After building the ratty grotto and annex, the biggest problem turned out to be how to keep the shelves clean. My ratties did not get the litter box concept at all, which isn’t too kind on the nose. I tried fabric liners (more…)

When a week after we took in a couple of stray rats and one of them had 10 babies, it was clear the cage I bought from Craig’s List wasn’t going to cut it. (These were tame white rats that had ended up outdoors, but the father was probably a wild rat).

Not knowing anything about rat ownership, I did a lot of Googling. I found this really cool website that describes how to build a "cage" out of a bookcase: (more…)