How to take care of a baby rat ?
HOW TO RAISE AN ORPHANED RAT Things You’ll Need: Foster mother rat Box Felt Heat source Syringe Rubber feeding tube Eye-dropper Rag Weather thermometer Soy-based baby formula Baby cereal Rodent food Cotton balls Food and water dishes Step1Search for a nursing rat to serve as a foster mother for your orphaned rat. Use one of your own rats or contact local breeders, pet-stores or other people you know who might have mother rats. As long as your orphan is about the same age as the foster rat’s own litter, she should adopt it quite readily. Step2Raise your orphaned rat by hand if you cannot find a nursing mother. Start by getting a small box with sides at least 6 inches high and lining it with felt. Step3Warm the orphaned rat using a hot-water bottle, heat lamp or heating pad. Place a small weather thermometer near the heat source and keep the temperature around 100 to 102 degrees. Step4Feed your orphaned rat human baby soy-based formula. Warm the water to roughly 105 degrees and mix in th
