Happiness is a pile of rats.

@ratthew_3938

5 жыл бұрын

Yes yes

There so cute when there sleeping especially together

@ShadowTheRat

5 жыл бұрын

I agree!

Its still so cute when one of the girls is all snuggly with Marshmallow considering they gave him such a hecking riot when he showed up lol.

You have really helped in making sure my rat is happy and well taken care of.

I'm driving my wife nuts... I keep saying "shadow the rat" lol. Good vid again. My ratties love digging

Ooh!! NICE! I was just thinking about how I would do a dig tank! :D Thanks for the tips! I'll probably be using a clear plastic bin instead of a shoebox, as I want to see my babies all the time, but DEFINITELY will be using your tips! Thanks!! Your channel has been awesome in learning all sorts of things I can use with my boys! (sadly, I don't think they'll learn tricks the same as your girls would, but I'm happy with that).

Hello! Can you please send me the link to where you got that bedding? I'm thinking about making a dig box for my future ratties :3

This whole time I was making dig boxes and didn't even know it! I often make what I call texture boxes using tissue paper, fabric scraps, and some other fun textured things. It gets dirty and stinky fast but its fun!

I've been using the same bedding for my rats digboxes for a while now (they are on fleece so I really wanted to add that element for them) and 9 out of 10 adore it! ^^ They especially love to drag all the bedding out of one box to drag it into another box lol, whatever they want to do I guess.. I have 1 stubborn guy that prefers to dig in a bunch of blankets, so I still provide both options.

Great idea, thank you so much

I love your videos. No matter how awful my day is, your videos cheer me up. Thank you.

I really wanna face palm right now I used to have this huge 40 gallon tank in my hallway and I could've used it for a dig tank if I hadn't have thrown it away Sksksks oh well Time to get out the shoe boxes 😂

1st, I really love your channel!

@rattails

5 жыл бұрын

OMG yes she inspired me to make my own channel 😍 and I have 10 Ratties 😃

@Jade-zu4ru

5 жыл бұрын

@@rattails she did the same to me!😀 I have three ratties. My dream also came true today AND it was my first day of High School!

@rattails

5 жыл бұрын

@@Jade-zu4ru aw cute! She also inspired me to make a KZread channel 😁

This is a really good idea. I will try this as i know my girls live to burrow. One of them always builds a nest so this would be perfect 👌 thank you 😁

My 10 rats will love this! Idk if a shoebox would work but maby I could find another one 😂

@imbored4929

2 жыл бұрын

10 rats! That’s a ton! Lucky!

Great vid! I will have to make one.

Love it, thank you for the vid

Thx 4 the video I might make one myself🐭

Aww, I would want more ratties than just one. Your ratties are adorable! 💕💖

@_ItzMinzi

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes. if you want some pet rats, you should get 3rats or more. Rats are very social animals so you should get them a buddy. But two is also not very enough because is one dies, the other rat will be sad and then not eat so the other rat will also die early. So it’s always best to get 3or more rats.

You are the best!

I like rats and dogs and your channel is awesome you deserve more subscribers and I subscribe to you!!

My rats with all there bedding made a literal hole

i wish i had as many rats as u!!!

OMG I would totally do that for my rats ^^ I'm waiting for the delivery of the bedding tho (I'm in France and there's no paper bedding here)

How often do you think you need to change the paper bedding out in your tank dig box? I really want to try this but have found that the crinkled poet gets sticky pretty quick :,(

Is that an aquarium in your critter nation for your dig tank? If so what size may I ask. Thanks !!! I am trying to find a better idea than making myself a plexiglass insert. Not confident with my skills.

What substrate brand do you use?

Haha perfect timing to add to my little dilemma. I just impulse bought a 29 gallon tank for $29. I could go ahead and throw my money into a 4th fish tank or make a dig tank 🤔

People may have already asked this question, but how often do you find that you have to change out the paper bedding? Does it last a while before getting stinky and gross?

What's the bedding called? I couldn't hear the type! Love the video!!!

@ShadowTheRat

3 жыл бұрын

Its just generic crinkled paper, bought in bulk online. Much cheaper than buying eco bedding which is the same stuff just way more pricey and sold as bedding.

Hi Shadow the Rat, I was wondering what brand of paper bedding to you use? Thanks!

