Any fellow rat owners out there? Rodent general.

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thinking about getting rats again

this cage is for sale on leaf craigslist for $200
>Less than a month old - large and very clean comes with national geographic food bowl and large silent spinner wheel
3 levels

don't get how it's 3 levels but looks pretty nice anyway

should i lowball? or is it a good deal

My rat's brother died so now I have his lone brother, but he's already three years old. I'm not sure whether I should get him more buddies or just wait until he dies but I also don't know if I want more rats at this time. I'd find him a new home but he's on medication for a skin condition that's possibly contagious so I'd have to wait for when/if it clears up either way. I feel so bad for him even though he hangs out with me all the time.

>>2294810
Always offer lower but I don't think it's worth it. It's not three levels either unless they took out another shelf.You'll want to cover the wire bottoms too. I find that they're really easy to cover with linoleum. Easy to clean and not expensive.

Personally for $200 I'd just go with a ferret nation.
https://www.ferret.com/item/ferret-nation-habitat-model-182-double-unit/650431/
This is less than $200 and you get free shipping. It's much larger. It's a good deal for never used.

>>2294814
that's $250 maplebux tho

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These are 2 of the 4 rats I¨ve ever had. Both of them dead sadly. Had to put down the grey one on Sunday because of a brain tumor. :/ Rats are amazing tho, so loving and all.

>>2294814
If you get another young one, you'll just get stuck in loop of buying rats to keep them from being lonely

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Just for food

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>>2294810
I got this cage for 99 dollars online somewhere, so cheap simply because we had to assemble it. Couldn't have done it alone. This things huge.

>>2294814
some say its mean to keep a rat alone, but when it's old it might be better to keep them alone. Get him a buddy, and what if they don't get along? Then your old rat dies and the poor rat you originally bought to keep him company is all alone.

>>2296477
If that's a Martin cage you can definitely put them together yourself. It's not like the bastard c-ring tool is any easier to use with someone else watching you fumble with it.

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>>2294814
That cage is a much better value, but if he has does the 1 inch bar spacing will need to be covered with chicken wire. I learned that the hard way when I bought a large guinea pig cage. It should be fine fore bucks though.

>>2294810
That's fucking awful. You could get a new critter nation (same thing as a ferret nation but with bars that are way better for small animals) or a martins cage for that, jesus. Don't even think about paying 200 for that thing.