Difficult Pet Rat Introductions – Easier or Harder Than Heroes Meeting New Family Members in Aliens Covenant and Guardians of the Galaxy 2? (05-25-17 #6)

 

Matt and Liz talk about their new pet rat Toro, traveling with Kitten, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Alien Covenant, Flash, Shield, and Doctor Who.

Ratty Topics – How to handle difficult rat introductions (hint: a lot of patience with the intros is needed – it might take weeks to fully integrate your new pet rats with your existing pack.) Also, why it’s not good to own a single pet rat and why introducing them to friends might be extra difficult (but definitely possible and soooo worth it!) A bonding pouch can be helpful to force loving snuggling.

For more tips on doing rat intros, check out podcast Episode 1 and Episode 11

Have you experienced leaking water bottles? We have a great tip for how to fill plastic water bottles so they don’t leak. No more stinky wet bedding!

Local Animal News – Liz rescues (another) lost cat and we explain why we are against letting your cat be an outdoor cat. Also, we love the Washington DC Eagle Cam Watchers Facebook page! And in personal animal news, we took our cat Kitten on vacation with us to Ocean City.

DC Eagle Cam Watchers

Nerdy Topics – We talk about Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Alien Covenant, and the current seasons of Flash, Agents of SHIELD, and Doctor Who.

The Fifth Element is 20 years old

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