Morning' Girls!!
Aimee ~ Oh! I used to keep rats. I had 6 boys at one point. 2 is good as they are social animals. I prefer boys because they are slightly bigger and more friendly, the only downside to this is they pee .. all the time. It's how they identify where they have been. I mean, it don't soak you, its like little drops, but it's something to consider. You also have to clean the boys out more than the girls because they produce an oil on their skin "Buck grease" and it can get stinky.
Females are smaller, but faster .. you do get the friendly ones that just like to be held, but mostly they are more active. They don't do the 'pee everywhere' thing, and you can clean them out once a week as they don't get stinky. I actually got a little corner tray and trained mine to poop/pee in one place so I had to only empty that every couple days. (you put a bit of litter on there and place bits of their poop in there, they get the idea after a while)
No glass tanks as it traps ammonia in the take and can make them sick, They are very suseptable to repository illness, If you ever notice a red discharge from their nose and they snuffle, its safe to say they are sick. Cage needs to be solid bottomed, but caged sides (like a birdcage iykwim?)
I'd really love to have rats again, how ever I found them a lot of work when I lived by my self, so gawd knows what it'd be like with a baby, but then like I said the boys require a lot more cleaning as they are dirty lil gits.
As long as they are handled a lot they will stay very tame.
Maybe you could rescue a pair of adults. There are so many rescue ones that need good homes! If you get some you have to post lots of pics, then that can curb my want for some a little haha.
Hope you start to feel better soon!!
Kaites ~ LOL! You made me laugh re uterus comment.
Maffie ~ I think it might be time to change pills after this baby is born lol. Did you take it at the same time every day? Maybe that particular one just don't work on your body? Have you told your family yet? (I notice no announcement on FB!)
Flora ~ How did Harrys first night in his room go?
Jo ~ wow 21lbs! Healthy boy
Ok off to lay on the sofa and watch telly whilst lil miss-get-her-mum-up-at-5.45 plays on the floor.
