10 Cool DIY Rat Toys!
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- Ten more fun rat toys you can make for your rats! This is what all that on sale shopping stuff went towards so expect more DIY videos lol
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Cool thing and thanks. But to tell you truth I was hoping to see you're ratties interacting with your ratty toys, oh well, may next time, hint hint. All the same thanks for doing good, good stuff.
Not enough time in this video unfortunately, but you can see my rats interacting with the DIY's I made in the tissue box DIY video: th-cam.com/video/Bvu05ZC_wj4/w-d-xo.html
For the Pringles can, I’ve actually found that using a can opener to get the metal piece out is easier than the scissors
My boys are so lazy 😂 they sleep all day and the only chew toy they will play with are wooden stars flavored like banana, specifically 😂😂😂
I mean having cute lazy boys has its perks like extra snuggling and you can pet them and they are just adorable
mine too!
I ended up with girls and they will not sit still lmao
Boy rats tend to be more lazy but there still as sweet as girls
Rats are nocturnal
That's why they sleep during the day
Im finnaly getting rats
cause of u THANKS
That's awesome! CongRATs on your soon to be new ratties :)
You are so lucky my dad won’t let me get them 😭
Codo I am too! They really are amazing animals!
@@mayaramlogan5479 idk if I should like this or not. I was going to do thumbs down because that sucks. Try getting some info. There rather clean and simple to care for.
@Ethan Shipley Your "rat"? Do you know that they are social animals that suffer being alone? You need to get a minimum of 2, if you want rats! It's very cruel to keep them on their own. I hope you got another one by now.
I’ve only bought my rats a few toys and they didn’t seem to like them, and I’ve never bothered to make any. I have a 2 year old and a 1 year old and I feel like I’ve been neglecting them. They have full range of my room and I make sure to spend time with them every day, but of course a room you’ve run around in for a year is going to get old. I just want to do better for my boys.
I thought you went from talking about your rats to your kids. I was about to be like “Neglecting your kids??” 😅
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krystalline I reccomend getting a cage that they can go in (if you don’t have one) and pack that with ropes, hammocks, toys and DIY toys!
if you make diys be very careful of the materials you use for they could be toxic to your rat especially if you are not there all the time to supervise them
@@lillemannen0077no
When Covid is over I bet masks will make good mini hammocks/climbing toys :p
YOURE RIGHT I NEED TO TRY THIS WITH OLD MASKS
Nice ideas! I really like the pasta circle, my girls love pastas but they eat it all so fast, they'll play with a toy like that ^^
Funnily enough it was the younger girls first time trying dried pasta. I've never seen them jump for a new treat so fast - Cookie kept trying to drag the entire thing with her to her hideout!
Mine will leave pasta all day but it disappears at night
My daughter just got 2 pet rats and lives watching your videos for inspiration. She's excited to make these toys for her girls.
@Stella Moritz Oh that comment is old, my rats are all dead now :/ Enjoy the time you have with your little ones!
@@unemilifleur oh well I really want rats are there any tips you have ?
Thank you for this! I'm afraid I haven't been doing enough for my girls. I made them a hammock, but they chewed it up! They get an hour of outside playtime every day, (plus more with their momma) I just hope they're happy.. little Swiss and Ricotta thank you, they'll love these toys!
And if your rats happen to be boys they will either not bother with or instantly demolish any of these otherwise great designs :D
I've recently got boys, thanks for the warning 😂
I have 2 boys 😂 almost a year old i wish they never pass and live like dogs 🥺 they have 2 or 1 more year left after that☹
male rats r so mean
@@beckyanderson2504 good luck
@@awkwardaroundwomen lol my two male rats are the sweetest, it’s honestly suprising since they were feeder rats and we saved them
Some really great ideas there. I'm new to rat keeping so this is a real help. Rat toys can be so expensive.
Step 1. Container
Step 2. Crinkle bedding
Step 3. Treats
Step 4. Profit
This is brilliant thank you! I worry that my girls get bored and aren’t being challenged enough. I feel that pet stores don’t have enough enrichment activities for rodents and if they do they’re over priced!
