Reacting to my old rat care and first cage setup...
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 26. 09. 2020
- Do you ever just look back at your old pet care and cringe? It definitely could've been worse!
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2 years ago, I got 2 rats (coco and lucky). They lived in a 10 gallon tank with nothing but a clear castle. A food bowl, and water. My parents gave them to me, one day I held lucky and something just clicked. I asked to have their tank in my room, and since then I've done sooo much research on them.
As of today, coco and lucky are living the life in a double critter nation with the same exact size tank they were in once before, being used as a dig box. So many toys, sleeping places, and climbing places now. I have also since got a lot more rats, and have 4 separate groups!
Itâs kind of nice to know that even the best pet CZcamsrs made mistakes, and werenât born the perfect pet owner. I love that you were able to learn, make improvements and share your experiences with us to make our pet care better! I love your channel! â€ïž
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Honestly you don't need so much space to feed them properly. I'm in a box room & the girls food is in a storage box!
Yesss
@@disgracefulcabaret3640 I don't agree but it's ur opinion
Sameee
With my rats I put some of their food in eggs boxes itâs really easy enrichment.
Ooh Iâm going to try that with my degus! Thanks!
I do the same!
I do that too!! (but for my bird)
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Iâm stealing this ! HOW DID I NOT THINK OF THIS !!! I give them a boiled egg once a week đ€Šââïžđ€Šââïž never thought of the egg box
the merch design looks so cute on a t-shirt!
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It does, doesnât it!
I think this video will have a lot of us going "yup! I did that too!" But Emi
U kept researching and learning how to make their little lives even better!!... which makes you a fabulous animal carer!
My dad said I can get any small animals i want in a few years and I chose rats. You have helped me so much to learn how to care for them so now I won't make those mistakes!
How's it going?
I basically live my entire life improving how I care for my animals as I feel so guilty when I think back! lol
I remember even with my first pet, a female syrian hamster, I remember always trying to improve. Sadly I never discovered back then about large enclosures with unbroken floor space & paper bedding. I remember buying a rat wheel. This was in like 1999!
I also had budgies & canaries in cages I would never use now!! And didn't feed enough vegetables or allow enough out of cage time. đ I have improved a lot thankfully, a lot of which is because I live alone and can have my entire living room as a bird room if I want. đ
Happily I found you and Isamu shortly after adopting unwanted pet rats.
But I can see how we all wish we could go back in time and change our pets care. I had hamsters and Guinea pigs in the past, that now I feel guilty about their enclosures. Also they did live very long lives, most of them.
We didn't have all that info back when I had them. So I did my best.
As did you.
Congrats on the kitty!
Congrats about Hubble! So glad you are rescuing that cutie! He is going to have a great life! Sooo happy for you! YAY YAY YAY!!!
I'm so sorry all your views are gone :( that must literally suck. As a dedicated follower on all avaidabale social medias, it's hard to miss a videođ good luck on hubble - (I drew that first fanart hehe lol ^âącâą^) ~sincerely, a fellow rodent keeper and cat lover
So excited to see Hubble on CZcams! I hope your having fun with him!â€ïž
AwĂwwwwwww
I love it when people make these videos because it shows everyone that everybody makes mistakes
Iâm just realizing how truly unprepared i would be for rats if not for this channel. I love and appreciate the information about enrichment and proper rat care on this channel :)
Hey Em! I love your channel, but I was wondering if there will be a âAsk me about my Miceâ merch?
Their will! Shes working on it!
Ahhhh yes I was wondering the same thing, because I LOOOVE her merch and her channel but I donât own ratsđ„șđ„ș
An old hoodie hood or dressing gown hood with 3 shower curtain hooks makes a cheap option on hammocks. My boys love them .
I love rats but my mum does not allow rodents, hopefully when I move out I can get three little guys â€ïž
I feel bad rats are super nice and adorable pets
My dad hates them "because they're rats" so i photoshopped rats on him. He hated it obviously
Ratatat thatâs amazing đ
Rats are super diagusting and awfull pets why would u want some ?
Suiram Naimad NO THEY ARE NOT I UNDERSTAND A OPION BUT YOU CAN KEEP THAT TO YOURSELF
Omg I remember watching you when you had this exact cage years agođ
I just got my first rats and have watched so many of your videos to help. Thank you for teaching me so much so I can best support my two boys - Macaroni and Ravioli!
