How to safely own Cats and Small pets! 

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It literally never even crossed my mind I shouldn’t have cats and small pets because I planned ahead. My small animals have their own room AND all have locks on their cages.

Still not getting over the fact that your cat is so freaking cute!

What makes me cringe is when people do not correct their dog and allow their dog to bark growl snarl even paw at the cage to point of knocking the cage seriously that is absolutely terrifying for the Critter inside that cage

i’ve had guinea pigs for 2 years and am planning to get a cat. this is literally the only video that i’ve found that helped me prepare for having both cats and small pets so thank you so much for making this video x

When I had many rats, and many cats, in the same house, the rats were a danger to the cats, not the other way around. The cats did not care about the rats, but the rats wanted to kill the cats. If they walked by the cage and the tail went in or around the cage, rats would run to the area and bite the tail, if they pawed at the cage, rats would bite the paws. If I attempted any introductions, the rats would immediately bolt towards the cat and viciously attack them and the cat would bolt away across the house. I do live in an apartment but had separate areas that were watched with introductions. But again, in my own specific personal experience, lifelong indoor, spayed/neutered cats are more in danger FROM the rats than the other way around. You will even see videos of this with outdoor rats and indoor/outdoor cats as well, rats chasing cats to attack them, with the cats running away.

my cat helped me find an escaped mouse once O-O"""""

I didn't have a lot of problems keeping natural predators and prey together when I was the only one taking care of the animals. The problems always arose when other people needed to help me care for my animals because I was injured or ill. They would leave doors open or forget to close a cage door. I learned the hard way that it is important to have a couple of backup people trained to safely care for your animals in the event you are unable to do it yourself. That will minimize the risk of predators and prey accidentally coming in contact with disastrous results.

My mom actually had two cats since they were kittens, back in the day and somehow she taught all of them to not attack the small animals! A few of our hamsters got out a couple times in my childhood, the cat would literally follow the hamster and lead them back to us!! It was the sweetest thing 🥺 Also we went on an emergency trip in 2009 cause my grandma died and we had left and paid someone to house sit my dog, me and my brothers cats and my gerbil, apparently my cat or my brothers cat knocked the gerbil cage down, and he got out, go figure, the house sitter informed us and kept looking for the gerbil but they didn’t want go in any of our rooms, we assumed the worst for my gerbil as he wasnt seen in 6 of the 7 days we were gone, my moms one remaining cat was with us for comforting her on the trip and she was still working on training the other 2 to be gentle with our small critters, when we got back my gerbil had somehow made his way into my room and just was chilling in there away from the other cats 😂🤦‍♂️ My cat who had been by my side happy to see me, heard the gerbil as I did and she tried to get the gerbil in front of me but the gerbil squeaked and my cat freaking ran, i picked him up and put him in his little travel cage i put him in while cleaning his regular cage, 😂 small animals can be smart and cats among other animals can be scared over the littlest things! 💜💜 I had that same gerbil for YEARS! from 2009-2015! I rehomed him as i knew he was old and needed proper around the clock care/attention a few years after we moved back to connecticut, i was older and i had moved with my grandma and couldn’t have him at her house - My old gerbil lived on through at least 2017 when i lost contact with my old friend, I never expected an animal with such a short expected lifespan to survive so long - but he did 💜💜 i miss that little guy, though everyone was scared of him because he had red eyes

I have a cat but she's very old now and has no interest in small animals. She isn't allowed upstairs (she's very well behaved so knows not to go up there even if the door is open) and my rat cage is upstairs. We brought my hamster downstairs once and she had no interest (the hamster was fine by the way, we made sure to watch)

I have a cat, 2 guinea pigs, a hamster and fish. I never leave the cat unattended with the small pets. I also make sure the cages are secure with lids that the cat can’t open and plant of hides for the little pets. 👍

I'm still too nervous to get a rat or a guinea pig around my two cats but I am looking into it and thank you for the information. All the time growing up I had rats and I miss them. My two cats came along kind of unexpectedly they moved in under my house as kittens and as they got to know me better now they moved inside the house

the best thing about having two different houses is that i have a cat at my moms house and rats at my dads house so i dont have to ever worry about them interacting

I have a Critter Nation and it's actually really hard to open. You have to squeeze both handles with a lot more force than a cat is capable of, and you have to squeeze both at the same time for it to open. Cats don't have the strength or dexterity to accomplish it. I sometimes struggle with it myself when my wrists hurt (I have tendon damage in both wrists and some days they just hurt), so there's no way anything that doesn't have a thumb could open it.

