7 Ways Rats Are Like Ferrets!
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- Опубликовано: 13 окт 2024
- Ever wonder how spunky ferrets compare to crazy ratties?
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Aww how precious ✨could you maybe do a 'morning routine with rats' or a
'Life with my rats' video??I would love to see that!! And congrats on 16k girly💗🐁
I would like to see a morning routine
I Love this idea! a Morning/Daily routine video would be awesome! (Also 16,000 Subs!? Go Esther!)
It’d probably have to be an evening routine lol...I’m not much of a morning person 😅
@@ShadowTheRat can you do a daily routine
Rule #1 of ferret and rat ownership: Everything that was yours, is MINE now.
So true! Just yesterday’s the rats stole my seaweed container and an empty water bottle, I swear they just go around going “...this is mine...and this is mine...and this is definitly mine!...”
So true. I made He mistake of bringing coffee into my room and had my mischievous six out to play. Two of them, Ymir and Freyr, went straight to the coffee and stuck their little faces right in.
Tansy (ratty) used to steal the ice cubes out of my water! But they would always melt after she stashed them :-(
Sherman (ferret) simply dumps the glass over and digs out the ice.
Doolittle (ferret) always stashes his toys. He doesn't play with them, he just puts them away in their stashes where they belong. He's clearly a very organized ferret. I just wish he would organize his potty habits >:-(
My first group of rats were very religious about stashing all their food from their bowl in one of their boxes. Rather, Guttersnipe stashed the food, Snowberry took all the paper towels and stuffed them into the nest box, and Mist once thought she was very clever when she covered the food bowl (with food still inside!) with a paper towel and tucked it in, up until Snowberry took the towel and Guttersnipe took the food to their "correct locations"!
1. THEY'RE BOTH SO CUTE *sobs uncontrollably*
These little chubby noodles grow up so quick ! They are so big now
Turning into nice plump little eggplants.
Keldor314 XD almost ready to eat
They’re getting so big now! I can’t believe they’ve been with me for more than 2 months, just looking back at how tiny they were really drives it home!
Awww biscuit Oreo and espresso are adorable I love your channel and I’m teaching my rats Lilo and Stitch to spin your way
I figured I should make a comment on this!
As of about 2 weeks ago, I am now the proud owner of 3 rats! They're absolutely adorable, and have changed with every passing day as their bond with me has grown.
I do not regret taking them in as pets, but they are definitely a bit different than I was expecting.
CongRATs on your new ratties!
I have to admit, I’m curious - how do they differ from what you expected?
Ferrets are alot of fun like rats are. I remember my pet ferrets loved to hoard things. My ferret, Zoey loved to play with balloons. My cousin had a pet ferret that would take anything shiny, like car keys ... 🙄😋
Omg your rats are so cute love your videos❤️❤️❤️
Thank you! :)
I really hope you and the girls are doing well
They both have distinctive odors too.
Rats actually smell pretty pleasant, which is remarkable considering how much they "marinate" in their nest. At least, assuming they haven't over-marinated themselves.
Ferrets don't smell quite as nice as rats, but it's not entirely unpleasant either. Ferrets smell sort like... um... well... ferrets have a characteristic odor. It's vaguely like corn chips, but musky in a way, maybe kinda waxy. They also have a slight skunky undertone, but really only their faces, which have most of their scent. Honestly, they have an odor that I'd never smelled before. Very different. You might also compare it to some of those artificial room fresheners.
Ferret odor, unlike rats, hangs around wherever they've been. You can tell they've been in a room even hours later. It's not that their odor is especially strong - it's not really any stronger than rats - it's just that it hangs around. I'm told that after the vet does a check up on a ferret, all the dogs that come into that examination room for the rest of the day go nuts trying to figure out what that strange and new smell is! So exciting!
Enjoyed the read :)
So cute!
I have a mouse named Parrot. We switched him to hay a few weeks after we first got him and he didn’t like it one bit.
He had a fish hide in with him, and when I went to check on him, he was sitting on top of the coral themed fish hide, sleeping. I have a picture of him lol.