Ordering a couple shirts and a tote and pins from you soon. Definitley a conversation starter
I hope Hubble is doing good at settles in fast! đđ
I'm a crocheter and I made them one of their hamacas they started biting it so I sewed so material underneath they still love it and the hide their food in there and love napping in there it's so sweet
You should do a full video on reacting to your first ever rat video on your channel.
The pic of your rats was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute
Omg this is such a cool idea emi !! I was so happy when I got this notification haha ! đ€
My boys and girls had the right cages but where very similar in your setup. Not enough toys or stuff, except I didnt even have any bedding but newspaper because I had no way of putting in bedding without it getting all over my floor and wasnt aware of modifications you could make at the time. I was also dirt poor, moreso than now and couldnt afford much in the way of enrichment or activities. However I did take them out every single day and did my best despite to give them the best life they could have, this i think is the main similarity in first ownership versus gaining more experience. Ive currently opted to keep my ferret nation instead of my shitty four story and have modified it exstensively (mesh, inner plastic pieces to allow more bedding, etc) and honestly comparing my old setup to now is a major improvement! We all grow over time and make mistakes early on. Improvement is what makes us good pet owners. :)
This was my first cage as well to! You are such an amazing rat mom and have worked and researched so hard I have just been looking on your much store itâs soooo! Cool love your rats and your new kitten Hubble towâ€ïžđđ±
I watched your channel for a year before getting my own rats. now one year into having them there's still so much to learn. đđđđ
I really really like the Oxbow Essentials for adult rats though. I have had many rats reaching the age of 4 or 3.5 with this food as a base diet, mixed with a healthy mix and of course fresh foods. I just think itâs well balanced and healthy for them. I rarely had health issues, the occasional URI or strokes when they reach their elderly years, tumors in rarer instances (I have had more males though).
I put my first rat in one of those tiny cages not fit for any living creature, but I soon upgraded to a huge, 3-story Martin's cage.
i started watching you after getting my buddies. Everything she is saying is spot on. You will learn a lot about raising rats as you go and you will definitely find out what works and doesn't work for you and your rats.
Thank you for making these videos! I'm getting my first rat today, and you've helped me so so much!
Hopefully not just one rat đ
@@Emiology only one for just a little bit. He's a rescue, and I'm rescuing a second one in a week!
Iâm so excited for Hubbleâs first feature on your channel!!
Mistakes were made but your lip color is no mistake!! Stunning!! Your whole makeup look is beautiful.
Love your merch just wish I actually had rats so it would make sense đ
Hiii i just wanted to say iâm getting rats in november and you helped me alot with learning how to take care of them đ„°
Have you got them yet? :D xx
thanks to your videos I will be starting out by providing my rats with the correct bedding and providing them with enrichment!
I love your videos !!!! You have helped me and my three boys so much!!!!!!
iâm so excited to get my hoodie from your website for my birthday!!
Love your merch so much Xxx
My old rat cage was a hamster cage... I learned a lot from then and I now have a 4 story wide and tall metal cage, they absolutely love it.
I love the merch!
Omg love your merch!
I just adopted two babies and I want to learn from my mistakes from my first round of rats. The first round is still around, so hopefully they will also reap the benefits!
I have never owned rats but Iâm thinking about it and Iâm glad Iâve been watching your videos so I wonât make any mistakes (not enough space, letting ammonia build up, not giving enough stimuli, etc)
Be careful with those foraging balls (the blue one with carrots) one of my old rats got her finger trapped in it and sadly it cut it clean off
Oh no!
Sadly my rat passed today.. she was such a good rat. Before she was in a tank, 4 months later she was in a huge cage. Sadly she got tumors and died 1 year later when 1 got too big.
its funny cause i use oxbow pellets as well with a birdseed mix with my mouse and when i scatter feed the seeds he has so much fun digging for the small little pieces and its adorable
i also do feed him veggies btw^^
Oh my. When I think back on my first pair of rats and the cage I had them in, Iâd cry haha it was back in 2012. I got them a cage marketed towards rats, but luckily once I got them I realized the cage visibly was too small. And I saw the critter nation cages and bought them a double and Iâve always just used that brand ever since.
i've been wanting rats for yearsss. i've finally decided i'm going to get two. cages are definitely pricey though.
