Bettas, Ratties, and Expos, Oh My!

[Shanna66]

lol, its hard for me too. i dont want to get anymore boys so im waiting until they all die off so i can get girls. not that i dont love my boys, they are my babies and they come before even the fiance  

[Foofy_Miru]

I wouldn't mind trying a couple of boys... I've heard they're calmer (albeit stinkier and bigger) than females. Can you not have boys and girls in the same house without someone being neutered or spayed? Or can you just not get another cage?

I'm trying to hold off, mostly, because I want to make sure I can take care of these guys right before I commit to even more of them. I've always had issues keeping up on hamster and mouse cages/tanks... That's the one thing that's always kept me from getting rats in the first place.  

[Shanna66]

well ive already got 4 rats and thats 4 more than my dad would like in his house. until i move in with the fiance its just the rats i have now.

i do have a couple of spare cages though twisted

but i plan on just getting 2 or 3 girls. the boys housed together are super messy and need a bath nearly each week (water only so they dont dry out) the 2 youngest like to mix their pee and poo together on the top shelf and sleep and play in it. my lone boy is very clean and he hardy ever needs a bath. but yeah, the 2 youngest usually look like filthy sewer rats XD  

[Foofy_Miru]

EWW... You know, I think I'll just stick with my not-so-messy girls, thanks.. LOL!

Apparently, I have some happy betta boys... They're both making bubble nests! (How disappointing for them, though, that they're not going to get to make babies. Hahaha!)  

[ade4]

omg do u live in canada?! if so, where? can i visit u?! the pets are so many! i only have a cat...i wont bring him.XD ur rats might beat him up.  

[Foofy_Miru]

So, kind of an update...

First, the sad news: Rats are SO not the pet for me. Well, rodents in general aren't. This is my third time giving rodents a try (first was a hamster, second were the mice), and the third time was not the charm. =( So, I'm rehoming the girls to someone who will keep up on their cage better, will get them out more often, and, more importantly, can stand the STINK! Yuck. Oh, and Papaya wasn't pregnant. =(

Anyway, the bettas are still doing well. They're both in bowls right now, though... Turns out the plants I got for the 10 gal had pond snails on it, so the pond snails ate the plant and took over the tank. Oops. Moved the blue guy to a bowl for now, since I probably need to cycle the tank first, anyway, and the current from the filter was WAY too strong for the little guy without the plant blocking some of it. Now, if I could convince my brother to stop dumping food in there and fouling up the bowls so much. . .

ade4

omg do u live in canada?! if so, where? can i visit u?! the pets are so many! i only have a cat...i wont bring him.XD ur rats might beat him up.

Huh? Does who live in Canada? I don't, if that's what you mean...