Omg this is so perfect. I've had my cat for over 2 years and I got my rats almost 2 weeks ago now 💜

My sister (2) loves your videos and all your animals :) thank you for always brightening our days

Really great video! Thank you for covering a topic without much information on the web and promoting multi pet households! I have one dog, two cats, and two guinea pigs and I’m making it work well.

I haven’t watched yet but I’m so excited to watch!

great video, Emi!❤️❤️ congrats on 70k!!

Love this video! I have 2 cats and 2 rats. The cage is in our open living / working space, but the apartment is set up in a way that the pets can be separated when we aren’t home, or at night, or when it’s rat free roam time, etc. When they are together the rat cage is ALWAYS closed, and the cats either don’t care or just watch with curiosity from a safe distance. It did take a couple weeks for both parties to adjust but we have a great system going for a long time now. Love having both pets especially since I’m home all the time now too.

Thanks for making this, i have a cat and 2 rats. Hubble is adorableeee ❤️

I am getting a cat soon, and I have a hamster so this is the perfect video!

Whoa! Hubble has really grown! So cute!

@Emiology I love you Channel, ever since I started watching I want rats and now we are in the process of me possibly getting rats, they are just so cute. Keep up the awesome good work. :)

This was very helpful. Thank you!

Perfect! I'm going to meet my cat on Friday and have had rats for a little over 2 years now

Minute I see Hubble I just feel happy and smile 😊

Two cats and four guinea pigs - the cats were raised with them. Guinea pigs have cage covers though the cats have never jumped into this one. While they have jumped into others I had while I was cleaning, they have never while the pigs were in the cage. They have come up to them during floor time but never did anything but check out the fleece or just watch the piggies run around. They were supervised. The cats are jealous of the fleece the piggies get but otherwise they ignore the pigs unless they are walking by the cage or the floor time playpen, they give them a glance. They preferred the hamster who ran on his wheel. The cats know the piggies are valued and don’t bother them. Whenever the hamster escaped, the cat would show me where they are but never ever touched them. Cats are intelligent. My friend has five cats and four rats. The cats are jealous of the fleece and scared of the rats. Trim their claws and keep the cats inside so they don’t bring in things that can get transferred.

When i lived w/ people who had cats I rescued a rat and was told she was a menace to cats but I didn't believe them until I let the cats in my room and my rat came out and kept trying to reach for the cat and she would like huff and puff. Long story short the cats weren't allowed in anymore cuz my rat wanted to fight them.

💕🐭Dear Emi, I love your channel so much! I’ve been a HUGE fan for I think 2 years! I love your videos and your amazing pets! Your just so helpful. I’m also getting rats for Christmas so all these videos help so much! I don’t know how to thank you. Have a great day or night! ~Gabby💕🐭

So when I was younger, we had a guinea pig for about 2 years before we got a 5 month old kitten. I don’t think our cat had ever seen a guinea pig before. So, his enclosure sat closer to the ground, so she would reach a paw in a smack his butt. Well, he got sick of this, so he turned around and nipped at her paw. After that for the most part she would ignore him, but every now and then she would put her paw in, wave it around, and Butterscotch would run around in a circle and come to stand in front of her. When he passed away, she seemed to be sad. She ended up laying down where his enclosure was for most of the day that he died. Our cat passed away almost 2 years ago now, so I like to think they’ve reunited and are waiting for the rest of us

i only have rats, but my partner has a sweet old tabby cat and had two rats living in the same house. the cat was spooked by the rats, and they never interacted.

I have not watched the video yet but excited for a new video also earliest I have a ever been :D

I can't lose any video, this is my life style lmao 💕

I have 2 rats, a hamster and 2 cats, they are pretty intrestet in Them but they are not attaking the cage. You are the most helpfull youTuber EVER!!!! Thank you SO much! Love from me. ☺️💗

Happy Thanksgiving Emi! 🐁

I have 2 cats and a leopard gecko and recently I just made my old fish tank into a home for mice. However I have not hot my mice yet. I love your channel ! It's the reason I wanted to get mice and to really learn proper care for them!

