Me and my bf are planning on getting two rats. We've done our research and are confident that we could provide a good home for them. But we're still looking for any anecdotal advice that people might be able to provide. We're getting two males. We've found a big cage with multiple solid floored levels. We've coached ourselves on what to feed them and cleaning schedules, etc. So, any Kintsugijin that own/have owned rats, do you have any advice? TYIA!
Make ABSOLUTELY sure they can't possibly reach anything you don't want to be both chewed up and pissed on, because they will.
If they can get their head through an opening (under a door, between cage bars etc) then they can squish to fit the entire rat through And it may be obvious but they might be curious about piercings, earrings, bandaids etc and try to bite/pull them. This can probably be discouraged by making some kind of short high pitched squeak-type noise (i can sort of make a rat like squeak by making like an "f" shape with my lips and inhaling?) to communicate "hey that hurts"