Just got a tank top!!! Thanks:) love your videos
Hi! I had rats about 15 years ago and we are now starting to get them again and share the joy with our kids! We really enjoy watching your videos and learning ways to better care for them! I was wondering what kind of big cages you have? Iâm sure youâve mentioned it but I canât find the information. Our cage now is 3 stories but definitely not as big as yours and Iâm think once a little boys are bigger they will need an upgrade. Thanks for all the info! We love seeing your animals!
Love your videos so much
I wish i could get rats! But i have already 9 other rodents
you can never have enough pets, right? (:
Wow, 9 :0
Bente Boucher thatâs right! But i will never have enough money
U can have enough pets because one day u would be broke from paying for all of their food I mean ur opinion but chill đ
Dominika Cole i mean you should chill itâs just a different type of âjokeâ ::D
I wish I had known more about good and bad rat foods and illnesses and for instance how to recognise signs of a mites infestation when I started out in the early 2000s. Or how to recognise a knowledgable vet.
I love the new kitten đ
This is kinda off topic but I absolutely love your hairâ€ïžđ
If you think your first cage lacked enrichment you would be appalled at the cage I had for my first (and last) rats in the 1970's. It was basically a 10 gallon fish tank with a water bottle, food bowl, some type of bedding material (probably pine chips) and a cardboard house. That is how they lived for over a year. I'm sure being in a fish tank shortened their lives as my brother's two female rats, who he got shortly after meeting mine, lived for 8 years. He had a much better setup, plus his rats free ranged for much of the day, so they led full, enriched lives, unlike mine.
Will the pins be back soon? I would love to have one!
Can you pleeeaase do a video on exactly what you feed your rats snd how to make the mix? All I know is pellets and I really want to have healthy rats I love rats and I want them to live a long and healthy life I would be so great full if you did and thank you so much if you do
Look up Isamu rat care here on youtube. There is at least two videos on this topic on Isamu channel, and where Emi refers people in one of her videos. You can also look up Isamu rat care on google to go to the website where the information on making a mix is as well.
Love ur videos â€ïž
Hi!! I absolutely LOVE your channel! It has helped me so much with caring for my mice and learning all about their behaviors and everything!đđ I was wondering if you were gonna make a ask me about my mice merch, because I love the merch but I donât own ratsđ„șđ„ș
And u gave the little chaps lots of free roaming time in your 'rattie safe' room too!
Love watching your vids! I have two male rats Pippa and Cowboy and hoping to get a third very soon đđ
i had the same foraging ball and they chewed a huge hole in there
I have 2 senior rats that I absolutely love. What should I do when one passes away? I don't intend to get anymore once they're gone.
if you don't think the second one will be around very long, just care for them and interact with them for as long as you have them. If they'll be around for 3+ months, maybe rehome them?
If someone is selling an old rat maybe you could get it to keep your rat company. I just see your comment is 1 year old. What happened?
@@em84c thank you for the advice. As it turns out both of my boys passed away.
not me casually getting stressed that i have the same cage but quiet a bit bigger thankfully
I was a terrible rat owner when I was younger.
I got my first rat at age 11 and kept her in a large bin cage and fed her hamster food. I feel so so bad about it.
Now u have 5 girls in a cage that is similar to a critter nation, and I feed them lab blocks with other stuff mixed in for a better diet.
OMG your first rats looks like mine rats right now and the are my first rats too
I LOVE YOUR MERCH IM GOING TO GET IT-
I'm still watching all of your new Videos because I've finished almost all of your old ones đŹ whoops. No regrets here đ
I got 3 new rats today time to binge emiology
i really like her hairz
i need a blanket with the merch design đ«
Love your content! I am considering to get a pair of rats and am living in a small student apartment at uni. Would you consider creating a video containing tips for caring for rats in a small space?
Suggestion on merch, pins! I love pins and I would be able to wear it at work on my shirt or lanyard.
I did pins a few months ago âșïž maybe you missed the video! Theyâll be coming back in stock soon
@@Emiology yay!!! I'm so excited! I think I did miss that one because I would've remembered pins! đ
I donât have rats. I would buy your mercy if I did. But I couldnât emotionally deal with their lifespan, so I have a quaker parrot that will live upwards of 30 years...đ
Yes the bad part of pets is the grief when they die. But I also worry that I will die before my pets and what will happen to them. So a parrot would stress me out a lot. I have a 10 year old cat.
at first I was gonna get mouses, I did some research and ended up going with rats instead since they fit me better
Congrats on your kitty, he's so cute! Also how come your 'ask me about my rats' pins are not on the websites any more?
