For today's foraging Friday I will be reviewing ratty box! Ratty box is a rat subscription service where you get sent 5-6 items on a monthly basis for your rats, including stuff like treats, activity toys, chew toys, foraging toys, comfort items like a hammock or bed, and more! For November 2020's ratty box their were a lot of fun items included, with one of the cutest being the giant banana bed. My rats seem to LOVE this thing, constantly seeking it out during free-range to crawl inside and sleep in, with several often pilling in at once! This is one of the cutest items I've seen for rats or any small pet and its definitely one of my favorite items as well. The second item in the November box was a hanging tube with soft fabric inside. I've had a few of these in the past and their main downside seems to be that my rats really enjoy chewing the outside. Otherwise this was also a big hit, with the rats sleeping in it right away as soon as I hung it up. I suspect that they will tear it down pretty quickly, but while its around they seem to love it! The next item in the box was a chew toy. This chew toy consists of a wooden rod with wooden balls on the ends and 2 plastic rings in the center. Initially I considered keeping it for trick training since it makes a super cute (albeit oversized) fetch item. But Bean and Peaches showed a lot of interest in chewing it, so I've decided to just let the rats enjoy destroying it as is its intended purpose, and I'll then keep the plastic rings as training props. I'm a bit surprised actually as my rats have had wooden chew toys many times and usually ignore them, so I'm glad they could get some chewing enrichment out of this particular toy. The final two items in this month's ratty box were both treats. The first treat was a bag of peeled and unsalted sunflower seeds - sunflower seeds are a ratty favorite and while they should be given in moderation they make for great treats to put in foraging toys or even great occasional training treats/regular treats. The other treat was a bag of sweet potato small animal treats - these are something I've never given my rats before but judging by how much they enjoy sweet potato baby food I was expecting them to be a success. And indeed they went over quite well, with Bean in particular taking a liking to grabbing as many as she could to stash and then eat. Overall Ratty Box was a big success with my rats and I enjoyed it as well - there's just something so fun about getting some random items like this, and its doubly fun when the rats enjoyed them so much as well. Many thanks to Ratty Box for sending me this box, it was a blast to review and my rats loved every bit of it! If you are looking for a good gift for your rats for the holidays or a fun ratty loot box to open each month then you can check out ratty box here: https://www.therattybox.com/ You can also check out their facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/TheRattyBox/ Video showcasing my review of ratty box:
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