I'm just here re-watching Twix falling at 4:32 Lol Just a few things to add that I didn't in the video: I intend on adding a cord protector to the filter, none of my rats are wire chewers and haven't bothered with any other wires in the room and they're always supervised but it won't hurt to add one and that would be a recommendation. Also I wouldn't use upright willow within a cage because there is obviously a risk of them stepping on it wrong and getting their leg trapped, this one is quite far apart and I'm always with them and watching them when they're out of the cage so I'm not too worried about it :)
Absolutely beautiful, I recently took in a rescue who is my first official rat of course I researched wayy ahead of time she was a feeder that got abandoned but iv fell in love with her she was stuck in a tiny cage with nothing but pellets she wasn't eating, she is only 6 months old so I really think I can give her a better rest of her life IV only been watching your channel for three months now and I doubt anyone would read this but thank you...and you've givin me so many great ideas to make her happy and at first she was so hungry she would bite me and everything around her but now she is so comfortable with me and I haven't been bitten in over a week and soon I'll be getting her a friend who I'm looking at shelters to pick from currently! This has got to be my favorite channel I watch thank you.!
You're little rat is so blessed you found her. I was thinking of getting a rescue rat one day. I'm getting older and I may have pet rats instead of getting more dogs. I've had rats when I was younger and loved it.
Angel Christina Ah, your story is very similar to mine. I found Zacatecas in a dumpster near a big name pet store when I was digging in the trash on one of the last freezing nights of 2021. She was taped up inside a "live crickets" nearly frozen stiff & barley moving. I got her home, warmed her up & she was still unconscious so I forced a few drops of water in her mouth & she came right too & bit me then ran inside the clean cozy box I made for her. She bit me for a while, unintentionally but it didn't take her long to mellow out. I Found Butter Cups in an overcrowding situation & they were married on the first of this year.
Can you make a vidoe going to places like homebargins, Poundland etc getting rat things? I’m getting rats for Christmas and I have been trying to find vidoes like that, I loved your IKEA vidoe
Poundland have some lovely house shape Christmas gift boxes. I am going to give my rats one to hide in over Christmas. Their own little Christmas house!
Ive done this for my hamsters too(minus the pool) and they love them. One of them has hers(profile pic) in the cage and the other one has his as a playpen. They love eating sprouts and hunting down insects and its such a great fun enriching thing
This looks absolutely amazing and it makes me wanna make something fory girls too, but they would with no doubt just have the soil flying through the room within the first 5 minutes xD
This is so awesome!! I m getting my 6 little boys in a week and this is a great inspiration. I wanted to make them a dig box with herbs but this is even much cooler. Thanks for sharing it with us! 💛
I love watching your video especially with all the adorable rats..I feel like your channel deserves millions of subscribers..with the amount of work you put into your content..
What a fun, creative, and interesting enrichment area you made! They look so happy to be exploring such a fun place, you can tell they appreciate it :)
WOW Excellent idea!! We just picked up our three baby girls today, so excited about having rats in the house again. These are my first females, our other 5 rats were all males. I will be doing something like this for the girls soon. 💟
I’m hoping to do that! Now that I’ve got this setup, there’s a few more things like custom wooden houses I’d really like to either buy or get before I do that and then I’ll film a video like that ☺️ Pet room floor is a bit chaotic at the moment as I’ve had bags of leopard gecko stuff everywhere for months 🙈
They are so excited...and so chonky! I thought about getting a couple litter mate rats but I knew I would do better with my gerbils and hamsters for now. In addition to the gerbils, etc I also have a Sun Conure parrot so I just don't have the space left for the type of enclosure and enrichment I would want for rats. I can live vicariously through you, though, LOL.
Your timing is impeccable. 😊 I just expanded my cage to quad critter nation and got coconut coir bricks and tubs. I'm trying to figure out which plants to put in it.
