How to keep my rat from waking me up at night?!?
Rats are nocturnal, thats why most people suggest that you don't keep the cage in your bedroom. My girls make so much noise at night, but I don't mind. First of all, you shouldn't own one rat. Rats are very social animals and get very depressed / have shorter lifespans if they live alone. You really need to get another one. I'm sure they make quieter water bottles. Look online. As far as the food, you can try switching to lab blocks. They are quieter. Or give him lots of fruits and veggies before bed...I find rats prefer the fruits and veggies over the dry food, so he'd probably eat most of the veggies when you're trying to sleep.
My cats keep waking me up at night for food, and it's getting worse. Ignoring them isn't really an option. What do I do to stop them?
As mentioned above, My cats thing that the middle of the night is a great time for breakfast. for a year or so now(they're young), waking us up around 4:30 was the norm. Lately, however, and for no real reason, they have started to wake us up earlier and earlier each day. First around 3, then 2, and most recently, 1. Again, ignoring them isn"t really an option. if we do, they start to destroy our bookshelf. If we lock them out of the bedroom, they shred the carpet instead. What do we do? Is there any way to stop this?
Pet rats keeping me awake at night?
I have rats in my room too. The best way I keep them quiet is to have them run around a lot right before I go to bed. That way all they really have energy to do is sleep. Then they'll wake up at 4am and start jumping about. When that happens I take them into the spare room next door. My friend had the same problem as well and he used to deal with it by putting a fan right next to his bed, so there was constant steady fan noise to lul him to sleep. But if you need absolute silence, then rats probably weren't the best idea...
My rats fighting at night?
There's a difference between rat playing and rat fighting that is often difficult for humans to detect. Rats (especially males) love to play fight and as nocturnal animals are going to be more active at night. Wrestling, boxing, and nipping are all normal signs of rat playing. They are apt to be vocal when playing, emitting short, high-pitched squeaks, again nothing to worry about. When they mean business, that is really mean to injure each other, they will puff up their fur like cats, and will really draw blood from each other. An injured or fighting rat will not squeak but scream, a prolonged sound that is unmistakable. I would hazard to guess that your rats are just playfighting. I wouldn't worry about the missing fur, as long as neither one is bleeding. Please don't separate them as there could be territory issues later, and let them play as much as they want at night. If they are disturbing your sleep, move them to another room at night (I used to move my rats' cage to the bathroom so they wouldn't keep me up).
Is it okay to put my rats in my closet at night?
They should be fine as long as you open the doors everyday and preferably move their cage into the open when you can. Rats need 8 hours of darkness so it's a great idea if you're going to be up studying late with the light on etc. Maybe try making things to keep them more entertained but quieter? Cat treat balls work great, I put the whites from boiled eggs in mine, they love trying to get it out. Even buying fleece and making hammocks and tunnels for them to go through keeps them quieter.
Do train engineers blow their horns at night just to be dicks and wake people up?
Train horns are not to wake people up from their sleep. It is a safety issue. It is also a federal law that trains must sound their horns as they approach a grade crossing. This is so drunks in cars, idiots with their stereos blasting, people preoccupied with texting on their iPhones, etc. do not get themselves or the train crew killed.Train horns are also used for signalling. This is becoming less prevalent since radios have become used more.If you would have ever been in a locomotive cab at track speed and had a gasoline tank truck stop dead on the tracks a quarter of a mile ahead of you with the tank straddling the tracks (happened to me), you would have blown the horn loud and long and not given a rat’s behind whether you woke up anybody within 25 miles or not.Here’s an example of why engineer’s blow their horns at crossings. Be sure your volume is turned up loud. Notice how long it takes the train to get stopped. Fortunately, nobody was seriously hurt.
How do I stop mice from climbing my bed at night?
Get a cat with a reputation for being a good mouser.Seriously though, I have to wonder how bad of a mouse problem you have if they are climbing your bed, yikes! Mice usually go to where there is food, so if they get in a house, they are often found in the kitchen. Do you keep food next to your bed? Or in your bedroom at all? If so, get it out—you will have to do this until you get the mouse problem solved. Try to clean out every last crumb.If you can find where the mice are getting in, try to block their access. If you aren’t sure, you can try leaving baited traps in places where you have seen them (I am not recommending a particular kind as far as humane catch-and-release or the wire snap traps, but please don’t use the glue traps because those are horrible).Until the problem is solved, maybe you could try wrapping your bed posts with double-sided tape? I have never tried that and am not sure if it would be enough to deter the mice, but they might not want to climb up something sticky.But the main thing is to trap/remove the mice that are already there, remove their food source, and block the outside access so more do not come in. Even if you do bring in a cat to help with the trapping and removing, you will still want to do the other two things.