MEET MY PET RATS! rat update + fancy rat care for beginners

I ADOPTED BABY RATS! After getting female dumbo pet rats, I wanted to introduce you to them and go through beginner rat care tips for pet fancy rats: their rat cage, bedding, litter training, diet & treats, toys

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~TIMESTAMPS~
0:00 getting 2 female rats
0:37 name introductions
1:52 food & treats
3:33 how I feed them
3:48 foraging toys
4:41 current cage
5:04 paper bedding
5:38 litter pellets
6:03 litter training rats
6:25 their favourite thing!
7:33 free roam time
8:47 pea fishing
9:28 comment suggestions down below
#adoptingrats #meetmyrats #beginnerratcare

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[alexandrastott]

my NEWEST RAT VIDEO: my first RAT VET VISIT (respiratory infection) & new cage layout TOUR  

[allysafitzgerald]

With my rats, I found a treat that they absolutely loved. They came in a bag, and they were strawberry flavored etc. Everytime they heard a bag noise they thought it was the treats and came running to me. With those treats I was able to teach them to jump from chair to chair. Starting at a short distance and slowly expanding (it was incredible to see how far they can jump). Your doing great tho!

[alexandrastott]

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 getting 2 female rats
0:37 name introductions
1:52 food & treats
3:33 how I feed them
3:48 foraging toys
4:41 current cage
5:04 paper bedding
5:38 litter pellets
6:03 litter training rats
6:25 their favourite thing!
7:33 free roam time
8:47 pea fishing
9:28 comment suggestions down below
10:20 insta: @alexandra.stott for live videos of them!

[artsii-ghost]

Guys theres so much hate in this comment section saying either how much they dislike this youtuber or how much they dislike rats.. if yall have anything against this video (other than helpful constructive criticism) then it would help everyone to keep it in your own head. If you’re that angry to waste somebody’s time, take it out on rude racism, rude homophobics, and other things. All you’re doing is hurting people and causing drama (which is scientifically proved to increase your mental and physical health later on in life), so don’t waste your time on amazing videos like these. Thank you for reading this and I hope you sleep better or just have a better day. <3

[melissatrevor]

Can we just take a moment to look at how beautiful she is!? 💕

[horizontaldiaries]

aww dumpling and sprout are such cute names!! This is so interesting to learn about, omg the litter training story is awesome! They seem so smart! Aww the pea fishing was so cute, You're such a good rat mama 🤗

[_uluu]

Sprout is such a cute name for your rat. Aww dumpling is adorable too. That sucks that shipping to Canada is so expensive. It was more than the price of the begging wtffff. Dang girl, they have a pretty nice life living with you!

[alexandrastott]

I am a first time rat owner so I would appreciate any suggestions or constructive criticism you can give. Let me know any videos you'd like to see with the ratties ❤️

[asholsen]

Hey! You’re doing great with their enrichment and care! One thing I always recommend is feeding young rats the adult rat Oxbow and supplementing extra protein like scrambled egg, meal worms, almonds, chicken, etc. until they reach six months. The young rat food has alfalfa in it which is hard for them to digest. The adult rat diet is essentially the same just with no alfalfa and less protein.

[lumira.caelaris]

Hey, I just love how clear your joy is when you speak about your rats and how fast they learn. I remember being just as excited when my rats simply used the toilet without needing any training on it.
One thing I can recommend is the yt channel "isamu rat care" she has full playlists about diet, bedding, enrichment etc.
From what you described it sounds like you are just somehow mixing some random things together for the food. I would recommend to look up some recipes of other rat owners, as rats need certain portions of different foods to also help prevent/lower the risk of health issues like tumors. (I guess that it just sounded like this in the video. And you mentioned Emiology, I remember that she addresses the food mix topic as well ^^)
I myself am not confident to make my on mix but I am lucky to have an online source for a good rat mix.
It is really great to see that you care so much about your two little furballs and I am really looking forward to seeing them grow :D

[katiedaffern]

i’m hopefully getting rats soon, so i’m watching a bunch of videos about caring for them etc, and i just thought i’d say that your video is really useful for on foraging ideas etc, so thank you!

[brittneymichelle]

I like the names sprout and blossom since you like flowers and plants

[Jo-khyo]

Regards the training. Clicker training and treats is a good way to train rats. They pick things up really quickly. It took my rat ten minutes to learn how to give me a kiss for sweetcorn. After that he was licking my eyebrow when I stopped giving him sweetcorn for kisses, lol You don`t need to buy a clicker, just make a clicking sound with your mouth.

[bredmness]

I've just got my first rats a few weeks ago and oh boy, living in NZ I FEEL YOU on the shipping + international discourses etc. Ive been googling for good pellet brands and such, and like, oxbow seems to be considered the gold standard, which is basically not sold here.

I went with vetafarm origins in the end bc a handful of people said it was 'okay, you know, if you can't get oxbow' and my boys seem to love it. Also, it's one of about two options easily available where I live - and I can't deny - that was a very strong argument in it's favour!

I'm surprised/impressed your girls are such well-behaved free roamers tbh. My lads are not trusted with free roaming at this time (and probably not ever, if I'm honest). Part of that is that we rent and the other part is that we're pretty techy and have a lot of wires running about.

(The third part is that they're little pee machines, which might calm down a little once I have them snipped, and which might not. Either way, they'll probably never go anywhere near my pillows. I'm happy to wash my clothes every time they pee on them, but washing the sheets every night is a much bigger ask!)

They have a huge perspex playpen for the evenings though, and I built them a massive wheel and some climbing structures which go in and out of the pen interchangeably for variety.

[ElyeAshline]

i love the full cheeks low dust no scent bedding and i love it

[gemmaandkiara]

I'm a newly rat owner and I found no salt smooth organic peanut butter and I just smear some on my fingers not only is this a treat but it gets them used to your fingers. I also found that organic q-tips is a way for them to use there brain and give them something to do and chew on!

[oraliamarie]

I subscribed when you first got your rats so I love how you did a whole video about them now! I became a rat mom last summer and I love my girls. For bedding, I use an aspen shaving that I find at my local petco (the brand switches depending what's on sale). I love it because it gets rid of the pee smell and just smells like wood. I would love to see a video in the future of a "cleaning the cage/cage set up" or even when you set up whatever new cage you get. I know I'm not much more experienced than you with rats but from what I can see, you're doing an amazing job with them and really do your research when it comes to everything you use. I can't wait to see more vids with your rats!! <3

[grahamdreiling]

Hi Alexandra!!! I love your rats !!! I have a rat too anyway I love your mix and foraging toys !!! For substrate I use a mix of yesterdays news, shredded newspaper ( with paper shredder) and care fresh** but a little you could do a cleaning rat cage video, playtime video, morning routine with your rats Idk thanks so much for your

[sherristrong]

I loved the video! I want to get rats within the year so I would appreciate all the rat videos you are willing to make. I love your enthusiasm for them. They are precious!

[thishorselife]

I’m here after so long. You haven’t posted in a while!!! I’d love to see how your ratties are doing ❤