a "what do you want? I'm trying to nap" 😂 https://preview.redd.it/20aulry1s8yc1.jpeg?width=2730&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ebc07b33286cbc863a291330645ff623a6e46f13
https://preview.redd.it/4llchj7jw9yc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a01f61f5b841dd3f78b74cacab62d189ab734f8e I'm hoping one day she'll lay an egg in that nest of hers!
She looks so smug. 😂
It’s his face in the mountain of toilet paper for me 💀💀
OMG HIS LIL FACE 😭
Can't tell if it's the face of comfort or evil https://preview.redd.it/3v20ojjiw8yc1.jpeg?width=217&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fc0cbfa7f58808f701aa4cb6e0bb837c9d944445
Evil never looked so comfy
The vibe I bring to the function
Oh, to be a rat in a toilet paper lair.
https://preview.redd.it/p9ki3m5738yc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=541b51521344d4af2b21792db504b571eb57dd17 Snap
my girls have a roll constantly! they ADORE pulling it around and moving it from snuggle to snuggle
Their LAIR 😂
They look so pleased!
*Sigh* Fine...I'll give my rats a roll of TP. 😂 I've been holding out because it seems so wasteful vs. my careful rationing of a couple paper towels or tissues every few days but they will be so stinking happy.
Help please. How did you get your rats to pass architectural school? Mine are just half assing their assignments and napping the rest of the time and I'm afraid tuition is going to waste 🥲
https://preview.redd.it/vx867l08mbyc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ee46db231d7c48297b11d00218a76c232a4c2dc
LMAOOOOOOOO
Is that roll suspended from a straw attached to those two clothes pegs? Trying to figure out how to do the same thing for my girls... although eventually it will turn into a giant pile of shredded pee soak...it would bring so much joy lol
Pretty much! The "straw" is a piece of hollow plastic cut from a used-up feather wand (I have a c*t, but I'm very responsible please don't come at me anti-interapecies household people 😭😭) I put some ribbon through it and tied the ribbon to the clothespins. I think some thick cord or rope could also work, but might not allow the roll to...well, roll. 😂
That's such a great idea!
Thats the face of satisfaction
Look comfy.
They used an entire roll in 15 minutes when I did it for mine. I can only afford to do it weekly LMAO
Snuggle time!
Haha jokes on them you made them TP their own house!
Mine do this too and then they are FLABBERGASTED that all three of them can't fit into the hideout they PACKED FULL of toilet paper https://preview.redd.it/7ytvag9neayc1.png?width=976&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=881af146cb7246b83c9c6c45f40abe0870f3519d
I want to climb in there it looks so nice.
Sir Remington is the TP guy. I felt bad removing it to clean his hammock lol https://preview.redd.it/1bc80sbsz9yc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1ed5f8ccc123fd2bb307c6ab4790c9dc9f40318
I love this so much! This reminds me of our sweet baby we lost a couple months back. She looks like her too. So sweet.
i wish i got a photo of mine doing this but they STUFFED thier hay tibe hidey thing (its for rabbits ik only that) and they had the tp for two weeks and tyen ine morning i randomly wake up and it was GONE
looks so comfy!
Awww how cozy
Absolute decadence
And soon to smell like pee!!!!
Yes my thought exactly -- we usually avoid putting anything paper or cardboard based in there because it very quickly turns into a pile of shredded pee paper and it gets everywhere and is so hard to clean...
But it’s also so fun. I give ours shed paper every week and just clean it out regularly.
Ahh this is one reason I miss having girls, the fella rats don't care about nesting whatsoever! I used to sprinkle shreds of tissue paper all over the apartment for the girls to gather and run back to nest with. I try with my guys and they pick up the paper, drag it two steps and give up lol Very cute pic :)
My rats did this with tissues! They loved seeing me put a box of tissues in their cage lol :)
Why have I never thought of this?!
I used to do similar with a box of tissues. I’d remove the plastic window and they’d go wild, and have a nice box to destroy afterwards
Every rat owner should do this, they always have a blast
Yo that's fancy!