So cute I agree I have 2 furry noodles my self (never had rats.....yet) but this is true.😁ps ferrets are awesome
Ferrets are seriously awesome, actually before I got rats I really wanted a pair of ferrets instead. All my experience with ferrets comes from an amazing class ferret we had in my small animal classroom in high school but maybe one day I’ll be able to have some fuzzy slinkies of my own ❤️
The babies got big OMG!!! The male rats rat clips of them eating oxbow I can not get enough of because they are so tiny and cute!! kind of like my rat Riley when I got her at three weeks old. She was so young we had to bottle feed her.
They were also so tiny back then, it’s hard to imagine! Actually I didn’t include my favorite clip in this video but it was one I took of me picking up Biscuit and the 2 baby boys in one hand with ease. Now Biscuit alone is larger than all 3 were combined!
Awe they are so cute and spunky 😂 you should let them chase around a feather. My girls go absolutely crazy with feathers
I actually have a feathered cat wand I’ve used with Cookie and Cream but I have yet to try it with the babies. They do enjoy chasing straws and strings though so I bet they’ll love it!
Such a cute video. Your ratties are so adorable.
Thank you, they’re awesome little rats :)
@@ShadowTheRat My boy is my first pet rat. I've had him almost a year. Best decision ever! Rats are extremely intelligent and interesting. I use your training videos. He's a bit lazy though haha. I was wondering, is there anything, that you can suggest, that is fun for male rats in their cage? He's very picky lol. Thanks
You could try a more active layout that sorta forces him to move about. The way I do this is I don't tend to really use full sized shelves in my cage, instead sticking to baskets, hammocks, bins, ropes, and so on. Now I will caution that this can go very wrong if you don't make sure that each fall risk area has a hammocks or landing under it because rats have been know to fall and injure (sometimes fatally) themselves. But as long as you take precautions you should be fine.
Otherwise you can try foraging toys (bird foraging toys are great!) as these involve food and will motivate any rat. You can also try giving him an appropriately (12+ inch and solid surface) sized wheel.
No matter what you do I'd try any new toys for at least a few weeks before deciding he isn't interested - in the case of wheels and some foraging toys I've had some rats take a few weeks to figure them out but once they get it down they really seem to enjoy them.
@@ShadowTheRat I'll have to make another attempt with his wheel again. It took him a month just to start sleeping in his space pod lol. I'll definitely look into the foraging toys though. I see them in your videos a lot. Thanks for the response. I appreciate it.
sounds like an old comedy film XD just add a black/white-filter and you're done XD
Loved this!! Cute when they sleep like that. My chins nibble on toes too. Lol!
What is it with toes lol, I swear they seem to be a sticking point for any animal! Maybe they like the smell and sweat :P
Shadow The Rat that is so true! Lol! 😄
suzypenguin I haven't seen you in a while and I hope your little ratties are doing fine!
John Ernest thank you for asking! I hope you’re doing well.
My two ratties Remy and Anna are still doing fine. They’re both two years old and love their hammocks and fleece tubes. 🙂
suzypenguin that is awesome! I'm so happy to hear that they and you as well are doing good. My 4 girls are all well but I have one troublemaker that loves to explore the house every day without fail. She is almost 9 months old and so hyper she acts like she is 1 month old. Gotta love em. Take care my friend 😁🐀🐭🎆
This was a particularly great ratty video'
The play wrestling bit reminds me of my kitten
Your kitten is practicing to hunt things like mice, birds,and rats. I think my cats have bin eating my pigeons I had 15 + 4 babys now I have 9
@@clognog8049 aw! Cute!
Yep
Have ferrets? Get Rats!!! 2 though :P
So true!
I finally got my rat cage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3:44 asmr ;))
Thanks for that, Esther! ❤️ I just lost my first rat on Saturday. 😞 Thankfully it was just due to old age and natural causes. I held him all day until he passed. My remaining boy, Eddie, is hanging in there. But I’m actively looking to acquire two more boys for us.
Quick question: do rats cry or vocally express their grief? Have you ever observed that in surviving rats after a loss? I know Eddie’s grieving, but he sometimes also makes these weird little whimpering/squeaking noises until I pet and comfort him. I don’t remember him doing this before unless his brother was grooming or agitating him. I’m spending as much time as possible with him right now & spoiling him even more rotten than usual. 🥦🍓🧀 🍕🍝🍪🍩
In my experience, my rats do not show grief for a loss as much as you have described, but my rats are female and that might make a difference. Good luck with your new boys when you get them!
