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Pet Rats Versus Other Rodents
Pet Rats Compared With Other Rodents
| Different Rodents Compared | |
|---|---|
| Rats | Size: 6-8" w/6-8" tail |
| Cage: Wire Cage, Fish Tank | |
| Feed: Lab Bricks | |
| Social: Friendly, social, and very intelligent | |
| Breeding: Year round. Any m/f pair will breed. | |
| Gerbils | Size: 4" w/4" tail |
| Cage: Fish Tank | |
| Feed: Seed Mix | |
| Social: Friendly and social* | |
| Breeding: Year round. Pairs or triads mate for life | |
| Mice | Size: 2" w/2" tail |
| Cage: Fish Tank or Environment | |
| Feed: Lab Bricks, Seed mix | |
| Social: Social, males fight | |
| Breeding: Year round. Dominant male mates w/all females | |
| Hamsters | Size: 5" w/stubby tail |
| Cage: Fish Tank, Wire Cage, or Environment | |
| Feed: Seed Mix, Hamster Food | |
| Social: solitary, unfriendly | |
| Breeding: Any m/f pair will breed. Male should be housed with female only for mating then removed. | |
| Cavies/Guinea Pigs | Size: 10" |
| Cage: Large Fish Tank or Wire Cage | |
| Feed: Guinea Pig pellets, Grass Hay, Require vitimin C supplement | |
| Social: Social, friendly, and ingelligent. | |
| Breeding: Any m/f pair will breed. | |
| Duprasi or Fat Tailed Gerbil |
Size: 4-5" w/1-2" fat tail |
| Cage: Fish Tank w/thick shavings or nesting box | |
| Feed: Seed Mix, High Protein Cat Food, Hedgehog Food, Meal Worms | |
| Social: Friendly and social | |
| Breeding: Year round. | |
| Spiny Mice | Size: 3" w/3" tail |
| Cage: Fish Tank or Environment | |
| Feed: Seed Mix | |
| Social: Friendly. Live in pairs. | |
| Breeding: Pairs mate for life and breed twice yearly. | |
| Russian Dwarf Hamsters | Size: 4" w/stubby tail |
| Cage: Fish Tank or Environment | |
| Feed: Hamster Food, Seed Mix | |
| Social: Friendly. Live in pairs. | |
| Breeding: Pairs breed year round, some say they mate for life. | |
| Chinchillas | Size: 10" |
| Cage: Wire Cage w/room to stand | |
| Feed: Chinchilla Pellets | |
| Social: Social, friendly, and ingelligent. | |
| Breeding: Pairs mate for life and breed year round. | |
| *Key to terms Social: The animals prefer to live with others of their own kind and should be kept in pairs or groups. Environment: A plastic small animal environment with tubes, etc., such as Habitrail. |
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FancyPetRats.com last updated 4 Nov, 2008