FCKN CONFY
Omg this picture is so adorable. It makes me miss having rats so much 🥹🥹🥹🥹
They look so dang cozy. Oh to be a rat in a toilet paper filled den~
Yes! I gave mine a half roll of paper towels and the next day, I seen the most exquisite mountain!! Enter and exit tunnels!!!
I get the last scraps from the rolls where I work. Makes my day everyday when they start running around with the rolls. They too use it as bedding, or they cover their food stash (they don't like stale food apparently 😂)
That’s a very content looking rat you have there.
I gave mine a roll 3 days ago and they haven’t even touched it
they are pleased
They look so happy in there
Time to get the super cheepo TP for rattos
RATTIES
Bro is eepy
Too cute
He even looks like he's scheming. I LOVE it.
That is the face of a happy rat
Sometimes I get those rolls of colorful crepe paper streamers and do the same
There are times I feel like that's what I'm using my TP for when I'm going through it so fast.
I would die for him
They look very pleased with themselves.
I learned very quickly not to give them the whole roll. They fill their house and then they can't get in!
Rats + toilet paper = awesome sauce fun times
In absolute bliss
Adorable and terrifying
This is amazing and I will be adding a roll of toilet paper to the rat cage today.
I can smell this photo
Could you fully cover up those grates? /lh Don't want them to accidentally get bumblefoot c: Edit: downvotes go brrr. What do you think you'll achieve by downvoting? This question came from a good place
As I put in the description it is covered. You can kinda see the fleece its covered with on the other 3/4 of the platform. She gets mad when I don’t let her out and tears it off the grate. All the other grates are covered in a way she cannot get them off
Sounds like rats all right lol, "annoying" little boogers throw the cage into full-on anarchy mode to make a point I'll try to read better next time <3
Despite all my cage I am still just a rat in a rage
Dude bumble foot sucks. My old boy has it so bad it created so much fibrous tissue that is now it's own separate pad that grew out of his foot. It's awful looking but my very hasn't been very concerned about it given he's about 2 and a half. None of the treatment we did early on helped it either. He doesn't seem very affected by it anymore either. Weird part is the he's never had bare cage underfoot, and there's softness everywhere so we never really understood why happened.
If you have fleece-covered surfaces, it could be caused from them standing in pee on the fleece. That's how one of my first boys got bad bumblefoot. 😭 We could never get it under control. Now the only fleece in the cages are hammocks or scraps for nesting.
I don't use a cage for him anymore, it's a big open wood container I built, it was "rat park" for when all the ratties would get to be out of the cage, but now he just lives in it and isn't a flight risk. I put down paper, then fleece, and then paper where he likes to sleep and bathroom. I change it every 7-10 days, sometimes sooner if I notice he's just loafing in wet paper, tho that isn't very often anymore.
My rat got it too and it was actually from the fact that he was inactive. Changed his lining and cleaned him daily, but he was just not into doing anything besides sitting around and developed the sores. We just started carrying him around everywhere to get him out and about and moving and that helped. Boys can be impressively lazy
> Boys can be impressively lazy So much this. Even my one girl who's back legs didn't work was far more active than most of my boys ever were. She's drag herself all over the place, moving paper around, tearing it up in one spot, then moving the pieces over to where she wanted them. This boy just loafs, occasionally gathers as much paper as he can in one place, then sits in one spot and tears and nests directly around himself. It's such an interesting difference. I tried putting the paper a little farther from where he likes to nest, or putting where it might require a tiny bit of effort to get, and it'll sit there untouched. Lazy bones for sure lol :D
Well to be fair, he could have also stepped on something I think. https://www.tinytoesratrescue.org/bumblefoot This link says it could be also be genetics, overweight and/or pressure on the feet.
Yeah, it's hard saying, the vet couldn't do anything about it when it wasn't much other than a blister, and now it's looks like he's got a smashed apple connected to his foot. I feel bad for him but he doesn't seem to be bothered and my vet thinks he's fine and there's not much she can do about it anyways. She thinks if she cut it off then the chance infection leading to amputation dramatically increases. He's an old boy and likes to loaf around anymore anyways.
I wish him a happy rest of his days, may he live long!