How to step up a Naturalistic Rat cage - Step by step 

I’d love to see your cleaning routine with this cage!!!

U should make a video on tricks u once taught ur rats (thank you so much your videos are sooooo good!!!)

Can you please make a video on preventing respiratory infections & illnesses ?

Oh I wonder how she does the perspe… I have done a seperate video how to order and.. You read my mind via the internet.

Crazy timing, I’m making a shopping list now! I’m asking for some rat supplies for Christmas because I’ll be moving into my own appartment in the spring and want to start setting up a cage so that I can get my first rats in the summer!

Great video. This has been super helpful. Just rescued two sweet girls who have benefited from your guidance already. Thanks for keeping the information flowing!

Omg thank you!! I’m getting my first 3 girls soon and want to do a naturalistic cage, been trying to soak up all the content like this that I can get!! I’m so happy lol

Man, can I live in your rat cage? SO ADORABLE

How did you fix the acrylic base for your bedding in the bottom and how tall are your sides??? I have looked up types of wood my ratties can/can’t have, but could you use oak branches from outside??? Could you bake them in the oven to kill any bugs? Also, one more thing…I got some bamboo sticks to build them some small housing, bridges and such. Is there a safe glue that can be used for this? I so love what you did here! It’s so awesome!

Wow, the set up looked amazing, the amount of time and energy that you lovingly put into setting a naturalistic home for these beautiful animals! If I ever come back as a pet I want you to be my owner! Is your partner into all of your pets? Thank you for another informative and interesting video! ❤

How do you clean/disinfect all of the wooden accessories mine are constantly peeing on them?

This was a great update thxs Emi🎉😂😮😊

That cage 😍😍😍😍

I love it!!!💕

I love your videos emi😂!!!

thank you been trying to do this... love the more rat videos again..

My goodness! I just LOVE your cage setups! You really give me a lot of inspiration and information and I can't thank you enough for both. My rats are all living better and more enriching lives than they would have if I'd never found your channel. Actually, I probably wouldn't have rats now if it weren't for you. I did have a rat for a short while years ago, but after only a week I had to give her to a cousin before moving states.😢

Where do you recommend getting wood from to put into the cage?

The lighting is absolutely fine don't worry! Also thank you so much for all your videos and info you share, im getting my boys early December and you have helped my research so much, especially as a person who doesn't like reading blogs for hours on end. i'm so worried that when i have a full cage to set up, not just the baby one, its going to be way worse for sensory overload and POTS but its really refreshing to see a rat owner with similar issues!

Это просто великолепно, от вас я вдохновляюсь! 😃😍🔥

Maybe things are different in the US compared to UK, but I’ve only ever had to take two out of 12 rats I’ve had in my life to the vet and believe me I’m not one to be stingy or skeptical of vet visits at all. All of my rats have lived minimum three years, majority living over 3, and my last rat before my current rats lived for SIX years. I wish I had proper documentation of it, but I do have the word of friends and family who knew him and watched him live his whole six years. I only took two to the vet because one was a personal rescue I had no clue what situation she had come from, she needed URI treatment immediately and the other had a cyst. Literally never had to take the rest to the vet, lived for a minimum of three years, and I never gave them things like water additives, processed foods, or any sort of nutritional supplements. I gave them organic lab blocks, and fed them a personal mix of fruits veggies flax seeds eggs etc daily along with their blocks. I’m very curious about what causes such a major difference in rat owning experience between you and I. They never died of any crazy illnesses, they simply lost their energy over time and died peacefully of old age which I’m extremely grateful for.

Where do you get all of these things from I’m trying to make my rat cage more natural but can’t seem to figure out where to buy it ?

First! Love your channel so excited to watch!!! How’s river doing? How old is she now?❤❤❤❤

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Looks amazing ❤ how do I know which sprays are safe?

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Hey Emiology! Thanks so much for all your informative videos of the years! I was wondering how your switch to kiln dried shavings has been from the mini hemp? I'm currently thinking of switching the bedding for my ratties but 'Snowflake' shavings aren't available in Australia and a lot of the wood shavings i've found are pine and don't state if they're kiln-dried at all.

Hello, I really want to get that snowflake shavings bedding but I have no clue where to get it. Where did you get it?

