Don't worry its not permanently im just doing intros with my 10 boys and 4 babies.
All is going well this is the second day and will be the second night for them in there.
Today I added a hammock which is going well.

I've spent 2 hours stripping down the explorer cage and discinfecting everything.
All hammocks have been washed on a 60c wash, shelves have been removed, Sputnik and savic circus houses have been soaked as have the trays. Still waiting for the metal trays to arrive!

Anyway here is a pic I took yesterday of my boys snuggled.

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I'm Amy I have a
German shepherd-blade.
10 male rats.
2 male mice.
1 Syrian hamster.

Aawww bless them
Glad things seem to be going well.
Having a group of 14 will be amazing!

14 rats! My goodness........

Question, do they all come out to play together or do you take two out at a time?
xx

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Mummy to 4 piggies, Manny, Floyd, Izzy and Eve, 3 hammie's, Jean Claude van Ham (aka JC), Princess & Prince Philip, 3 Gerbils Itsy, Bitsy and Ditsy. Foster piggies China & Alfie.

They all come out together
Either on the bed or the rat room.

I love being rat attacked

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I'm Amy I have a
German shepherd-blade.
10 male rats.
2 male mice.
1 Syrian hamster.

You are very brave! hehe.

Just wondering, because I'm interested in rats and still learning - do they try to escape when you have them out? Like a hamster would or can you pretty much just leave them to it?

Like so when I have my hamsters out (individually - that could sound like I have them out together! lol) and they are playing on the bed, they are constantly trying to get off the edge or sneak behind the back of the bed. So I have to be on full guard - are rats similar or can you just let them roam around? What's it like trying to get them back in the cage?

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Mummy to 4 piggies, Manny, Floyd, Izzy and Eve, 3 hammie's, Jean Claude van Ham (aka JC), Princess & Prince Philip, 3 Gerbils Itsy, Bitsy and Ditsy. Foster piggies China & Alfie.

My lot and past ratties have never tried to escape.
These ones all go on the bed and just fall asleep.
In the rat room they all potter about climb in and out the cage climb all over me.
I'd never leave my rats un attended though. Even though it's rat proof I still wouldn't.

I had hamsters in the past and mine tried jumping off the bed. They never sat still always on the go.

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I'm Amy I have a
German shepherd-blade.
10 male rats.
2 male mice.
1 Syrian hamster.

I want rats even more now!!

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Mummy to 4 piggies, Manny, Floyd, Izzy and Eve, 3 hammie's, Jean Claude van Ham (aka JC), Princess & Prince Philip, 3 Gerbils Itsy, Bitsy and Ditsy. Foster piggies China & Alfie.

Looks like you could fit a few more in there

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That's exactly what I was thinking Bernie what u reckon another 20?

Do u think if I put them in one half of the explorer tomorrow it would be too soon? I've striped it all down with discinfectant washed everything and plan on putting one hammock in, the one theyve got in the freddy now. And tip all the substrate into the explorer base.
Do u think that would be ok?
They've been in the freddy 2 days and they all snuggle up together.

Here they r eating tuna pasta bake.

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I'm Amy I have a
German shepherd-blade.
10 male rats.
2 male mice.
1 Syrian hamster.

What a lot of wasted space in that cage, all you need is one like this.

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gsds (Henrick and Bella), the cats (Syd, Lilly, Elvis and Dizzy), the gerbils (Honey, Lisa, crusty, Millhouse, Flanders, Bart and Homer), the rats (Valentine, Flower, Petal, Blossom, Koda, Cava, George), the mice (Minnie, Pop, Seudag, Caraid, Silver, Trouble, Athena, Pandora, Aphrodite, Meep, and Springtime)