Meet Our Current Pouched Rats 

We currently own 2 pouched rats, one male and one female which form our breeding pair.
They live in a savic royal suite cage.
They are bedded on Ecopetbed as a base litter, with shredded newspaper, kitchen roll and safebed paper as their nesting material.
Their toys and lounging items include hammocks, tubes, wheels, balls, igloos, wood chews and ropes.
They are fed based on the Shunamite diet, which uses a base food, dog kibble, dried pasta and breakfast cereals along with extra seeds and nuts to make up the higher protein intake they need and extra fruit and vegetables to make a well balanced diet.
Every pouched rat is taken out daily.

Sifera - Female
Sifera is our current pouched rat breeding female, and is deeply in pouchie love with Abu. When we got her she didn't want anything to do with us, but a year down the line and she has progressed to the point now where she will put our fingers in her mouth without hurting us and lick up seeds from our hands.  She holds the record among our pouched rats for the most peanuts stuffed in her mouth at once (14, shelled).  



Abu - Male
Abu is Siferas breeding partner, and a big softy.  He makes an excellent dad to the babies and is constantly cleaning both them and Sifera whenever he gets a chance.  However, he tends to forget that the babies can't just wander back into the nest when they are younger, and we have to tirelessly put them back in after his cleaning activities, whatever the time of night!
When we fist got Abu he was wary of us, as he obviously hadn't been handled by his owners, but after spending a bit of time working with him he now enjoys cuddles and will lick and take food from our hands.