So this is great! Please keep it up 👍
I was making these then remembered I was making a pizza 😞
so good! cant wait to get some ratties of my own to make these for!
macyshaw did you end up getting any ratties?
Umm, yeah I tried these with my 6 girlies and they chewed up all the plastic from the cup, and they chewed the string from the noodles and all the noodles were EVERYWHERE! Haha at least they had a blast!
Is it safe if the rats ingest some of the crinkle paper ? I want to make that toy but my rats eat and chew everything, and I’m worried about it hurting them.
Rats are really good at not ingesting inedible items, they even had a cheek flap that physically blocks the esophagus as they chew inedible things to prevent them from accidentally swallowing stuff they gnaw on (for example wood which rats can't digest).
That being said I doubt ingesting a bit of paper would hurt them, personally I've had rats try and eat some of the paper bedding I use (same stuff as this crinkle stuff but not colored) along with some of the yesterdays news pellets before they realize its not food and this small bit doesn't harm them.
Shadow The Rat ok,thx
I don't know if I'm the only one, but small string around rats makes me nervous. So does sharp or sharpshish objects like the skewers (bamboo stick).
I think I will try some of these for my hamster. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
One question: is the plastic you've used for your toys safe for rodents to chew? I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with Sweetie chewing the plastic cup or bottle caps, but maybe they are safe for rats. The rest of the toys look like fun for her.
Thanks again.
This is a late reply but it should be safe for all rodents. Rodents typically wont ingest what they chew unless it tastes good. But if you're worried about them eating it then maybe steer clear from the plastic anyways!! It be fine, but I know some would still be worried about it
I like to use paper stuff for them because I know it wont smell or taste good and is just for grinding their teeth down. Wooden toys are also good for them as long as it isnt pine or anything scented or something like that hah! Sorry this is late, hope it helps someone tho !!
Wow these are so fun! Totally making these for my boys. Thanks for sharing :) 🐀
I find it better to make your own toys cause if u buy them one first it's expensive second they get bored of them fast and third they destroy it lol these are cheap and easy and they can destroy them all they want thanks for the ideas
Goosie and Pepper are so grateful for this! Thank you for making this.
I had rats for a couple of years. Now I'm preparing myself for more because I want some by the end of the year. My new boys will be spoiled
Thank you! I've been needing a couple things for my boys =D
I love your channel! Thank you for all the help with my new babies! So helpful ❤️❤️
None of my boys will fit in that, a 1lbboy rat is tiny, I have 2 at 2.2lb one at 800grams...whos actually the fattest and a 600 gram boy
Robert Shadbolt cream is actually a girl... so that’s pretty big😂😂
200th comment! Love these diys there adorable 🥰 I will definitely be doing these!
Hey shadow nice video! I have a question is a you and me rat manor cage big enough for 3 rats?
I know it's late but this might help.
I have the you and me rat manor and it's great!!! It's great for two rats but I'm almost positive it can house up to three rats. You've probably already found your answer by now but oh well. Your welcome.
This is great! My girls loved it so much, they would stick their head into the cup and it would look hilarious
I’m not bother to do these just yet cause I’m getting two rats next week I’ll be naming my boys whisky & willow ( i know that willow is a girl name but it’s cute ok? 😭 )
This is so helpful I am sure my rats will really enjoy all the toys 🙂🙂
I'm late to this, but I'm curious as to what type of string that is? I want to try some of these for my boys and I want to make sure I use the safest stuff possible for them. If anyone sees this and knows of some rat safe string that won't cause intestinal blocks or anything, please let me know!
I love your video's, I just bought 4 ,I have only had them 3 days ,I have been watching your videos ,They are so awesome,I am learning fast,The ladies at Total pet were not as helpful as the ones at Bosley's,I bought a huge cage for them,I hate the one the ladies sold me at Total pet,I will use the plastic cage for travel,I am excited for the new cage on Tuesday.I am very Thankful for your videos.