Just finished setting up a big double cage with lots of bridges and rope toys. I was going to build a naturalistic bottom but sectioned out, probably with plants in it, to give the two new rattos lots of interesting things to explore. I wanted to make a cage that was more interesting to explore than outside, with lots of things to do including daily scatter feeding and puzzles. There would also be a second box for the isopods to grow (as they will be eaten unlike the springtails) and some spare grass; I was going to use cat grass (the very soft sort, koolkats i think it was called) but wondered if you had a video recommending plants for use with rats? I'm gonna look up more plant info after posting this, but just wondering if you had some suggestions 😊 I haven't constructed everything yet and as such I'm holding off buying rats, but your videos (along with many recommendations) are very helpful
I was thinking about doing a planted dig box but this gives me a better idea that involves an old giant toat. something to think about and work towards forsure.
i've always wanted to have somewhat of a bioactive? cage (not sure if that's the term) but I'm so scared of bugs but the springtails are not too big so they seem manageable. Do they normally stay contained within the box or have you found stray ones out and about in your home?
Springtails are great! They can and some will climb vertical surfaces and escape, but without moist decaying surroudings they will die off pretty quick, they would much prefure to stay in the soil than climb around on dry glass/plastic. So yes it could be possible to spot an escapee now or then, but there would not be a mass exodus unless the soil drys out and becomes unihabitable for them.
@@coderpup4639 ok but how quickly do they die upon leaving? trying to gauge the chances of me seeing an escapee but at least finding it dead instead of crawling everywhere XD
aw thank you for the adorable video! May I ask how do you keep the garden somewhat drained? I made one for my lil fur ball (a hammy), but the soil is always quite humid and got moldy fairly quickly... Thank you!
I love this, I've been thinking about making something similar for my gerbils (without the pool of course), I bet those plants got dug up and munched in no time! 😄
This looks awesome!!! I'm sure your rats are having the best time in this!!! If hamsters were able to go in water then I would probably do this. But they can't. Im just going to make them a giant beach from sand and stuff lol. XD Rip silly Twix!!!
I've linked it in the description :) It's really quite narrow though so I'm not sure if it would be a good size for a hamster and I'm not sure the exact measurements
I have been watching your vids and love them.My son is wanting a pet rat and was thinking of getting him 2 for Christmas, he is 21 and works so I will be home with it everyday but still want it to have a buddy while my son works.I own 2 parrots as well and was wondering if having birds and rats will be ok?
Hey! I commented on another one of your videos mentioning I'm creating a naturalistic enclosure next week ,I'm curious on whether parsley is safe for mice too? And if so ,are there any herbs and plants that I'm able to put into my mice's dig box! Also ,are mice able to be left 24/7 with a dig box or is supervision required ,sorry to bother but I haven't owned mice before and most research I do on dig boxes doesn't seem reliable.
Also ,again sorry to bother but is the soil the plants/herbs are grown in at shops safe for mice to dig in? And what sort of branches would you recommend putting in their cage that they don't need to be supervised with?
Hello! I got rats early August this year and they are doing great, but they aren't potty trained. Ever since I got them I placed they're poop into the litter box every single day. To this day they still go outside the litter box. This causes to get poop on the bars and them stepping into it. I don't know what to do, do you have any advice?
ohhh that looks amazing! They look so delighted ^-^ I've seen that winerack and was tempted to buy it. But, I was worried it would fold too easily and be possibly dangerous. Is it sturdy enough? The rope around the branch is a great idea, such a great rat mom
It does fold a bit, the one I had before this once you painted / treated the wood it kind of stuck in place but if you're worried you can zip tie it to stay open :)
Does anyone else’s adds show mice and rat killing traps or food when watching rodent TH-camrs ugh drives me nuts😩😑 ! Love the setup and your videos ! ❤️
I love this, and the rats seem to be having a blast! I do have a question: I’ve always been concerned about letting my boys “fish” for peas if they have even the slightest sniffle, especially when the weather is turning cold. (I’m not talking about full-blown respiratory illness, which is always treated and monitored carefully, but the times when they have very mild symptoms which tend to resolve on their own.) I worry that getting the face soaked with cold water and having water way up the nose might lead to further respiratory illness. Am I just being silly? I’d love to give them more opportunities for water play, which they love… Thanks for any feedback!
