Pet rats - why it's important to have two or more Video

Food for thought for those considering buying just one rat on its own, or those who already have just one rat:

Rats are really sociable animals and need company all the time, not just human interaction and cuddles but rat companionship. Someone to groom and to groom them back, someone to curl up with for warmth and safety at night, someone to eat food beside so that they don't feel vunerable. No matter how great an owner you are or how much time your rat spends with you, you still have to sleep and work and no human can replace a second rat for the interaction they get from one another. It's so important for their quality of life to have a buddy with them at all times.

Please ask any questions and leave comments. I hope the video can start to show the connection and bond that two rats form. Whiskey and Womble would never want to be without the other.

Please note: If you do only have one rat at the moment then it's important that you don't simply get another rat and put it into the same cage. In that situation rats will often fight and could kill each other. For advise on introducing rats to each other please message me.

I also just want to add that recently Womble has been pretty ill and Whiskey has been so great to him. He cuddles and grooms him and won't leave his side. They know when something is wrong with the other and will do what they can to help.

Thanks for watching

I want rats so bad, ...
I want rats so bad, but they stopped selling them in pet stores here in Sweden because they got really? aggressive D:

sharing? hah. I try ...
sharing? hah. I try to break apart these treats? called rice pops for them, and they go CRAZY for it. Stealing it from each other and everything. XD

AWW poor gymnastics ...
AWW poor gymnastics he was taken away from his bro's and sisses and he seems? lonley i wanna give him an adopted brother

This depends on the ...
This depends on the hamster. Dwarf hamsters - most commonly the Campbell and Roborovski hamster are sold under that name -? are social creatures, and do need companionship. The Golden or Syrian Hamster - often called a Teddy Bear Hamster - is solitary to a fault.

this is cute as!! i ...
this is cute as!! i had rats about 7 years ago and this makes? me want to get another pair

heyyyyyy wut song ...
heyyyyyy wut song is this? btw thank you for posting this video, i got a rat then decided to go n get another one from the? same litter one week after after i saw this, they are so loving to eachother (n me )its cute =D

must get 2 of my 4? ...
must get 2 of my 4? rats out!

These sweeties? ...
These sweeties? remind me of my 4 little boys :) I have to go pet them!

So? cute
So? cute

Like ferrets? :D?
Like ferrets? :D?

I should? had ...
I should? had bought a Rat instead :( Thanks for your answer.

This made me know i ...
This made me know i should get two rats not one ,, jeez i love? rats

i? had 2 hamsters ...
i? had 2 hamsters together, they were fine.. lived a good 7 years together (although i got the second one a year after the first and it died first) ... :(

Hamsters are not ...
Hamsters are not social, so they will fight- to the death even. Rats? and mice need companionship, however, being social.

2:15 The most ...
2:15 The most adorable yawn ever. I had to replay it? over and over!

I? agree with the ...
I? agree with the comment below. Unless you have a huge cage, putting 2 hamsters together is a really bad idea.

Hi, i saw you're ...
Hi, i saw you're beautifull video an your explanation about rats companion ships. I had once a rat, when i was younger. But now, many years later, i bought 2 sister baby hamsters, and they dont get along, they fight and i just had to put them in different cages. I think your video dont apply to? hamsters :( only Rats. Rats are much evoluted that other species, i think...

it's true it's been ...
it's true it's been proven, rats are like parrots etc, they are soooooo sociable if they have no company they? get lonely and depressed.

I? have two rats
I? have two rats

SWEEET?
SWEEET?

there adoriable but ...
there adoriable but they look obese compaired? to my rat

I'm so inlove with ...
I'm so inlove with these? adorable pets <3

sweet? video!
sweet? video!

Just spend time ...
Just spend time with it: all the time you? can! :) The rat will make it and love you :)

If you do not spend ...
If you do not spend time with it, yes. But if you do, the probability is very, very low that the pet will die of depression and loneliness, since the pet has the owner. My rat died when he was 3,5 years old. I kept him with me all the time and he groomed? me, and I groomed him. I had a friend who had two rats; they bite, was angry/stressed and died after 2 years. Getting more rats does not make the problems go away.

Yep, that's true! ...
Yep, that's true! There is a law saying that all rodents should be kept about at least two. But how many people? who has rabbits and guinea pigs f.eg., keep more than two? The law is for protecting so that the pet will not just lie alone and not be played with. Of course if you spend time with it every day, pet it, groom it, carry it, it will be happy :)

Rats not always get ...
Rats not always get along well with each other. I have had? only one rat, before that I had two mice. They never spent time together and the became shy when they were together. Then one of the mice died and the other one became happier. The best thing I have ever done is having one pet rat. He died when he was 3,5 and I brought him with me all the time. It's all about how much time you spend with it.

that video? was ...
that video? was just touching it was lovely

Dude, wtf! That was ...
Dude, wtf! That was adorable. Gonna play with my? rat now...