Rodent - Blog Posts
Piebald Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
@ camogains
My rodents CRYYY they glittering
What the sneef? I'm snorfin' here!
i love feral baby zoomies so much
🐀 No. 6 - Rodent -🐀
Does anyone got any tips on how to take care of a gerbil?
One came up to my sister and I while we were checking the mail, it's very friendly, not scared of our dog at all crawled right onto her nose 😂, clean and clearly was someone's pet
It's the winter and we didn't feel comfortable leaving her out there in the cold so we took her with us and sent word out that we have her with our contact info
Now it's just a waiting game to see if someone will claim her or if we're keeping her. Because this wasn't planned at all we're at a bit of a loss
We went out and got her what google said we needed for her, like obviously we got a cage, food, and water. We got her a wheel and a little house thing she can hide in, some treats and toys she can chew on and some hay
Does anyone know of anything else we may need? I want her to be as happy and healthy as possible.
Please be nice, we knew it's not great to get a pet before doing research on them and how to properly take care of them but it was either take her in or let her die 😭
YALL I NEED HELP-
ANYONE who owns a rat and or is experienced in what their environment should look like/be; I need help. I was looking for cages, on Amazon. Probably, definitely not the most ideal site. I only see ones that are 3-5 stars, which is good but i want to make sure my rats will thrive and be comfortable in their area/environment.
Ones that i was looking at:
Im am not sure if i should buy or continue looking at ANY of these. Should i just go out and buy something from a shop instead of amazon? Im not really trustworthy when it comes to these cages. There are multiple bad reviews. I just wanna make sure im not getting ripped off in buying a cage for them that doesn't either hold up well or in reality is too small for them to roam. I haven't ever had a rat, or any sort of rodent before. Im not experienced in any way. Im not confident i know what they need-
Guys, this is me everyday. I really don't know if that's a good thing.
I got the video from here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAZDGCuoKR1/?igsh=MWhsMjM3cGU2eWl5aw==
i think this is probably one of the best rat videos i've ever seen and you all need to see it. just look at that calm beast
Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Family: Typical Mouse Family (Muridae)
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
Fossil evidence and historical records suggest that the Brown Rat plausibly originates from somewhere in northern China and southern Mongolia, but after centuries of stowing away on ships and exploiting the resources available in human-altered habitats it is now among the most abundant and widely distributed mammals on earth, being found in large numbers almost anywhere where permanent human settlements exist. Relatively large for a member of its family, it owes its success to its extraordinary adaptability; intelligent and opportunistic, members of this species are able to endure a huge range of different climates by constructing elaborate burrows in which they can regulate the temperature, and (owing to their strong, continually growing teeth and unspecialised digestive system) can feed on almost any form of organic matter - while coarse plant matter, carrion, bird’s eggs and small vertebrates are preferred, the diets of different populations vary enormously depending on what resources are available. Brown Rats are also remarkably fast learners, and seem to teach one another - it has been observed that once a single Brown Rat living in an area has learned a specific skill needed to exploit a specific resource (such as learning to dive for fish,) others within its social group will quickly develop the same skill. Brown Rats live in loosely-structured social groups with a linear dominance hierarchy in which body size determines rank (with larger rats ranking higher,) but when resources are scarce these groups will become smaller or break apart entirely. Like most rodents, Brown Rats breed frequently and mature rapidly - after mating (usually during periods of warm weather, and often with numerous different males in a single breeding period,) females produce litters of up to 14 pups and gather in all-female social groups, with all of the mothers in a group sharing a communal burrow and cooperating to feed and protect their young until they become independent at around 4 weeks old. Although they can benefit ecosystems (serving as seed distributers, sustaining populations of rodent-eating predators and providing soil-dwelling organisms with oxygen by breaking up compacted soil when burrowing), invasive populations of Brown Rats have had devastating effects on many species, destroying the nests of birds, competing with indigenous mammals and transferring diseases between species. While humans generally regard members of this species as pests, a domesticated subspecies of Brown Rat (the Domestic Rat, Rattus norvegicus domesticus) is widely kept in captivity, both for use in research (where they are known as Lab Rats) and as pets (where they are called Fancy Rats.)
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Image Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44576-Rattus-norvegicus
~Day 6
~Rodent
Caught some strange guys over the weekend! This is a deer mouse. PSA!!! Be very careful handling some little guys because there may be possibilities of them carrying hantavirus!
Moss’s guide to catching a little guy (safely and without traps):
1. Spot a guy, probably running around in a little field or perhaps in an underbrush.
2. Slowly and quietly get as close to the guy as possible.
3. Lunge for the guy like a volleyball player going for an out of bounds ball.
4. Lightly and gently (very important!) flatten the guy with the palm of your hand against the ground.
5. Grab the scruff, or the loose skin on their back of their neck, gently and firmly with two or three fingers.
6. Take a picture with the guy, then place him back on the ground.
To all wondering, scruffing is the safest way to hold a rodent for both you and them! It’s the technique often used by researchers!
I love shrews because they’re such strange little guys. They have the largest brain-to-body ratio of any vertebrate and some species can even be toxic. Anyway, give it up for these weird little guys!
Also, shoutout to anyone else that loves rodents and other strange little guys. Let’s be friends.
Love that one of the America's most important keystone species is a fucked up rat with anxiety
(Beavers are the world's second largest rodent and I could probably talk abt then all day)