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2003-06-11 19:10:05 ET
Run loose? I would if I didn't have holes in the walls. :( They have a SEVEN LEVEL cage, moonglow, that's five feet tall! :P
j00ley, not much. A good cage runs you anywhere from $30 to $204. I, of course, bought the most expensive since it's HUGE. http://www.martinscages.com has the BEST cages. Only get powder coated steel, since you don't want your rats to hurt themselves on the plain old HUGE STEEL. :P Food..well, whatever is healthy for us is healthy for them. They love fresh veggies, fruit, pastas, sunflower seeds. Rodent mixes at pet stores are for gerbils and mice only. Rats will just pick the tasty stuff out and leave all the other stuff. ;) So that's wasteful. Look into Harlan Teklad lab blocks for normal food. It has very little protein (so it won't make your rats insanely FAT) and you can buy it in uber bulk at http://www.rat-store.com
Next, is litter. Pine is BAD and gets rats lung, liver and kidney problems. Aspen bedding is okay, but you can get FREE SHIPPING if you buy more than $25 worth of bedding at Ferret Store online. It's good stuff. http://www.theferretstore.com/
Basically, to start off, it's NOT cheap. But to maintain, it's cheap. :) You just feed them tasty food like dry pastas, lab blocks and fruit and veggies. They can get sick, but vet bills aren't much.
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