Your wearing the same shirt that you wore in the video where you introduced Hubble to us! What a coincidence 😂

I should be getting mice soon thanks for all the info on them! Also Im keeping them in a 40 gallon!

Yes please,I've been waiting for a video like this,i need some ways to get a hamster/rats/mice but have a cat❤❤❤

I have a cat and rats, and I'm so happy that this video came out so it can help me make my rats safer and my cat safer!

I learned the hard way the importance of a lock or very complicated latch on a cage 😔 my leopard gecko's enclosure has a slide-and-click-into-place lid with a place to add a padlock, and I cannot stress enough to GET A PADLOCK for that kind of lid. It's not just for keeping snakes or other escape artists in, turns out it would have kept the cats out. I no longer have a leopard gecko because of that lack of foresight. Thank you for making this video, I'm looking for ways to prevent this in future BEFORE getting another small pet and this has been a big help.

You are so close to 70k!

This is going to be VERY helpful when I one day get my cat (pretty please mom)! I'm getting guinea pigs very soon and I have a dog so even though I don't have a cat, I have a dog and will be using these tips for my new arrivals. And OMG how big has Hubble gotten; it's insane!

I have birds and a cat. The birds live in my bedroom and the cat is only allowed in there when I'm in there. The cat sleeps in my room as well but the bird cage is securely covered every night so she couldn't even get a paw near the bars. During the day, when I'm in there with her she mostly plays or sleeps on my bed and totally ignores them. Then she gets let out of the room for the birds' free flying time. She knows she is never allowed through the door unless I carry her in or invite her verbally. Also, the desensitization to my birds has resulted in a lack of interest in all birds when we're outside

I personally own a 12 yr old cat and almost a 6 month old kitten. No issues here! The older kitty doesn't really care and the kitten just has to be supervised.

Ratties are super aware of new smells so not suprised they're bit nervy! But positive- ness helps (peanuts!!) ..maybe mice aren't so bothered about cat or rats as in tank with mesh lid (for ventiolation). Good, informative vid as always Emiology. X

I live in a small house so unfortunetly my rats have to be in the same room as my cats. the rats have a nice big cage with a lock and plenty of hidey spots but my cats never bother them because one of my rats is alittle bit dominant towards other animals (not people) and has bitten all of our cats atleast once through the bars, so they stay away from the cage lol xD i've never really thought about it much tho

Hubble is adorable 🥰 And so is Crumble, Twix, Wispa and Humbug And if course your mice 🐭 are so sweet hope they are doing well♥️

Hello im new to your channel Your so helpful as we've just got a pair of female Rats .they are so Adorable...your ikea video was so helpful aswell.. Thank you 😊

This is actually perfect right now. My family just got two kittens and we have parrots. The parrots have their own room so they get that space and the cats and dogs go into another room while the birds are in the rest of the house

Trying to concentrate but little Hubble in the background is lol! Upstaging Mum! Teehee XX

this cat is adorable wow

I don’t think Critter Nations would be a problem. The door handles are actually very tight and not that easy to open.....

I’ve just officially bought two baby rats from a breeder I have never met them but I love them so much

When I was younger I had cats, dogs and rats and they all got along great!

THIS WAS PERFECT TIMING OMG EMI IM GETTING A CAT TOMORROW AND I HAVE A HAMSTER

Good timing. My 3 month old kitten just discovered my hamster a few days ago and it's been tough lol

My female siamese cat could really care less about my rats. I let her in my room with me and she just goes straight to my bed and passes out lol. My male cats on the other hand are not allowed in my room where my rats are.

This is such a useful video thank you! While I don't have a cat I have two dachshunds that will hunt rodents if they have the chance so I have to take my precautions as well. It's much simpler than a cat since they are short little dogs that can't reach the enclosure however I have to be very careful any time I take my hamster out as an escape would result in a loss. And when I brought home my hamster they barked at him for a while which was worrying but now they don't even notice. But this video is so important for cat owners especially :)

Wow! Hubble is growing up so fast!