Your rats were so cute! Cool to see a bioactive mini garden. I hope that the springtails work! Random question: Where do you get your bricks of coco soil from/what brand are they?
Was it affecting your breathing or making you come out in a rash? Some people might take regular allergy meds, use different beddings, make sure to trim rats nails or always wear long sleeve shirts when handling them to make a difference
Question? I’m thinking about adopting a male adult rat. My dad found a rat cage a a thrift store (which I cleaned really good) but I was wondering if it was a good cage. It’s about 4 feet tall 25 inches wide and has a wire spacing of 1 inch. (it has three doors) is that a god cage?
I'm just here re-watching Twix falling at 4:32 Lol
Just a few things to add that I didn't in the video: I intend on adding a cord protector to the filter, none of my rats are wire chewers and haven't bothered with any other wires in the room and they're always supervised but it won't hurt to add one and that would be a recommendation.
Also I wouldn't use upright willow within a cage because there is obviously a risk of them stepping on it wrong and getting their leg trapped, this one is quite far apart and I'm always with them and watching them when they're out of the cage so I'm not too worried about it :)
Love it I should do this for my three rats
Thanks for making 2 video a week
@@pieter-jan1455 Thanks for watching both of them! I'm really trying to do more at the moment :)
I absolutely love it, it’s just so amazingly cool!
This is great! I have wanted to make something like this for my rats but am not sure where to get a metal wire protector that won't rust.
5:07 I love how he took out a rock instead of a pea and was so freaking confused 🤣🤣🤣
Omg they were so happy 😂 bless them ❤️
First
And only
First on a varafied channel
my rats would've just climbed out straight away!
Ooh, I love the aesthetic. They all loved it. It was so funny watching them trying to get the peas without getting too wet.
I never knew I needed this in my life. Now I'm looking for relaxing gardening channels similar to the first 3 minutes to this video
The 'primitive unique tool' guys videos are really relaxing but also impressive!
It's so cute how rats lives are all about food and exploring. Being an animal is so lovely and simple.
Absolutely beautiful, I recently took in a rescue who is my first official rat of course I researched wayy ahead of time she was a feeder that got abandoned but iv fell in love with her she was stuck in a tiny cage with nothing but pellets she wasn't eating, she is only 6 months old so I really think I can give her a better rest of her life IV only been watching your channel for three months now and I doubt anyone would read this but thank you...and you've givin me so many great ideas to make her happy and at first she was so hungry she would bite me and everything around her but now she is so comfortable with me and I haven't been bitten in over a week and soon I'll be getting her a friend who I'm looking at shelters to pick from currently! This has got to be my favorite channel I watch thank you.!
You're little rat is so blessed you found her. I was thinking of getting a rescue rat one day. I'm getting older and I may have pet rats instead of getting more dogs. I've had rats when I was younger and loved it.
Angel Christina
Ah, your story is very similar to mine. I found Zacatecas in a dumpster near a big name pet store when I was digging in the trash on one of the last freezing nights of 2021. She was taped up inside a "live crickets" nearly frozen stiff & barley moving. I got her home, warmed her up & she was still unconscious so I forced a few drops of water in her mouth & she came right too & bit me then ran inside the clean cozy box I made for her. She bit me for a while, unintentionally but it didn't take her long to mellow out. I Found Butter Cups in an overcrowding situation & they were married on the first of this year.
Can you make a vidoe going to places like homebargins, Poundland etc getting rat things? I’m getting rats for Christmas and I have been trying to find vidoes like that, I loved your IKEA vidoe
OMG SAME
Poundland have some lovely house shape Christmas gift boxes. I am going to give my rats one to hide in over Christmas. Their own little Christmas house!
I'm getting rats for Christmas too!
I live in the sad rat-free province of Alberta, Canada and I live vicariously through your videos. Absolutely love all your videos!
“Where are the rats?”
“In the garden”
I miss my rats so much 😭 I really want to get more, it’s been years, they were such good animals
Did you ever get some more? I’m preparing to get mice myself and am doing as much research as possible first
Omg that was the cutest! They wanted those damn peas so bad 😁
You always come up with new ideas. This garden is amazing for your rats.