Two rats starved themselves to death with me, one because his pal went to rattieheaven and they were best friends.. and the other because I was really close with him and I was busy 3 days and just came to feed.. they were with 6 so I didn't thought he'd felt that lonely without me :/ my other rat of the 5 that are still here was really close with me too and almost starved himself too together with the other, but when I saw how bad it was I immediately stayed home 24/7, I thought he wouldn't make it like the other, it was so so bad.. miraculously he did , I was with him all day long, and up till this day he jumps around happily😊 so they do show grief , some in a more painful way than others...
So make sure you observe their eating behavior when they're sad
Joyce my heart goes out to you --that sounds really heartbreaking! Thank you for sharing it with me. The good news is that Eddie, my remaining rat, is doing really, really well. He never lost his appetite thankfully. I got two new babies about 3 weeks ago, and they've all become best friends! The babies are constantly on the move, and so Eddie runs around like he's about half his age, which is beautiful to see. He also acts like a mommy to these babies, which is adorable. They snuggle with him, follow him everywhere, and he is always grooming them and they him. It's really sweet. He does seem to miss getting as much individual attention, so I try to make time for solo snuggles with him, but now he's so wiggly again that he rarely wants to sit still for them. It's really heartening. And because he's so attached to me, the babies have seemed to want the same attachment with me. I really love ratties!
+NatT-J Awwwwwww, I'm so happpyyy , that sounds so cute!😍 Ratties are so loveable, aside from a ferret I used to have, dog I have etcc, I think rats are my number one pet, they're like little doggos, so adorableee♥♥ thank you for sharing this with me too, it made me so happy reading this cute story❤ I'm glad your rattie is all gud and gets along well with the other babies
Ever think about getting a ferret?
They’re actually some of my favorite pets and if it were up to me we’d probably have a pair :P. Maybe in the future when I move out I’ll be able to have ferrets, dogs, cats, and so on. In the mean time my experience with ferrets come from some classroom pets back in my high school small animal classroom. That ferret was incredibly adorable, fun to play with, cuddly, explorative, and just an amazing pet despite the fact that he was a pretty old guy.
Cute!
Not a video I ever thought I'd need, but one I'm glad I got nonetheless!
Glad you enjoyed :)
Owwwwww so cute!❤🤩 But I thought ferrets are'nt social..
Nope, ferrets are quite social and it’s recommended to have 2+ when possible. They don’t do as poorly as rats when kept alone, but it’s still quite important for them
@@ShadowTheRat Thank you for the answer! Learned something again!😉
Could you do a video on your free roam/training set up?
I bet your rats have never slept through a treat time!
My ferrets, on the other hand, get a jar of turkey baby food as part of their dinner, which they adore (but only the turkey flavor. They tell me "chicky is icky!"). However, someone is inevitably fast asleep and has to be located and physically dragged up out of bed so they don't miss out. They're pretty deep sleepers, with the possible exception of Doolittle, though none of ours have ever gone into the coma-like "dead sleep" than some ferrets are known to.
Judging from what I know about it, the dead sleep is a limited form of torpor, perhaps similar to how squirrels semi-hibernate during the winter. Ferrets are in fact descended from a pretty northerly species, the European Polecat, and do undergo pretty noticeable seasonal changes. In fall and winter, they put on a huge amount of weight (Sherman *doubles* in weight over the winter, going from under 2lb in the summer to close to 4lb in the winter), which they then loose again in the spring and early summer. They also put on a long, thick winter coat. Sherman has fairly light sleek fur in the summer, but is an absolute fluffball in the winter. In addition to putting on all the weight.
The other two don't seem to change as dramatically as Sherman, and it's amazing how Sherman completely dwarfs them in the winter, but is only a little bigger in the summer.
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Agree
My rats don’t do dead sleep
Awww
:)
Can you do a rat vs ferrets amd Guinea pig video
Nice vid
Thank you :)
Oh my god! So cute! I have something to ask. So I want rat boys but my mum says no and that we have to many pets we have 3 little pets. I was going to pay myself and we already have a HUGE cage! So how can I convince her?
Is Alaska Cage good for two female rat?
It is 85x48x45 cm.
Is it better for two males?
I'd say it's a bit low for rats
Not really
@@matilda2734 is it better for female or male?
I will use it as a temporary cage for the first 5 months
@@lakeheadlabrador6055 is it better for female or male?