Just got my first rats last week & I have 2 cats! This video was super helpful! I am going to try to desensitize the cats so that they can come in the room while i’m in there (rats are in my home office and i feel bad locking the cats out all day while i’m working). I’m hoping they’ll get to the point where they just ignore them! And then of course i’ll keep the door shut while i’m not in there. Thank u!

When I first got my rats, my cat was very interested in them obviously. I made the mistake of letting her look in the cage by putting her feet on it, however she really scared one of them as they were on the bottom at the time. I have now put up a large cardboard box around the bottom, that enables them to not see her and vice versa, but also can easily be moved.

Hubble is so cute 🐈

Hi Em! In the past 've had my cat get my mice and it was very sad. Now I have a strong lid on my detolf and I keep their door closed. Thanks for this video, it was very helpful!

This is true! Also-what is the wood spray stuff you use to keep ur wood safe for ur mice and rats to play on?

Regarding the danger of tails sticking out... it might also help to cover the cage with mesh wire. I have 1/2 inch square mesh mine and I rarely see any tail sticking out. 1/4 inch mesh would probably be even safer. (I don't have a cat, I just had too wide bar spacing)

My cat Yoshi loves to be by our Ratty Boys (that’s what my three year old calls them). He watches them like a television. They also like him. They boop his nose when he’s close to the cage and comes up to greet him when he comes by. They’ve been out around him with lots of supervision but he just wants to cuddle them. It’s super sweet. They’re besties ❤ Edit: to clarify I am always holding them when they are close to the cats. They will sniff each other and the rats will touch the cats noses. But I would never allow them to be on the ground together. But we’ve never had any issues

4th! Love you emi!

My best friend has 2 kittens and one very big rat, and they love each other its so cute

My cat likes to come into my room, hop up on a stool, and watch my hamster at night (The hamster is in a 40 gal tank with a lid, the cat doesn’t have direct access, he just likes to watch him)

this was very helpful even for me who has hamsters and is thinking about getting rats!

Honestly I'm not that strict on having my hamsters and rabbits and also having a cat. I would not let them sit with eachother or anything like that but I don't mind having my hamsters out of the cafe when the cats walking around my cats watches my hamsters all night one night my hamster actually bit my cat because she could reach to the top of the cage it depends on the animal you have and I know just because I had good experiences with it doesn't mean other won't I completely agree that they should not interact but I would not mind having one in my hand when the others on the ground but with caution

My cat was very sick when we first adopted him, for the first couple months it was a daily routine of different medications and care. I have one male mouse in a large bin cage we keep on the dresser. My cat seemed like a chill relaxed guy, we were told hes 3 years old and he seemed really sweet. He is still really sweet but when he got healthy he started to be interested in our mouse and even jumped on top of the cage a few times which freaked me out. And one particular time i wasn't paying close enough attention and he pushed the cage off the dresser. It scared me so much but luckily my mouse was unharmed. Now my cat isnt allowed in my bedroom when we aren't fully watching him, he sleeps in the livingroom at night and is locked out of the bedroom when we leave the house. I love my cat and my mouse but i can't have my cat hurting him. And my dogs dont care about the mouse unless in taking his cage down to interact with him but i lock the dogs up for that.

I own 2 hamsters and a kitten. But they get on fine!!! Great tips!

I’m babysitting a 10week old kitten and I chose to build an extra layer of cage to put over the existing cage. It’s from cheap wire sheets ziptied together and its sitting on top of the cage and there’s an inch wide space from the wire sheet to the cage. No paws or teeth can meet. It’s an ugly solution but I don’t have the option to have the cage in a separate room and it will give me peace of mind for the short stay the kitten is here

This is probably a good topic to touch on! Living at home right now due to the pandemic but once I move out I'm planning on only taking my rats with me because I don't think it's good to have too many animals when I'm moving into a pretty small apartment. But my family has other pets. The dog and one cat are both terrified of the rats. The other cat is very interested in them and likes watching them. But beyond sometimes getting close to sniff doesn't seem like he's going to hurt them so far. I still try to be very careful because I'm worried a stray tail hanging out of the cage could look inviting. The weirdest thing is he seems more interested in their fleece and cage then them? Like if I'm cleaning the cage and have the rats in my small travel cage (they hate it but it's hard to clean while they're in the way :( ) and so leave the cage door open he'll get in the cage and hang out on one of the levels with fleece on it and refuses to move? It's so weird.

