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Post by Rachel on Mar 25, 2009 16:00:08 GMT
Ok I'm in one of my odd moods but it's not moving anywhere.
I want a new something to take care of.. and I was thinking about getting a snake but then having kept rodents for a long time I don't think I could cope with feeding. And then I noticed two dumbo rats that need a home. I've had rats, but not dumbo before. And I keep thinking about them.
Obviously I wouldn't put a rat with a degu, but do you think the goos would object to the rats being there? I don't want to risk any aggro with Bu and Ice, I'm hoping all of that is in the past now.
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Post by callain on Mar 27, 2009 8:17:20 GMT
We have rats and degus, and my boyfriend's even introduced them to each other, and they really just give each other a little sniff, then ignore each other. One of the rats even climbed into their cage and the degus didn't even seem to care.
We may have just been lucky, but I don't think there should be any problems.
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Post by Rachel on Mar 27, 2009 12:33:59 GMT
I'm hoping so too as the rats arrived last night.. They need to go on a diet quite badly though, think they've been a bit too loved... Letting them settle in at the moment, the goos were interested when they arrived but they don't seem too bothered now and they have a fairly similar sleep pattern. Anyhoo.. This is Magic,  He's definitely the leader. Apparently she (previous owner) didn't really want this one, was semi guilt tripped by the shop. She said he was hiding at the time and of the two, Magic is going to be the bigger challenge. He's already taken a chunk from my finger. First time I've been bitten by a rat! He's a nice colour, almost black brown, never seen a brown quite so dark. My previous rats were hooded. And this is Jasper  Far more friendly, in fact I did handle him when they were dropped off. Gorgeous colouring. That white patch is on his tummy too, very cute. Only problem is Magic is taking control too much and not letting Jasper do much. Will work on this tonight when I give them a run around! |
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Post by ra on Mar 27, 2009 14:42:49 GMT
Pretty rats. Hopefully they will settle in nicely for you.
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suzannem
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Post by suzannem on Mar 27, 2009 16:52:57 GMT
aww bless i fell in love with a rat last week in a pet shop in fleet but we dont have the space unfortunatly! keep us updatd on how it goes calming magic down!
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Post by deguconvert on Mar 27, 2009 20:18:18 GMT
Jasper definitely wears a smile!!! What a cutie! Ummm . . . what is a "hooded" rat?
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Post by Puppyduck on Mar 27, 2009 20:41:50 GMT
What cuties! I love my ratty men. Our little boy Leo who looks the spitting image of your Magic likes to visit our girl degus and hang out sometimes. They seem to love each other for some weird reason so we let him go and visit them occasionally. Glad some other people have done this too and that I'm not some kind of freak. I wouldn't house them together though. My girls get a bit narky sometimes and I think Leo may want to play fight and get a bashing.
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Post by Rachel on Mar 27, 2009 21:00:31 GMT
Hooded rats.. This is one - www.mypetrat.com/jackfrost.jpg I've had two of them. Monty was brown (a mix of two browns) and white and Midge was cream and white... she just looked a bit grubby most of the time lol! Well the rats definitely need some play time, got my petshop bringing in rat pellets for me, and I'm going to try the landing as a play area, as long as I can block the banister it should be fine. Rats out first, they'll be easier to find than the goos lol! Now don't laugh at me, I didn't actually take science at school, so if I was to let the rats and goos share playtime.. is there any chance I could get a degu/rat? Just the rats are male and the goos are female. I have a feeling at least one person is laughing at me for asking that... |
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Post by deguconvert on Mar 28, 2009 4:34:01 GMT
LOL! Where's the hood??
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Post by callain on Mar 28, 2009 13:51:53 GMT
I'd doubt it would be a problem, I think the species are probably too far apart for that kind of thing... I'm no expert though so I could be completely wrong
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Post by silverfox7 on Mar 29, 2009 0:46:09 GMT
guy at work has got 2 dumbo rats he said they are dumbest rats he has ever had, compared to the normal rats.
they are round 6 months old and or much large then his other rats who are 2 years old
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Post by callain on Mar 29, 2009 10:56:25 GMT
We have two dumbo rats and a normal rat at the moment, and to be honest I haven't noticed much difference in intelligence... apparently one of the dumbo rats is even a doctor (I don't know, ask the boyfriend...)
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