My rat loves tissue paper. It will spend all day playing with his paper. It doesn't want other toys so long as it has its paper. A big box with lightly crumple tissue paper (to wrap presents with) will do. I use a shoe box.
Yes I have to change the paper every day. It's ripped into pieces and gets everywhere.
I love this channel so much
Thank you soooo much,I used the pasta circle one and bella(my rat)loves it so much
Thank you for sharing these ideas! My ratty boys are going to love these!
thanks know my Rats will be the happy🥰🥰🥰🐀🐀🐀🐀
thank you for great new ideas! bamboo skewers give me the creeps though because they splinter so sharply... but will definitely be crafting some of these for my rat. (yes, only the one right now for medical reasons, would love for him to have friends again. fingers crossed...)
Yeah, the skewers can unfortunately splinter - although I really don't know what happened to mine as by the next day the rats had apparently chewed it to shreds! I imagine something like a pipe cleaner could also work if you poke the holes with some scissors.
Shadow The Rat already made something with a willow twig! there's a short clip on my channel now of my sumu.
Awesome thank you for those great ideas I can't wait to try them out 😍😍
Thank you! I love your ideas for toys.
🐭🐭 Much love... From Sydney - Aus🐁🐁
Can I Use Plastic Bottle Caps To Make Toys?
fwi fruit that much can be deadly to rats if one gets too much, or do u have males?
Me: has never owned rats or plan on owning rats
Also me: This is essential, subscribed.
That's me and dog channels lol - I can't count how many dogs I follow despite never having a dog and not planning to have a dog for a long while!
@@ShadowTheRat Lol I don't much care for dogs, more of a cat person. Yes I realize the irony of liking both cats and rats. Honestly I will probably never get a rat, but I am very close after seeing how you trained a rat to rob a purse. Just imagine. A hoard of pickpocketing rats. It sounds like a comic book villain, you could become a legend.
Great ideas! No more single folded toilet rolls for them! They aint getting their treats that easy now
Egg boxes, the world's most versatile tool
are the sharp sides good for them??????
Thank you so much for this video! I'll be moving in (to Europe, actually XD) with my boyfriend in a few months, and we're getting rats then. (I grew up with rats when i was younger and had my own right after college, but haven't been able to for the last few years. :( Very sad.) I'm seen other DIY videos for toys, a lot of which seem to be unhealthy for rats or just plain boring. But these seem excellent! Perfectly safe and much more effective at providing activities they'd occupy themselves with in the wild. Add in how expensive (and still often unsafe or boring) manufactured toys are, and these become a wonderful alternative.
I love all of your videos--even as a relatively experienced 'rat mom,' I've learned a lot, and they're lovely rats to enjoy vicariously.
I’ll make some of these for my girls! :P ❤️
Thank you so much!
THANK YOU SO MUCH AHHH
im doing the first one and its hard
also a pain
What kind of string did you use? And can`t toothpicks injure rats if for example a rat somehow gets to them and chew?
I used sisal string, and toothpicks are safe for them to chew up so that’s not a problem (you can always cut the pointy bits flat if your worried but the chewing itself is fine).
I would be a bit concerned about giving rats uncooked paster for fear it would swell up in the rat's stomach and might cause discomfort. But perhaps this worry is unfounded and paster is no worse than other dry foods?
Even if this were true the amount of space taken up would be the same - take a cup of pasta that’s soaked up a cup of water and it takes the same space as an individual cup of pasta and an individual cup of water. With that being said dried pasta and other dried foods like lentils take a lot of time to absorb water and the rats stomach will have broken it down well before then. Not sure where this myth of dry foods expanding in the stomach got stared but it doesn’t apply to birds or other animals either.
my hamster is going to love this!
Journey Bush a lot of these aren't suitable for hamsters. They are called rat diys.
Chanelle Thomas it’s not like these are unsafe for hamsters so it’s fine I use bird diy toys and rabbit diy toys and even hamster and Gerbil toys
Am I the only one who's worried about all the plastic? I mean it is dangerous for the rats isn't it?