WOW!! This is so coooool. Thank you for sharing.
Even though I don’t do the crafts it’s still really fun to enjoy 😉 watching them
LIL BABIESSS 😍♥️♥️💕
Ive done this for my hamsters too(minus the pool) and they love them. One of them has hers(profile pic) in the cage and the other one has his as a playpen. They love eating sprouts and hunting down insects and its such a great fun enriching thing
This looks absolutely amazing and it makes me wanna make something fory girls too, but they would with no doubt just have the soil flying through the room within the first 5 minutes xD
I find the coco blocks expanding really satisfying to watch! XD
How lovely 🥰🐭 They seemed to really like it 🌱 You obviously care so much about them & their well-being 🤍 Keep up the great work
Wow what a fantastic rat mom you are ! Nobody can say you don't look after your rat FAM and what a great idea xxx
This is so awesome!! I m getting my 6 little boys in a week and this is a great inspiration. I wanted to make them a dig box with herbs but this is even much cooler. Thanks for sharing it with us! 💛
Such a lovely idea!
My dream for my future rats! I've been planning something similar
This looks amazing you did great!!!!
This is such an awesome idea and looks absolutely lovely too!
I love watching your video especially with all the adorable rats..I feel like your channel deserves millions of subscribers..with the amount of work you put into your content..
looks great !! my rats would definitely love this too
This is so cute, I absolutely love how it turned out! ☺️
They're living a very luxurious life. They look so happy!
Some of our owners tried this with the Pouched rats in the past. Went down a treat!
I love it! I was dreaming of making something like this for my girls! Now I’ll definitely be able to!
You got this!
What a fun, creative, and interesting enrichment area you made! They look so happy to be exploring such a fun place, you can tell they appreciate it :)
WOW Excellent idea!! We just picked up our three baby girls today, so excited about having rats in the house again. These are my first females, our other 5 rats were all males. I will be doing something like this for the girls soon. 💟
That's really cool, they look like they really enjoy it!
Oooh a lovely surprise mid week video!!
Whoa that's so cool!
Could we have something like a free roam tour or what a typical floor time looks like? One day perhaps
I’m hoping to do that! Now that I’ve got this setup, there’s a few more things like custom wooden houses I’d really like to either buy or get before I do that and then I’ll film a video like that ☺️ Pet room floor is a bit chaotic at the moment as I’ve had bags of leopard gecko stuff everywhere for months 🙈
@@Emiology brilliant! Hoping you’re feeling a bit better
Very well done congratulations.😊
It’s so cute how to grab for the peas 😂
Very cool enrichment set up!
That is so cool!! It turned out so nice!!🥰
They are so excited...and so chonky! I thought about getting a couple litter mate rats but I knew I would do better with my gerbils and hamsters for now. In addition to the gerbils, etc I also have a Sun Conure parrot so I just don't have the space left for the type of enclosure and enrichment I would want for rats. I can live vicariously through you, though, LOL.
Love this!!! Amazing idea 💚
This is georgeous!
I LOVE this!
Fabulous!
Hi emi love your vids I’m thinking of making this for my three girls can’t wait for today’s vid
This is so cool, I need to do something similar for my rats.
Love it !!!
Your timing is impeccable. 😊 I just expanded my cage to quad critter nation and got coconut coir bricks and tubs. I'm trying to figure out which plants to put in it.
Inspiring video!
is it just me or was the coco fiber bricks expanding the best part?
Just finished setting up a big double cage with lots of bridges and rope toys. I was going to build a naturalistic bottom but sectioned out, probably with plants in it, to give the two new rattos lots of interesting things to explore.
I wanted to make a cage that was more interesting to explore than outside, with lots of things to do including daily scatter feeding and puzzles. There would also be a second box for the isopods to grow (as they will be eaten unlike the springtails) and some spare grass; I was going to use cat grass (the very soft sort, koolkats i think it was called) but wondered if you had a video recommending plants for use with rats? I'm gonna look up more plant info after posting this, but just wondering if you had some suggestions 😊
I haven't constructed everything yet and as such I'm holding off buying rats, but your videos (along with many recommendations) are very helpful
I was thinking about doing a planted dig box but this gives me a better idea that involves an old giant toat. something to think about and work towards forsure.
