Well its not my rat, its my friends… she is about 3 months old, and seems to be nesting? they have only had her for 2 weeks.., she was very docile the first week, but now she is running around all crazy, and digging in her bedding like mad… I just want to make sure this is normal rat behavior, or is it something they should have checked out… All of your answers are appreciated… Thank you in advance!




2 Responses to “why is my pet rat is digging a lot in her bedding and acting hyper?”

  1. Seeking God

    If she is nesting then she could well be preggies. However rats only become sexually active at 4-5 weeks so this is probably not the case. Rats are however natural nesters and I find mine often tearing strips of newspaper off the floor to line their boxes with it despite me having put rags in there. Also I have found that for the first two weeks of getting a rat they are rather timid and docile whilst they grow accostomed to their surroundings. Could be that she is now used to her new home and is just being her old self again.
    Here is a nice printable rat gude that you can print for your friend.
    http://www.ratanooga.za.net/RNGuide_ColourComplete.pdf

  2. Emily

    It’s perfectly normal, for the first few weeks they’re very afraid of their new surroundings but after that, they’re very playful and dig in their bedding. Our boys love to push their bedding around as soon as we change it, our youngest will even push all the bedding to one side of their carrier (which is available to them when they run around) and sit on the side with no bedding! She’s probably just settled in now, and more comfortable with your friend.

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