Hi, nightstar and dori and rascal.
I'm a little concerned about Dori. though, we all want our rats to sit quietly in our laps and be petted, usually, this is a sign of a rat being sick.
rats want to get down and explore.
You might want to keep her away from the other 2 until you figure out if she is sick or not. You could take her to the vet. but if this is an expense, you cannot do, just watch her. she will go downhill pretty fast. but you could infect the other 2 if you keep them around her.
hopefully, she is just fat and lazy, but I don't know. this usually doesn't sound good. does she look like she has a hard time breathing.?( mouth open) If suddenly she gets up on something a little higher then the bottom of the cage( if this is possible) and hangs her head down. this is a sign of a respiratory disease that is very contagious to the other rats. Or if you see "red tears" red stuff coming out of her nose. and ends up all over their houses or toys. get her away from the others imediately.!!! and clean the cage up good.
Hoping the best for Dori, but a rat that lays around is not good. also, do you know that healthy rats do not drag they're tails.? you will notice when they walk, their tails are off the ground. a sick rat will drag its tail.
let us know how dori is.
Jan
