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Learn the many fun and easy ways to provide stimulating toys to enrich the environment of your pet rat or mouse.
Updated on October 23rd, 2025
Learn how to care for pet rat, recommended diet and habitat setup. Find the right food, supplies and equipment at your neighborhood Petco.
Updated on October 23rd, 2025
Learn how to care for a pet mouse, recommended diet and habitat setup. Find the right food, supplies and equipment at your neighborhood Petco.
Updated on October 23rd, 2025
Learn some fun facts about rats, available at Petco. There’s lots to learn about these fun and fascinate pets.
Updated on October 23rd, 2025
Do you have questions about what you can feed a pet rat? Petco has the answers to this and other pet rat questions!
Updated on October 23rd, 2025
You may need to mix the antibiotic in a syringe of water and give it to her that way. If the antibiotic is a liquid you may also be able to mix it with peanut butter and feed it to her. You will need to ask your veterinarian about the exact dosage because it will be very different from the amount you’re putting in her water bottle. The veterinarian will be able to advise you so call them today. I hope this helps and please feel free to post any additional questions.
Updated on September 24th, 2025
Check out this article below on how to help teach Mouse to drink from a bowl. You can also feed him canned food and add water to it, that will get extra water into him. https://www.hillspet.com/cat-care/nutrition-feeding/why-cat-tips-over-water-bowl
Updated on September 24th, 2025
Oxbow, Mazuri and Kaytee all make excellent rat chow. Being omnivorous, they can eat almost anything. They should eat mainly a pelleted or block diet supplemented with fresh fruits, greens and vegetables.
Updated on September 24th, 2025
Thanks for reaching out about Basil and Parsley. If they appears to be active and eating again, monitoring for now should be appropriate. But if you have concerns, seek veterinary attention this evening. We can judge from here as we are not looking and monitoring them, so its your judgement. Good luck.
Updated on September 24th, 2025
Thanks for reaching out an including a photo. At home for now, keeping the rectal area clean with a baby wipes or warm moistened wash clothes. Any fecal matter should be removed as soon as possible. Offering Pedialyte through a syringe, then wettened rodent pellets for calories. Diarrhea in rodents has many causes including bacteria and parasites. A visit to the veterinarian would be a better chance at least to perform a fecal exam for parasites. Store purchased products have a poorer prognosis for recovery that veterinary products and after a targeted diagnosis. Good luck.
Updated on September 24th, 2025