Luckily rats are very good at not eating non-food items - they close off their throat with cheek flaps when they chew non-food things, meaning everything gets spit out at they chew. That's why they can chew wood, something they also can't eat/digest.
So its fine to use plastic with rats, so long as they aren't abnormal and exhibiting pica (eating non-food items, pretty much only seen in rats in a lot of pain or on certain meds).
I will try these for my girls! Also, is it okay to feed rats fruits and veggies everyday, because I’ve been making a little fruit breakfast for them every morning, I just want to make sure what I’m doing is safe! Thank you
oh it sure is safe, fruits and veggies are very good for rats but there of course are some veggies and fruits that are less recommended to give to rats, just make sure if you are feeding your rats fruits and veggies that you also provide some form of protein
What kind of string should I use?
Sisal is what I'm using here, and its one of the safest strings to use.
Nice video
Thanks! :)
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Tysm for this, my rats don't really like playing with stuff, but since these involve snacks they'll be really excited
Thank u soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!! My rats,mice,ferets,and hamsters will love these!
rodentLOVER_OMG my ratites love the first one XD my ferrets just ripped it apart straight away :/
hmm neet
What kind of treats are those, cause I got a rat not too long ago and I'm trying to figure out what are some good treats for them
Thanks
Lol! Rats like everything I like! Baby puffs and dark chocolate! 😂
Your not supposed to feed them chocolate it can make them sick 😷
relia kitten Actually dark chocolate is okay for rats! But only little bits of it! It could help with respiratory infections sometimes
Lily ;-; yea it’s just milk chocolate that can be really bad for them
P R yep! I researched a lot before getting my girls :)
What type of sting is it? I'm late :((((
Sisal string!
I love these videos!!
Silly question, new rat owner- what are you using there string/rope/twine? and is there a particular brand of it your using thats rat friendly? Secondly glue....is that rat safe or any old glue or? just thinking of making some fun foraging toys.
I have 26 rescue rats and I spend A LOT of money on toys which they obliterate so I’m going to try this thank you 🤣
I like your shirt and you are very inspirational.😊
Hehe thanks, its actually a rainbow hoody though - very fashionable right :P
Great ideas and an excellent presentation. If you have a really large rat you could use an oatmeal cylinder to make the tunnel. And for the cork ring, you can use a bendable wire, rather than the skewers, to prevent a rat from accidentally injuring an eye or its mouth on the pointy end of a skewer. And to hang toys and other items, I buy 2" carabiner spring-clip hook packs from Amazon. I make loops in the twine and slip it over a carabiner to make it easy to attach and detach items from the wire. But if you are using 1/4 rat wire, you will need 1 inch lanyard hooks or S hooks. If money is tight, you can make your own S hooks out of coat-hanger wire. Amazon also sells Tenn Well Braided Jute Twine, 165 Feet 3.5mm Thick Twine Rope for Crafting which is thicker than the twine found in most stores so it can take a lot of stress from rats hanging off of the toys.
Hi ! I recently got rats because of you,don’t worry I did my reaserch
Thanks u I will make this egg carton toy for my rats I think the boys will love them
So the corks are truly safe for them to chew? Do I need to worry about my rattie swallowing pieces of one?
omg these rat toys are the best and actully are really easy to make thanks for the ideas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice toys, but uncooked pasta isn’t good for the 🐀
were are the treats from
Those treats are Cheerios (a cereal) and Gerber puffs (a human baby weaning food).
Did you know rats are great compainions.
here is an idea for a rat hammock. take a face cloth or tea towel and two elastics fold the cloth in half and then tie the elastics on the end then put treats int my rats have approved this they love it and one of my rats are in it well i am writing this thx for reading this...
On ur last rat toys video u wore the same shirt 😂 I noticed this because just before this vid came out I was watching ur other rat toy vid!
Love u!
Its actually a hoodie :) I tend to record late at night and in the basement, so its a bit cold and perfect for wearing my hoodie (plus the rats do love it :P )
Shadow The Rat haha understandable
Thanks😃
Glad you enjoyed!
