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Instructions Step 1: Visit a local animal shelter, pet store, check out the newspaper or find any other medium to pick your pet rat. You can also ask your friends who have pet rats if they know any breeders or if they are breeding their rats. Step 2...
Instructions Step 1: Put your hand in front of your pet rat. Let your pet rat sniff you and get to know your smell every time you socialize with them so that your rat gets to know your sent. Step 2: Gently pick up your rat every day so it gets used to...
Instructions Step 1: Decide where to get the rat. The best place to get a pet rat is at a pet shop. Don't pick up a rat off of the street. Rats from pet shops are clean and free of disease. Choose a pet rat that is about 6 weeks old, which makes it...
Instructions Step 1: Look at the length of the tail. If the tail is shorter than the length of the body (including the head) the rat is likely a brown rat. (In contrast, the black rat's tail is longer than its body.) This is the best way to identify a...
Instructions Step 1: Make sure your rat is comfortable being handled by you before you try to bring him together with another animal. It's important for him to be in a calm, relaxed state when you introduce your rat to other pets. Step 2: Think about the...
Hi, I'm Laura Fitzgerald and on behalf of Expert Village, I would like to talk to you about the care and maintenance of your pet rat. Today I would like to talk to you about traveling with your pet rat. Pet rats love to go places with you, they are very...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Grapes Rat treats String Simple Tricks Step 1: Spend time with your rat. Like most animals, rats have to be socialized in order to get along with people. Play with your rat. If there aren't hazards and places for...
Instructions Step 1: Buy a cage with ample room for your rat. If you buy a small cage, you may need a larger one if the rat grows. The cage should have different levels so your rat can exercise by climbing up and down the ramps. Step 2: Provide your rat...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Clicker Treats Step 1: Buy a clicker. You can find these at the pet store, or you can use the lid from a Snapple bottle. Clicker training is the easiest, but you can do it without a clicker. Step 2: Have your rat's...
Instructions Step 1: Hold your rat gently yet firmly in your hands and turn it over so that it's belly is facing you. Step 2: Look at the belly and genital area. A male rat will have large testicles and a female rat will have nipples. Be aware that male...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Your pet rat in a comfortable home and a grocery list Step 1: Rats are omnivores, which means that they eat both meat and vegetables. Protein is a very important part of a rat's diet, and they should have access to...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Fish tank with screen top Hiding places Water bottle Pine shavings for bedding Dog food Rolly ball Rat Step 1: Get the accessories. Most pet stores sell 10-gallon or larger fish tanks with clipped screen tops. Also...
Instructions Step 1: Start by putting each rat in the other's cage for a couple of hours before introducing them. This helps them adjust to the other's smell. Step 2: Place rats in cages side by side (not so close that they can reach out and hurt one...
Hi, I'm Laura Fitzgerald and on behalf of Expert Village, I would like to talk to you today about the care and maintenance of your pet rat. Today I am going to talk to you about choosing your rat's home, and in front of me I have three cages. The first...
Instructions Step 1: Choose a cage for your rat. Rats can grow rather large, so you will not want to get a small cage. The bigger the cage the better. Make sure the cage has a door and is an easy to clean cage. Most good rat cages have a removable top...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Flower pot Hay Shallow bowl Water Frozen peas Toilet paper rolls Branches Larger rocks for rats to climb Full tissue box Step 1: Fill a flower pot with hay and place it in your rat's cage. He will love hiding and...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Litter box Ferret litter or kitty litter Clean bedding material such as paper, cloth or pellet bedding Rat treats Step 1: Remove all old bedding and thoroughly clean the rat's living space. Notice that rats living...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Rat carrier Food Water bottle Rat health-care booklet Step 1: Choose the type of carrier you will use to transport your rat. There are many to choose from including small, cloth carrier backpacks, nicer carriers...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Rat treats Step 1: Sit on the floor and spread your legs into a V-shape. Step 2: Place your rat on one leg and hold a treat in your hand on the opposite side. Step 3: Wave the treat around so your rat knows it's...
Hi, I'm Laura Fitzgerald and on behalf of Expert Village, I would like to talk to you today about the care and maintenance of your pet rat. Now I am going to talk to you about your rat's health care. Generally rats do not get sick. They have a feel...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Clicker trainer Rat treats Step 1: Sit down on a chair or the floor and spread your legs into a V-shape. Step 2: Place your rat on your left leg and hold a treat in your right hand above your right leg. This way if...
Hi my name is Tim Labelle and this is my wife April. We are the owners of Pet Barn Exotics in Hartland, Michigan. We are here on behalf of Expert Village to help you choose the right pet. In this segment we are going to discuss if you are thinking about...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: 10 gallon aquarium Bedding Water bottle Food bowl or dispenser Appropriate food Step 1: Create a good environment for your pet rodent. Most do best in glass aquariums with appropriate bedding. Cedar chips are...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Rat treats Step 1: Sit on the floor with your rat away from you but within reaching distance so that you can catch him in case he wants to scurry on out of reach. Step 2: Call your rat's name and if he comes to you...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: The prescribed oral medication A dropper or syringe Possibly a towel, if your rat is uncooperative Step 1: Read the instructions that come with the medication, or that your vet may have written down for you. Make...
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