CHEN: Giant rats in are being used to detect landmines in Mozambique. The rats, too light to set off the mines, are trained to smell and point them out to their handlers. Let's see how these peanut munchers are helping clear some deadly hazards. STORY: These giant pouched rats are working hard to rid Mozambique of landmines. Landmines are a dangerous legacy of the 16 year civil war with Portugal which ended in 1994. According to Handicap International, an estimated 20 people step on ...
Here's a better and improved video of my rats enjoying life. UPDATE: Moved abroad and couldn't take rats - they are now rehomed with very caring people.
My pet fancy rats (frats as we like to call them) can do some amazing things. They are arguably the smartest mammal of the rodent kingdom. Watch them squeeze in tight spaces, jump, eat, and crawl right over each other. When they are eating pudding, their names are from left to right (Kira, Loki, Martini, and Tandum). The jumper is Kali. The frat on the box is Martini and she then steals food from the plastic bag on the floor. Note - all these were feeder frats destined to be snake food ...
My dog Hunny watching my rat BooBoo. You see the rat at about 14 seconds or so..
Rats are some of the most intelligent and clean animals on the planet. They make fabulous animal companions, and so I did everything I could to help rescue as many as I could. The first rat and babies you'll see weren't rescues. The mother, Patsy, was part of a breeding program I was doing. I bred her once a year. This was her second and actually last litter. The rest of the rats were rescues who were brought to me by people who got them as pets from local petstores and when they ended up ...
Watch as an animal care specialist demonstrates how to socialize a pet rat in this free online video about exotic pets. Expert: Laura Fitzgerald Bio: Laura Fitzgerald has worked for a Vet that specialized in exotic and small animals for 6 years. She opened her own Exotic animal business which she currently still operates. Filmmaker: Kenneth Jackson
Watch as an animal care specialist discusses the interaction between pet rats and other pets in this free online video about exotic pets. Expert: Laura Fitzgerald Bio: Laura Fitzgerald has worked for a Vet that specialized in exotic and small animals for 6 years. She opened her own Exotic animal business which she currently still operates. Filmmaker: Kenneth Jackson
Trying to get them to jump from a chair to the couch. Fyodor launches himself at the camera.
Freyja and Midori playing with my bf. Midori almost falls over a couple times ^^;
A video of my rats :) I hope you like !