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| I'm always happy to share the knowledge I've gained in researching rat and mouse behavior. It sounds like you love your rats very much and it looks like they are well cared for. I think I will try the treasure chest with treats as you mentioned in your last email. It sounds like it would be beneficial in exercising my rats' brain activity by giving them a puzzle to solve with a yummy reward. Take care! Angela ~">
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| I have a question, Yukari Angel. Well, a few, actually. How often do you clean your cage? What are you covering the floor with? Towels? Blankets? Doesn't the cage get messy quickly without bedding to absorb the odor? I'd like to know because your setup seems really interesting. I've seen that cage before and I really like it, but of course if there was bedding in it it would all fall out...
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| Oh, and how far apart are the bars? It might not be the cage I saw after all, since I'm pretty sure it's bars were too widely spaced for rats.
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Hi Sporelett 
Sorry for not replying right away, I do not frequent this forum very often (I'm mostly on goosemoose.com  ) , anyhow I think I may have replied to a post you made but if not you can find my cleaning information in the link below.
http://www.freewebs.com/dreamchaser023/index.htm
Good luck!
*edit* Oh! the cage is a Ferret Nation 142. The bar spacing is one inch so small females and babies can squeeze through. Male rats about 6 months and older usually can not fit through th bars. However, just recently th company who maks the Ferret Nation created a Critter Nation! \^o^/
Both cages can be found on Ferret.com If you want the ferret nation 142, you can actually print out Ferret.com price and take it into Petsmart and they will price match it. But make sure to talk to a Petsmart Manager, because they are the only ones allowed to approve the price match.
If this cage is to much or not what you really want, then you can find more cage options in the link I gave you.
Good luck again. Oh! And welcome to the Forums!
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Thanks so much! I found your information to be very helpful and interesting. 
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Welcome to the community! I look forward to pictures of your cage
as for the whole social thing, you're right it is "partly" true, but how I view it is that a lone rat is so very desperate for attention that once another rat is finally introduced, the once lone rat who was once so desperate for attention, is now content and doesn't have to beg for as much attention from their human as it once did (that was a very long sentence -_-).
I personally find it selfish to purposely keep a rat by itself for the very fact that it will all out rely on you for all its attention and other needs. I mean, a human can not completely understand a rat and a rat can never fully understand a human. A rat is always up during the night, and a lone rat is forced to find something, anything to try an entertain itself while its human sleeps. And then while its human is gone at school or work, they are forced to sleep their day by themselves rather then snuggled up with a ratty pal.
lol, this is just my strong point of view on the subject. Hope you don't feel like I am attacking you, just bringing into further discussion about lone rats. >.<
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