This is really amazing!!
I love this video 😍
Do another cute rats trying different foods video
I love this so much! You should do something with your mice as well
i've always wanted to have somewhat of a bioactive? cage (not sure if that's the term) but I'm so scared of bugs but the springtails are not too big so they seem manageable. Do they normally stay contained within the box or have you found stray ones out and about in your home?
Springtails are great! They can and some will climb vertical surfaces and escape, but without moist decaying surroudings they will die off pretty quick, they would much prefure to stay in the soil than climb around on dry glass/plastic. So yes it could be possible to spot an escapee now or then, but there would not be a mass exodus unless the soil drys out and becomes unihabitable for them.
@@coderpup4639 ok but how quickly do they die upon leaving? trying to gauge the chances of me seeing an escapee but at least finding it dead instead of crawling everywhere XD
What kind of pebbles do you buy? I’m wanting to buy some to possibly put in a container for them to dig through for treats.
omg! i’ve wanted to make this for my hamster for a while now (without the water ofc). one day!
aw thank you for the adorable video! May I ask how do you keep the garden somewhat drained? I made one for my lil fur ball (a hammy), but the soil is always quite humid and got moldy fairly quickly... Thank you!
Well don't make it to wet but always keep it moist but always use springtails
@@recall_the_outcasts Having springtails sounds like a good idea! Thank you!
I want to do this so bad thx for the idea ! 💜
Love it
I love this, I've been thinking about making something similar for my gerbils (without the pool of course), I bet those plants got dug up and munched in no time! 😄
More so the weight of the big boys trampled them all flat haha!
@@Emiology ah yes, I forget rats are giants compared to gerbs 😅
This looks awesome!!! I'm sure your rats are having the best time in this!!! If hamsters were able to go in water then I would probably do this. But they can't. Im just going to make them a giant beach from sand and stuff lol.
XD Rip silly Twix!!!
Hey, does anyone now how long something like this would last ? I want to do something similar in my boys free roam area, Thank you 😊
You have to keep replacing the herbs and things every week or so but since making this it’s still mostly the same!
@@Emiology brilliant thank you, do you turn still as you have a clean up crew ? Thanks 😊
How often do you clean or replace the water and soil?
You don't with the soil because of the springtails
@@recall_the_outcasts oh wow, thank you! Looks like I have some research to do on this 😃
@Cristin AF I love rats, but cleaning their cage pains me, so I'm setting this up this week and getting some babies!
Could I use this for my rats?
How are your rats so chill ,mine would be trying to escape in seconds
They could escape if they wanted to, they have access to the whole room when they're on the floor :)
Hey Emi, i was wondering if there was anything else i could use to plant stuff in besides the coco blocks? Thanks!
Top soil without any chemicals in works too
@@Emiology ok thanks!
did you have to bake the topsoil at all?
Hi emi! I’d love to know where you bought his tree box as I live in the UK also and would love to use it as a bin cage for my hamsters! Thanks x
I've linked it in the description :) It's really quite narrow though so I'm not sure if it would be a good size for a hamster and I'm not sure the exact measurements
good for the ratties) yes yes
Will you ever make your rat cage bioactive? if you do please make a video!
Not while I’ve got this cage, when I buy a new one that allows for a deeper base maybe 🙂
Can my rats be in the same room as another pet if they don't interact?
Yes :)
How many mice can you have in one cage? That’s pretty large
This is awesome! Just wondering how do you store this or keep up with it?
It stays in the floor, I just add water and turn the soil occasionally ☺️
Does that mean you've already put your Christmas tree up? 😂🎄☃️
Haha no I bought this box especially for the rats... BUT that may or may not be happening this weekend 👀
4:42 Uh dude I'm pretty sure that is a rock.
Why do you have a rock? I don't think it will taste very good...