This helps a lot! Could you maybe do one for rate and mice? I want both but I already have a rat and I don't know how to have both in my room(yes they would have separate enclosures and different times to be out)

Hubble is the cutest kitten ever!!!!!!

I had my two dogs first. Then I got 2 rats. My big 80lb dog never cared about them, but the little 13lb one was obsessed with watching them in the cage. Then when I got my 4 boys after I lost the first two girls, now both dogs love watching them. Anyway they are never in the rat room unless I’m in there and they don’t bark or touch the cage. I would never let them actually interact. The rats don’t seem to mind them at all though... lol.

2 hamsters ( different enclosures ) and two cats. The cat do sometimes look at them. We have things in the way so the cats can’t get to them. Currently a playpen in front of the detolf and the Alaska on top .

It may not be a rat, but I thought I'd tell this story from back at college! We had a Reptile room (It was an Animal Care college) with snakes, insects, and of course reptiles and a few fish! The college also had two cats who free-roamed the grounds, since they never caused any issues and were very cuddly with the students. One day, one of our cats came into the Reptile Room when nobody was around and jumped ontop of a Leopard Gecko's cage where she often liked to sleep since it was super warm and high up. We assume that her jump dislodged the top of the cage, since she pretty quickly realized that she could stick her paw in.. She was able to scoop the Leopard Gecko out of the cage! Luckily a student found them at this point and saved the Leopard Gecko, but we have no idea if the cat would have actually killed the Leopard Gecko if she hadn't been stopped and unfortunately this caused the Leopard Gecko to drop her tail in fear. Edit: Both the Leopard Gecko and cats were fine after this! Betty (The LG) recovered well and is spoiled rotten by the students now.. She also gained the nickname "Ugly Betty" from the incident, but we love her. The cats were moved to a bigger branch of the college following an outbreak of Leptospirosis that had infected a mouse nest on the grounds, and now have twice the space they did before!

Thank you so much!! I have 5 cats and I just got 2 female rats. I have my rats cage in my room, and their play pen for free roam is also in my room, I keep my door closed and no cats are allowed in! I am taking NO chances with my rats! The 2 kittens are VERY curious in the rats! 😁

"Possibly lock the door" Me: ah. I too thought that would work. They got in somehow, and to this day I wonder how my cats have opened locked doors

I have a hamster and two cats. This really helped!

My loft doesn't have any doors to separate the different areas (besides the bathroom) and I have a 16 year old cat and two young rats. The rats have a really tall sturdy cage and my cat never pays any attention to them, the most she does is sit and watch them for a second before wandering off again. I think I'm lucky to have an older cat who doesn't care about much. Plus my rats came from a breeder and when they see the cat they don't seem to be affected at all

Hubble was a smol boi once, what happened!? He’s so big now!

I have never clicked so fast

what worked for me is buy the small pets first,then add/buy the cat.as the animals you bought are older than the cat itself[or just lived at ur house longer]

We have three cats and six rats. The cats are seniors so maybe this is why but I have never even seen them so much as glance at the rats' cage! I do shut the door for free roam though, just in case.

I haven’t watched the video yet, but I was gonna say I think it really depends on the cat too because my cat doesn’t really give a crap about the rat cage so I left it in the living room. She likes to watch them every once in awhile but that’s it. But def watch for them trying to grab their tails and stuff and if they do you’re gonna have to move em

I JUST GOT MY RATS i got 2 males im so happy💕 thank you for inspiring my that rats make good pets

Needed this, my roommate got a cat that I love but shes been after my rats

Its very useful information, I have 5 hamsters (they're all in different cages) and a dog.

At the moment I have 2 rabbits, and 1 cat, sometimes they are outside together, they are always looking at each other but don't sneak up on each other and the cat never puts his paws out towards the rabbits.

I have 3 cats, Dog, 2 Rats and a snake…..their all doing fine ❤

This really helped because when i make my videos i haft to be careful because of my cats

Were do you get your sputniks? There really pretty i can only find black and white ones

I have a dog two cats, and 3 rats. And my cats have no access to my rat room. And my cats seem highly interested in them. So I keep them away.

Lucky my cats are 12 so don’t really care. But my dog on the other hand 😂