Bioactive rat enclosure

The naturalistic and bioactive cage setup movement challenges us to look at whether our traditional cage set-ups really meet our rats' needs.

Rats aren’t just adorable and engaging pets, but also genuinely amazing creatures. Here are 10 things I’ve learnt in 20 years of rat care.

Cleaning our rats’ cages is a necessity, but with a bit of planning, it’s a pretty simple job. Take a look at my rat cage cleaning schedule.

For many years of rat ownership I had cat trees for my rats to play on during free range. The frustrating thing for me about these was that for the first few weeks they’d be really interested in th…

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