Mouse & Rat Cages & Habitats

do rats prefer to sleep on bare plastic?

So I recently posted a pic of my hamsters new set up. People said that CritterTrail is too small for her. She has two cages and then tubes connecting them. She runs in her ball for 4 hrs a day with a break each hour for water and food. Should I make her a bin cage or keep the CritterTrails cage?

I have four pet rats, about 7 months old. I've noticed recently that their pee is smelling EXTREMELY strong, not at all their usual cage smell. We've been having to change their bedding every day because the smell is burn your nose strong as if we've been letting it sit for days. We haven't changed their bedding type (we use recycled paper bedding). We recently changed their diet, though, as recommended by our usual vet. They are on oxbow rat pellets and weekly fruits & veggies. Help??

This isnt exactly about my pet being sick but can a rat and a chinchilla live together/play together?

I have two pet mice. One escaped so we set out humane traps and finally caught her about 2 weeks after she escaped. The dilemma is that right before we caught her, we caught a wild mouse and it seems they were friendly with each other. Should I reintroduce my pet mouse back into the cage with her original cage mate (who is also female)? I am concerned of what to do with her because of her contact with the wild house mouse (e.g. possible new behavior, disease, pregnancy...).

I am getting a hedgehog and have been told to get a small enclosed space to put in the cage for sleeping. Recommendations???

We have two mice that we purchased from Petco - a white mouse and a black mouse. The black mouse was fine when we first got her, but then I noticed that she was slowing down and keeping in their house. She still eats and drinks water, but she started to scratch herself a lot when she’d come out of the house. It then seemed like her fur was thinning. When she got out of the house to eat tonight, I noticed two, what I can’t obly describe as, open wounds on her back. We don’t know what to do

Hello. I have a rat called cream. Female. Not spayed. She nips and bites through the bars of the cage but dosent when I pick her up or handle her. What could this be? She’s been to the vet today (10/3/19) and they’ve said she’s fine as she was sneezing. I’m not sure what it could be and how to try and stop her from doing it!

Why does my sisters hamster bite his cage and do you have any suggestions on how to stop it?

I got two pet rats approx. 3 weeks ago and was told they were both males however yesterday one has given birth to between 10-12 babies. I'm not sure what to do. I've given the mum food and water and extra nourishment. She gave birth in a hanging den and I have had to move the den so it is now resting on the floor of her cage but she is now putting a lot of bedding inside the den and also on top of it and I'm panicking. Please can you advise???

My rat is itching like crazy when out the cage however fine in the cage I have researched and some symptoms are similar to mites but unsure why he doesn’t scratch in the cage? Can you help?

I recently got two mice and they are sneezing a lot for the past two days. They are both female.