@ShadowTheRat

5 жыл бұрын

The bedding in my dig tank is eco paper bedding and the main bedding I use in the pans is yesterdays news

@goldflame2331

5 жыл бұрын

@@ShadowTheRat Thanks!

@celestialcrystalize8871

5 жыл бұрын

Can the bedding works with shredded paper too?

How often do you change bedding in the tank and in the free range area?

@ShadowTheRat

5 жыл бұрын

I change the bedding in the tank whenever I do a full cage cleaning - so every 2 weeks. Even then I usually just take out the top half and mix in new bedding. Since the rats avoid peeing/pooping in it it stays pretty clean so this works out nicely. The bedding in the dig box outside the cage I change every 3 or so months, again they avoid pooping/peeing in it and instead go in their travel cage so its not something I have to change around much. Generally I open it once a week to take out stuff they've stashed inside and that's when I might spot clean it some as well, but for the most part they keep it very clean so it needs little maintenance.

:( I made a dig box with a bin (translucent) not an aquarium. I sprinkled some food with a few cheerios in it and jiggled the filling so they'd sink a bit. They liked it. In and out regularly. This morning I found the dig box empty. They seemingly spent the night pulling shredded paper filler out of the box. I thought (hoped) a dig box would save my fleece and bottom pan from being destroyed. Next step Bass pan perhaps.

What tank size tank did you use in your cage?

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

This one is a 20 gallon, but I’ve used between 10 gallons and 25 gallons in the past depending on how the cage was sectioned. I think 20 works best for me in terms of ease of cleaning and not being too bulky while allowing lots of tunneling and burrowing.

this is an old video, but does anyone know where the tank is from? i have a DCN and my girls are really messy with bedding, since it has a flat pan they push everything out. also, what other beddings will hold in the shape my ratties burrow in? Thanks!

@ShadowTheRat

3 жыл бұрын

The tank here is just a regular 20 gallon long which can be found at any pet store. Personally I got mine for $5 used at a garage sale years back, so that’s another option. A similar sized storage bin will work just as well though and be cheaper and easier to move. As for the bedding I recommend you check out my video on bass pans here because they are metal deep pans for the critter nation that work incredibly well - I’ve had mine for over a year and a half now and I wish I started with them back when I got the critter nation (they’re a bit pricey, but should last forever - plus the amount of time I spent trying to find a good solution before them made them more than worth it to me): kzread.info/dash/bejne/dGuWt8RvqafMn9Y.html&app=desktop Bedding wise a good pelleted bedding like yesterday’s news is best for a flat or shallow pan because it’s heavy enough that the rats can’t easily kick it out while it’s also great at odor control and urine absorption (I’ve used it since before I had the metal deep pans and it’s so much less of a mess than wood chips or pure paper bedding). And as for the dig tank I use crinkled paper because it’s the easiest to care for and holds shape, but eco earth bedding is another common dig box filler for many rat owners (it does require more maintenance since it’s soil, plus it can be a bit more messy, but otherwise it’s great stuff and the most common thing used in bioactive rat enclosures).

I have a question, what if I use colored crinkle paper? Will it harm them? Cause I've thought of doing a cage theme and I thought of crinkle paper as bedding since many colored beddings aren't safe for them, Thanks!

@ShadowTheRat

5 жыл бұрын

It shouldn't, I assume its the colored version of this bedding that your talking about in which case I've used it myself in the cage.

Does it work with chipmunks?

does this work for mice too?..

would a lot of ripped up pieces of tissue or something work?

@ShadowTheRat

4 жыл бұрын

Yes but it doesn’t hold shape like this stuff so they can’t really create burrows in it.

so i guess there aren't many rat lovers with dirty minds

Oh i used a plastic tub and shredded paper

Do you do this in your basement?

@ShadowTheRat

3 жыл бұрын

My rats live in our finished basement, so yes, everything from their cage to free range to diy’s happens down there.

Can i just use paper that is crumbled up?

@johnrapp87

5 жыл бұрын

Charné Jurack yes I use paper towels

@charnej9775

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnrapp87 Can you use toilet paper?

@terry_robinson

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, you will have to change it often. Let the rats pull it off the roll themselves, they love that.

would mice like this too?

@ShadowTheRat

5 жыл бұрын

Very much so!

@parasyte8230

5 жыл бұрын

@@ShadowTheRat okay thank you! :D

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