r/RATS is a subreddit with 882k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses rat, rats, struggling, looking for a rat, and looking for a home, and they frequently recommend/review chew toys, training treats, and litter.
🐁 This is a community for our little pocket puppies! We will occasionally accept wild rat posts, but this is mainly a place to celebrate our pets! We love art, stories, videos, and photos of our potato bros! 🐁
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Popular Themes in r/RATS
#1
Advice Requests
: "what’s happening? why is he twitching;;;"
6 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "how do i know when it’s time to say goodbye :("
4 posts
Popular Topics in r/RATS
#1
Rat
15 posts
#2
Rats
10 posts
#3
Struggling
9 posts
#4
Looking For A Rat
8 posts
#5
Looking For A Home
6 posts
#6
Looking For A Cage
4 posts
#7
Cage
: "Another Tiny Rat Cage"
4 posts
#8
Annoying
3 posts
#9
Hard Time
3 posts
#10
Struggling To Breathe
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/RATS
Chew Toys
9 reviews
#1
Apple Sticks
3.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Apple Wood Timothy Hay Blocks
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Wooden Sticks
4.0★ from 1 review
Training Treats
6 reviews
#1
Yogurt Treats
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Gerber
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Mealworms
4.0★ from 1 review
Litter
4 reviews
#1
Fragrance-free paper pellets
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Pelleted paper
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Back-2-Nature
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/RATS
#1
CUTENESS
: "Gotta love having access to a 3D printer for your old boys!"
103 posts
#2
Questions/HELP
: "how do i know when it’s time to say goodbye :("
19 posts
#3
RIP
: "Feeling guilt for choosing to PTS our old boy :c"
11 posts
#4
MEME
: "Paid over $300 for an emergency vet visit because she wasn’t using her left hind leg only to find out she was mimicking mommy"
7 posts
#5
Happiest creature on God’s green earth
: "It’s hard watching someone else living your dreams 🥲"
6 posts
#6
Snack Saturday
: "When you only like green beans..."
5 posts
#7
Crime🚨
: "This week in RAT CRIMES 🚨"
5 posts
#8
DISCUSSION
: "Does he like it or no?"
4 posts
#9
ART
: "I will make a funny little doodle of your rats"
4 posts
#10
BAWLS?
: "Went to the vet for bloating...$80 later and it turns out he's just fat"
4 posts
Member Growth in r/RATS
Yearly
+55k members(6.7%)
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Last updated: July 18, 2026