They all sold out but theyâll be back âșïž
Hi there! Are you doing another other reaction videos to rat cages? Would LOVE your insight!
AAAA I live you videos!!!
Im gonna have that first cafe for my baby rats, i have strict parents so i need to have the cage at both of them, untill ill have enough to two big cages!
hi emi, just wondering what bedding you use for the base of your cage
We used to have this exact cage with our rats but then we had some really destructive females and they actually managed to chew through the base of cage. We ended up getting one with a metal tray
I wish when I had my first rats I knew they could be litter trained. Ah well. Now I know better for next time.
Im still trying to find the perfect bedding for my ratties. In the states, the hemp bedding is really hard to find. The kind I did find was for chickens and was way too dusty. I am currently using the paper pellet bedding because itâs the safest I could find and most cost effective here in the US at least.
My girls have respiratory problems and I only use fleece. I use fleece for everything, even as substrate. Fleece is not dusty, once it gets wet it expands, so things fall faster through it after every wash.
The downside to fleece though is that you have to wash it quite often not just for the smell, but for the sanitization. You cant have your pets running in their own litter all the time can lead to bumble foot. I recommend litter training if you are using fleece.
Aliza canjura ahh yes I forgot to mention I used fleece for a long time but I swapped out of it because of the mess with washing them and they were getting URIs
And my ratties are litter trained. They have a corn type litter material for their two litter boxes.
I use kaytee clean and cozy, itâs a safe bedding and Iâd say itâs pretty good. You could also use care fresh, I heard thatâs a good paper based bedding too..
I used new county organics hemp bedding www.newcountryorganics.com/hemp-bedding-5-cu-ft-bag-33-lbs.html for a while and it was great! Unfortunately it doesn't work for one of my rats (allergies) out of three, and I had to try a bunch of different beddings for her. We are now settled with Kaytee clean and cozy.
I wish I had rats now!
I know you already have plenty of other pages on for instance IG and Twitter, but do you also have a Facebook page? I'm not on IG and Twitter myself and also CZcams has problems with sending notifications lately, but I would still like to know what goes on with your rats and whether you post new videos or get new rats or lose one. Thank you đđ
i wanna get rats in february so I can ask for a nice cage around my birthday will your rat merch still be around? If not I'll probably buy it soon. PS. I think this video shows just how much people can improve in their animal care!
Could you find the hanging foraging toy?
my friend back in the day held rats as pets I thought it was a bit random lol but after seeing them a few times I thought they were so cute and realy fun pets. I am a massive cat lady lol so I'll never be able to keep rats, rabbits, birds or anything like that (I would want those kinds of animals to have some time outside of the cage as well) but I really enjoy them as animals as well.
Is there any better bedding then the one she shown at the start?? I donât litter train my rats but I do what a cheaper one I tried care fresh but a day latter I found the rat (he was alone for health reasons) gasping for air and I wouldâve assume he was sick but with was almost two months ago and thatâs the only time it happened
My starter cages were horrible causing me quickly to buy the biggest cage possible. 300 dollars!đ€Ż Worth it to međ There is so much space my girls don't know what to do with it.
I actually have to use the grates b/c ALL my rats will drag the litter out of the boxes if the grate isnât there đ
Is the Furat cage a good starter cage?
Theres a cat litter called biocatoilet and it's the exact same as back 2 nature and much cheaper
I love your designs but I would really love to see more colors variations on the rats, for example I have one light gray dumbo (just like one of the designs), one black dumbo and a black and white hooded top eared. There for I would like to be able to have for example a mug with each rat, now I understand this may not be doable right now but I hope you see this. Love you channel â€ïžâ€ïž
More variations are coming âșïž
Emiology omg I really didnât think you would see this! This means a lot and thank you:)))
Hi Emi, do you know of any good (but at cheap as posspossible) hammocks?
Ben daff - you could use an old shirt or piece of fabric (one that doesnât fray would be best). Iâll sometimes use old shirts, pants, or fleece material.
Whith my rats when I give them a food mix they pick out certain bits off food and leave the rest so I have switched them to nuggets (Ik that they do not the best for rats but I donât have any other option) dose anyone have any advice?
Dogs also greatly gain from being fed in other ways than just from a bowl. It is enriching for them just like for rats and such
I know :) I mean in general most of us are raised with dogs and cats who were just cared for generically