I will try have branches on I've been collecting so

This was really helpful! I was wondering where your cage is from? I can't find the right size and yours looks perfect! PS. The lighting is fine I didn't even notice. x

Where do you get the bedding you put at start of the vid and what is it made of? Because i get “dust extracted” bedding and it has lots of dust

Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful cage set-up! Can I take several screenshots and re-post them on my social media? I'm trying to educate some Asian rat lovers about proper cage setups. They are keen to learn but they can't speak English so they can't really do their research on their own. This would be a perfect example of setting up rat cages.

where abouts did you get the Perspex shades? :))

They can have timothy hay? :o I've been wanting to give my rats some grass or hay for keeping warm and building nests but wasn't sure what was safe

Where is your cage from it is soooo adorable 😍 💖

hello! I wanted to know what type of substrate do you use for the rat cage? Thank you ❤

What cage is that and where did you get the terra-cotta Pontic? All I can find is blue.

Can you share links for the items you used please? 🙂

how often do you deep clean the cage?

Where the rope bridges from

where do you get the cute colored sputnik from? all of the ones i see online are colors that dont match my setup

Does anyone know where she got that hay from??

How do you clean this?

Watching your videos make me feel bad about me and my rats

hello Emiology! I just finished watching your video on how to free roam rats, and realized, you don’t have one on mice! Please do one next time! Thank you ☺️

What supplements do you use??

Where have u Gotten that pinecone from, that you screwed on the Bars? :) or did you make it yourself perhaps?

what supplements are you giving your rats and are they needed? What are the benefits? I’ve never heard of people giving their rats supplements before so i’m very intrigued!

What do u use for the bottom to have that much bedding is it a box? Did u make it or get it somewhere, I wanna know bc I wanna get a rat but I wanna get a cage and stuff ready first and I would love to have a deep bottom for them to barrow in

I need help finding a good bedding! In the US the beddings you suggest are really expensive. Hemp bedding is like $50 for one cage clean. I can’t find the bedding in the video either. Suggestions?

What cage do you use??

Since rats are mainly terrestrial in the wild and like to make burrows, run around and occasionally climb why should there cages be arboreal in captivity?

curious how the odor is for your cage. i have a lot of wooden stuff in my cage and i find it starts smelling quickly if i don’t spit clean super often. just two days ago i deep cleaned my cage since i was moving in my two new girls and i soaked and cleaned all wooden things and washed the whole cage and it’s already starting to stink, which is a pain since my cage is in my bedroom. it doesn’t help that i have 6 now and are smelly ladies but i’d like to know how you combat your cage stinking a lot super quickly

I just got two male rats, the one hasn’t stopped sneezing since I got him. Not sure what to do, was wondering if it was the bedding or if it was something else causing it.

hey girl i have a important question i have 2 female mice i used to have 3 but sadly one of the girls named holly had passed i think she was the alpha or the leader something like that. anways one my my girls keep making this weird squeaky noise not to loud but loud enough to hear it she has been doing this for a while even befor holly passed i don't know if she is in pain, doing it for fun, suddenly really vocal, or trying to look for holly but her other cage mate does have tumors but i have no clue why she is do you and someone know what types of squeakying noises i should be aware of?

What are those white things you hang bridges with in the cage and we’re can I get them?❤

Does anyone know where she found the brown Sputnik/Space Pod? I can’t find any in natural colors. Can you paint them??

Is the hanger with the rings DIY or can i find it somewhere? I really love the look of it. If it's DIY, I'd love to know how you made it 😍 Also, i am in looooove with this set up🤩😍 this is my cage inspo for when i get a cage and buy everything to set it up, i want to have the cage perfect before i get my first rats! I fell in love with rats after working in the exotics ICU as a vet tech 2 years ago🫶🏻🐀

Hi there. I'm new to owning rats and I find it overwhelming when looking into what kind of wood is safe to use for bedding. Is paper bedding (like FullCheeks, plane white that we use for hamsters) ok?

what do you feed your pet mice?

Isnt wood bad for them ?

I thought wheels are bad for rats?

Honestly it’s nice and all but all of this stuff needs to be properly cleaned every few days so this would not work for me I need to be able to take everything out for sanitizing reasons they only poo in the litter and they pee absolutely everywhere I feel like in a set up like this they may get sick often bacterial infections etc I use three cat litter boxes in the cage and use fleece liners and hammocks I also keep big tiles in the cage for incase they get hot but my home is a comfortable temperature

Great set up! I always need inspo for my cages. 😁🫶

My boys won't use there 🛞 xx