I will use it as a temporary cage for the first 5 months
Hi, I chose this cage for my 2 girls since in my country I wasn't able to find a better sized one with small bar spacing and the rat cage calculator said it could fit up to 3 rats. My ratties are still very small, they are about 2 months old and the cage looks huge compared to them. I'm not sure a 3rd rat would fit comfortably there though, so even though the calculator says it's OK - that's just the minimum and I highly recommend to anyone reading this - don't force a third one in a cage this size. The bars are horizontal on the long sides so they climb just fine /they like to walk on the top part upside-down too/ and when you hang down bridges, ropes, hammocks and ladders like I did it's not too low. Of course bigger is always better and since you said it's temporary - it should be fine to use it for the first 5 months since rats get to their full size in about 9 months of age, more or less. Just make sure to hang a lot of stuff from the top to make use of the space.
Ferrets are better
Reality check. Ferrets are better 🙃 jk no they are both equally adorable and playful and I love em both. I grew up with rats and gerbils and I’m rlly looking into getting a ferret and I have been for the past month.
living where rats are a big problem and they are assholes and carry sickness i dispise rat ownership but i love ferrets i hope that ferrets are nothing like disgusting rats
I want to buy cages from Wish but i need money and i dont have money :( and my mom says she isn't gonna buy me a rat cage Shadow do you know where i could get a rat cage for free? Or is there is somewhere i could get a rat cage for free?
Check online craiglist but wont find it free prolly but you can usually find one a lot cheeper than stores.
@@LittlePaws18120 What is craiglist?
@@LittlePaws18120 Is it CPlus for Craigslist Officially Licensed?
@@LittlePaws18120 What is the name of the app or something?
Dont know if you gave craiglist where you live. Its a website where people can buy and sell there ownings. But is based where you live so that people can meet up with the item instead of mail ordering.
Can you give rats small amounts of sugar free off brand Kool aide? I’m talking a couple drops a couple times a month for a treat. It’s the same kind of off brand kool aid I used for animals at the zoo. I can’t find an answer on google about it being ok for rats.
Can you do ways rat are like cat?
That’s actually what this video was meant to be - but then the clips I was looking at reminded me of ferrets and so I made this instead. I definitly plan on making one comparing rats and cats though :)
@@ShadowTheRat thank you
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Great video! I love both rats and ferrets😊
Have had ferrets as pets in the past, but sadly there's this issue with antibiotic resistant bacteria coming from the raw meat industry going around (at least in the Netherlands, not sure if anywhere else), which makes a lot of them chronically sick and often end in them dying in their first year of life.
I wanted to let you know (anyone who's reading) that ferrets are actually solitary animals. So however they can be good with other ferrets and play with each other etc., it can actually cause a lot of stress to the animal (they will often not show it, but can lead to gastrointestinal tract issues as they are very sensitive in that area) to keep them together permanently. Not saying tho that there can't be exceptions.
Anyway, now I have chosen to keep rats as pets and i love it! Currently have a little group of 4 females: Ebby, Gajah (both around 3 months), Bonnie and Nora (both around 8 weeks). Ebby and Gajah also know how to spin and go through a hoop. Learned it here on your channel!
Keep up the great videos!
woah, i’ve always heard that you should always keep ferrets in pairs or groups, but in my opinion it depends on the ferret, all of their personalities are vastly different and some may appreciate company and some may not
woah, i’ve always heard that you should always keep ferrets in pairs or groups, but in my opinion it depends on the ferret, all of their personalities are vastly different and some may appreciate company and some may not
It is an insight about ferrets that only has developed over the last few years, so it is relatively 'new' information. I notice that in the Netherlands there's also still a division in two groups who do or do not stand behind this insight. For me it makes sense, as the ferret belongs to the Mustelids or Mustela which are solitary except during the mating season. The wild ancestor of the ferret is actually the polecat (Mustela putorius) which thus is solitary. In addition, research was conducted to examine the origin of the GIT problems of ferrets and it has been found that ferrets which were kept alone did not have as much GIT problems due to (territorial) stress as ferrets which lived in pairs or even groups. In my opinion, if people really want to, it is possible to keep more than one ferret, but they should at least each have their own cage to sleep and have down-time in etc. to try and limit the amount of territorial stress.