Great video!
Made me laugh so much when they did that, in his defense I guess he's never seen a tiny rock before
im wondering what the point of puting the bowl in the water was.
To stop it hitting the stones and making the water as murky
@@Emiology ohh ok thanks I'm gonna make this and see how my rats like it
I have been watching your vids and love them.My son is wanting a pet rat and was thinking of getting him 2 for Christmas, he is 21 and works so I will be home with it everyday but still want it to have a buddy while my son works.I own 2 parrots as well and was wondering if having birds and rats will be ok?
Could I do something similar to this for my mice?
This looks so amazing! I've just a little question! Is it a problem for the rats to be wet? or is it okay for them? Just wondering, have a great day!!
Nope, it's all good! Not like smaller rodents
do you use cooked or uncooked peas?
Just frozen peas :)
Thanks!
Mans needs a big rock to wade into the water :3
Hey! I commented on another one of your videos mentioning I'm creating a naturalistic enclosure next week ,I'm curious on whether parsley is safe for mice too? And if so ,are there any herbs and plants that I'm able to put into my mice's dig box! Also ,are mice able to be left 24/7 with a dig box or is supervision required ,sorry to bother but I haven't owned mice before and most research I do on dig boxes doesn't seem reliable.
Also ,again sorry to bother but is the soil the plants/herbs are grown in at shops safe for mice to dig in? And what sort of branches would you recommend putting in their cage that they don't need to be supervised with?
Hello! I got rats early August this year and they are doing great, but they aren't potty trained. Ever since I got them I placed they're poop into the litter box every single day. To this day they still go outside the litter box. This causes to get poop on the bars and them stepping into it. I don't know what to do, do you have any advice?
The peas in the pond were a literal "peas" de résistance.
ohhh that looks amazing! They look so delighted ^-^ I've seen that winerack and was tempted to buy it. But, I was worried it would fold too easily and be possibly dangerous. Is it sturdy enough? The rope around the branch is a great idea, such a great rat mom
It does fold a bit, the one I had before this once you painted / treated the wood it kind of stuck in place but if you're worried you can zip tie it to stay open :)
@@Emiology Oooo ziptie is a great idea :D
Does anyone else’s adds show mice and rat killing traps or food when watching rodent TH-camrs ugh drives me nuts😩😑 ! Love the setup and your videos ! ❤️
Yes .... 😫
I love this, and the rats seem to be having a blast! I do have a question: I’ve always been concerned about letting my boys “fish” for peas if they have even the slightest sniffle, especially when the weather is turning cold. (I’m not talking about full-blown respiratory illness, which is always treated and monitored carefully, but the times when they have very mild symptoms which tend to resolve on their own.) I worry that getting the face soaked with cold water and having water way up the nose might lead to further respiratory illness. Am I just being silly? I’d love to give them more opportunities for water play, which they love… Thanks for any feedback!
Your rats were so cute! Cool to see a bioactive mini garden. I hope that the springtails work! Random question: Where do you get your bricks of coco soil from/what brand are they?
Amazon! I’ve linked them in the description ☺️
I love this! I made my rats such a nice planted garden and they ate every last plant. I guess that’s the point but 🙁
😂 i did the same I was so happy and sad.
Was that bird sead or cat grass you sprinkled in ?
Bird seed but cat grass would work too!
I've had wonderful rats but years ago my last rat I reacted with allergy. Is there any thing I can do for that?
Was it affecting your breathing or making you come out in a rash? Some people might take regular allergy meds, use different beddings, make sure to trim rats nails or always wear long sleeve shirts when handling them to make a difference
@@Emiology Thanks. It was affecting my breathing. I agree allergy meds would help and more attention to bedding.
Would this be ok as a hamster cage?
Question? I’m thinking about adopting a male adult rat. My dad found a rat cage a a thrift store (which I cleaned really good) but I was wondering if it was a good cage. It’s about 4 feet tall 25 inches wide and has a wire spacing of 1 inch. (it has three doors) is that a god cage?
Can you give the link for your Rat Cage pls? 🐀