Rodent pics!

[Zonlover]

A thread for all the adorable pictures of our sweet whiskered rodents(or lagamorphs)!

I will start with rat pics! (Yes, unfortunately, that is a tumor.) I took all my pics outside, because my iPad's camera does WAY better in natural light.

 

[Yoshi&Raphi]

I love rats! It’s a pity there’s such a stigma around them. Cute little dude you got there.

 

[Zonlover]

@Mizzely Do you still have rats?

 

[tka]

Cute little guy! What's his name?

 

[Mizzely]

@Mizzely Do you still have rats?

I unfortunately do not I haven't posted about it yet though, I will when I'm ready

 

[faislaq]

 

[scrape]

Cute baby! I love rats!

 

[Zonlover]

Cute little guy! What's his name?

Whiskers.

 

[JewellBird]

Aww Whiskers is so cute! I love rats

 

[Ember-Tiel]

Adorable rats! I love their innocent eyes!

 

[Ali]

Pet rats are cute, but after a few situations in the aviary, my viewpoint on wild ones went down...

Poor guy with the tumour, hope he's alright!

 

[finchly]

This is my rodent. She’s a Patagonian Mara.

I NEVER thought I would post in a rodent thread!!!

 

[Ali]

This is my rodent. She’s a Patagonian Mara.
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I NEVER thought I would post in a rodent thread!!!

And we only found out about this now because...

 

[Ali]

This is my rodent. She’s a Patagonian Mara.
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I NEVER thought I would post in a rodent thread!!!

Tell us her story!

 

[animalover]

this is my silly hamster, gus.


and his cage setup!

 

[Mizzely]

@Mizzely Do you still have rats?

Here's the story. Thanks for prompting me to share. An update on the rat boys

 

[budgieluv3]

Such a cutie! Sorry about the tumour.

 

[finchly]

Tell us her story!

OK......
Her name is Maggie May and she was 2 weeks old on Sunday.

So I know a guy because I bought finches from him before. And he's posting all these cute piccies of the cavies (or mara, you can call them either one). I'd never seen one. I made some comment like HOW CUUUTE and he says why don't you take one. We talked back and forth -- he lives on the other side of Florida. He said well an employee is delivering a horse near you on Sunday. So I said yes. That was 10 days ago.
Since I hadn't told hubby I said we would foster her to see how it goes.

Suddenly I'm a rodent mom. She bottle feeds 3-4 times daily and nibbles hay and veggies. I set up a pen in the house (in our neighborhood you can't even park your own RV in your driveway overnight! So no exotic animals for sure, someone would complain). I also gave her a box I'd decorated for the birds -- she's crazy about it and loves to chew the toys in there.

She's really timid, something I hadn't counted on. But I pretty much treat her like an untame bird, just comfort her, let her go at her own pace but try to gently draw her out. When she can eat a little better I can use a treat and clicker train her? Maybe?

She makes little noises like a guinea pig. The dog wants to play with her in the back yard but she's having none of it. I have to keep her on a leash out there because they can run 25 mph and she can easily get through my fence.

Some people keep them indoors but it's becoming clear to me they're a lot better off on a farm. Plus - I'm so overwhelmed right now. Work, hubby, birds. I never get done with everything. So I probably will let her go back after she weans. But -- this is really fun.

 

[Ali]

Awww, I can't believe we only got 1 picture..

OK......
Her name is Maggie May and she was 2 weeks old on Sunday.

So I know a guy because I bought finches from him before. And he's posting all these cute piccies of the cavies (or mara, you can call them either one). I'd never seen one. I made some comment like HOW CUUUTE and he says why don't you take one. We talked back and forth -- he lives on the other side of Florida. He said well an employee is delivering a horse near you on Sunday. So I said yes. That was 10 days ago.
Since I hadn't told hubby I said we would foster her to see how it goes.

Suddenly I'm a rodent mom. She bottle feeds 3-4 times daily and nibbles hay and veggies. I set up a pen in the house (in our neighborhood you can't even park your own RV in your driveway overnight! So no exotic animals for sure, someone would complain). I also gave her a box I'd decorated for the birds -- she's crazy about it and loves to chew the toys in there.

She's really timid, something I hadn't counted on. But I pretty much treat her like an untame bird, just comfort her, let her go at her own pace but try to gently draw her out. When she can eat a little better I can use a treat and clicker train her? Maybe?

She makes little noises like a guinea pig. The dog wants to play with her in the back yard but she's having none of it. I have to keep her on a leash out there because they can run 25 mph and she can easily get through my fence.

Some people keep them indoors but it's becoming clear to me they're a lot better off on a farm. Plus - I'm so overwhelmed right now. Work, hubby, birds. I never get done with everything. So I probably will let her go back after she weans. But -- this is really fun.

 

[scrape]

this is my silly hamster, gus.
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and his cage setup!

Aw Gus is SO cute! Absolutely awesome cage!