Just got a rat and made her the pants hammock and also the first egg carton toy in this video and she freakin loves them, I also gave her a small wooden house and a wheel and she's so happy, I'm going to keep making your diy toys, I have so much space left!
I notice you use the little star things a lot. Do these make good treats?
Yup! Those are gerber puffs (they're actually made for human babies lol), and if you break them up they make awesome training treats, not to mention they make good foraging treats like seen here as well.
@@ShadowTheRat Thanks for the reply! I'm currently researching and considering getting rats of my own, and your channel has been a great help.
I made something like the first one, and they figured it out in seconds!
My rat's name is cream too! She's tiny, though.
I think I'm gonna go for an "allnatural" look.
Go for it - I've seen some incredible all natural rat cages!
Wow, you have alot of DIYS
Awesome! Thank you so much
I hope your rats enjoy them!
@@ShadowTheRat I made the star shaped thing today, and one of my boys does indeed like it. :)
@@VinesThroughTime Glad to hear!
I’m might gets rats I’ve done my research but what gender do you think is best for beginners
Males are more cuddly and are a bit lazy, females are more active and can be taught tricks. I'm getting rats soon and I'm leaning towards males, but it really just depends on your personal preferences.
Very good ideas !🐀 and i like your sweat 😊
I love this channel! I saw your comment on some rat group on Facebook but I forgot the name of the group :/ wanted to comment
Probably the rat fan club. They're awesome, loving being a part of that group! :)
Wow.....such cute rattie toys......I will definitely be trying the egg carton treat holder.......thanks for sharing Shadow :)
Sounds good! I'm hoping to find more uses for egg cartons because unfortunantly my rats can't fit through them nearly as well as my gerbils could :P
Thanks again girl :)
Hey
my boys wouldn't fir through this pringles-tunnel ^^' or, maybe they fit and then take the box with them... the smallest one weights over 600g. and they're not looking fat.
I guess some rats will have trouble. But I had a girl over 600 grams squeeze through tubes this size before so I really think most rats can squeeze through if they want.
Mine range from 600-1050grams they need a 4inch tube
thanks you this is super helpful!
Is it okay if I feed my rats vinnila Ferber puffs to my girl for training and forging food?
You mean gerber puffs? Yes that's fine, in fact i use them in interchangeably with cheerios. Just break each one into 2-5 pieces in order to make them bite sized.
Shadow The Rat Yay thanks my Rats are beginning to do tricks that your rats are doing!!!
I was looking at a list of rat Safe wood earlier. It said that cork wasn’t safe
What list were you looking at? Many lists are off for both food and wood, so I wouldn’t just trust one. Cork and willow for example are both safe and also both things I’ve seen gotten wrong on a list. Chocolate, grapes, and garlic I’ve also seen gotten wrong on rat food list, claimed to be unsafe when they’re perfectly fine for them.
What treats do u use ?? I’m a new rat owner and Idk what to useeeeee ;-; I could use adviceeee
cheerios,Rice Krispies,and dry pasta works great
Regular Cheerios or Gerber puffs but make sure you break the Gerber puffs and the Cheerios into smaller pieces. Also meat baby food
What are the white puff treats you are using?
Gerber puffs!
Can you make me a list of all the DIY toys you made and the ones you have not made please?
I can’t really give you a list but I do have many listed on the foraging toy page of my rat website:
Otherwise I can link you my other DIY videos here:
10 Toilet tube DIY’s: th-cam.com/video/qIAD-MTg_AI/w-d-xo.html
10 Tissue box DIY’s: th-cam.com/video/Bvu05ZC_wj4/w-d-xo.html
Bottle foraging toy DIY: th-cam.com/video/Iqd8bAKHAWM/w-d-xo.html
Thank you Shadow!
Won't is hurt if they eat the corks?
No as they don’t actually eat them. Rats are really good at not ingesting non-food items and will just chew and spit out things that aren’t food. In fact they even have cheek flaps which they can use to block the esophagus when they’re chewing non-food items so they don’t accidentally ingest something!