what about several grown male rats at the same time? Probably a stupid question but...
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They will hold one or two I don't think it hold them for long trips maybe chew there way out
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Not a stupid question. I honestly would get something bigger because I use mine for my hedgehog and he's comfortable in this. Anything bigger than him would be crunched.
975354
I'm guessing probably by a ferret, not sure about a rat. Maybe too high for the rat to use.
2086892
I have heard many rat enthusiasts say that rats can fit through anything larger than half an inch... and this is 7/8s... so I would believe that anything smaller than an adult male could easily escape. That is my concern for my 3 females ... anybody experienced that with this cage????
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I'm not sure how small your hamster is. I can tell you that when my rats were babies (6 weeks old) the bars were too far apart for them they could have escaped if i had put them in it at the time. I imagine a hamster is similar in size to a baby rat. The size of a large mouse??
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They work very well with mice so I know rats would not be an issue. I currently have 40 of these nipples watering a colony of mice and they work very well once the mice are weaned at about 3 weeks. I adjusted the small red spring loaded set screw that sets the flow so that about 1/3 is showing above the nipple. Doing this adjustment made it easier for the mice to trigger the flow. I also have the nipples mounted in the top of the cage in a vertical orientation. I do not know if it would be as easy for mice if mounted horizontally.
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I don't have rats but I used to manage a pet store. I wouldn't use this for rats. They are so smart and I think they would use there little noses to go underneath. One of my Hedgehogs did that.
479925
Two - three males can fit in this cage. I have three who are five months old in this, but they are not huge. However, if they are very large or territorial I would stick with two to give them plenty of space.
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Hi,I don't know if it works for rats. My problem is with very smart field mice. There are several web sites that give good advice for rodent problems. I will say I did try a mole sonic device in the ground near my problem area. This is suppose to work for all rodents. It did not work. Maybe you would have better luck. Hope you find an good idea that works.Good luck
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I have only killed mice in mine. Rats may be too smart for it, not sure. Only one at a time though - they are too smart to go in it when a dead one is in there.
1177177
I have had several rats over the years and I would definitely recommend a bigger enclosure if they are more than a few months old or an older rat that needs smaller space to help getting around. Rats are very active and need quite a bit of space. If you are looking for a bigger enclosure I would recommend the petco rat manor habitat. They go on sale a lot, either here or on petco's webpage/store so its not that much more and way better. Warning though, as the cage ages the wire can pop up and be a little sharp, but its easy to fix, just bend down and put a small blanket on the wire and you are good to go.
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I do have large rats in my outside building I keep rat poison in there I bought a metal pole at the hardware store and raised it sorta high just to be safe,but then they started jumping from trees to feeder,being heavier than feeders would close,I am T
1177178
Probably not big enough for two full grown rats. After an average size running wheel is put in cage there isn't tons of room.
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Our rats do this all the time with the Oxbow, which we add to our own rat food mix. It means they like it and want to make sure they have enough for later! :-) Just fish it out and put it back in the bowl.
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No reason it would be difficult for them to get around. I had 4 males in it and worked perfect. Not good for young rats/babies or females, easy to escape through the bars... I had that happen before I had males in it.
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I have two small tame rats in mine at the moment, both are female and under a year old. They get along great(they weren't from the same litter either). It could probably fit 2 medium rats as well but they wouldn't have a lot of room to run around in. The food bowl is in the top which is good because it gives them a lot of room to run around on the bottom if you don't put any extra habitats in or anything. You could probably even get a rat hammock and hang it in the opposite corner of the cage from the food.
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I would think so. Three of my sugar gliders can fit in there at once, as they often do, so I would imagine a rat would fit nicely. It's not as tiny as it may look in the picture.
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This one is too large for most lizards, depending on size. Those rats were easy 6inch body length with another 8 inches of tail. (Typical Phoenix roof rat). They work great with the right bait.