Rat behavior issues and concerns such as aggression, rat body language, introductions, and trust training.
The Rat's Mind Set: I've only ever seen a single case of human - wild rat introductions, and it may not be typical, but I suppose I should start...
Gaining the Trust of Your Rat Recently gotten a new rat, or own a rat who is scared or aggressive towards you? A lot of times this is caused by...
PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THE QUARANTINE INFO STICKY BEFORE YOU INTRODUCE A NEW RAT TO YOUR GROUP. Introduction Just got a new rat to add to your...
The past few weeks I have noticed his behaviour to be one way or the other! Most of the time he's a big softy, but sometimes he puffs up and boy,...
About a year ago I bought two ratties from a pet store, Holly and Judith. A couple of days ago Holly passed away from an unknown cause. :( I made...
I hope this is in the right forum ... Our new baby boys are about 14-16 weeks old. We initially set up our CN with Care Fresh. After about 3 weeks...
To us here, it is a given that rats are incredibly smart and persistent little critters. I am always trying to find ways to make them work their...
So I've had my two adult males for close to two months now. They have been housed together with more males at the pet store I got them from previous...
Ok, so 6/8 my eight girls are, well... girls. They're very curious and active pretty much all the time. They come for cuddles and pets when they're...
Hello all :) As said above, I have 2 big fluffy polar bear males who are about 9 months old. Lazy, relaxed and docile. I bought a nice shiny new...
Gus Gus has been humping Bartok nearly constantly when they are both awake. Sometimes Bartok tolerates it and sometimes he doesn't. Lately, he has...
My rat Pandora was sitting on my shoulder { about 5-10 minutes at this point } when I felt a pinch on my ear. I realized she nipped me but didn't pay...
So first of all I want to thank Rat Daddy for all the amazing help he has given me in addition to the immersion thread. It has been a wild ride so...
So I was talking to the lady at the pet store about all the problems I've been having introducing my two rats and seeing personally how some pet...
So we had some pretty bad storms here last night and I woke up this morning to a mess!!! One of my rats destroyed her cage. I'm not sure if it was...
It's been a long, long time everyone. I've come a long way from having one just-adult rat and a baby to having a 2 year old Noodle, and a now-adult...
My old rats seems like he minds them much less now. When i have them together multiple times through the day, he doesn't attack them, and he...
Hi, I just adopted a single youngish male rat from the shelter today. Of course if there were 2 or even 3, I would've taken them all BUT what can you...
Well my babies are 13 weeks old as of Monday. I have had the big girls and babies living in my double critter nation just closed off the levels. So...
My little girl is pregnant, and she had started snapping at everyone else but me in the past few weeks. Today however, the little brat bit the crap...
Some of this might sound silly, but I haven't owned rats before, and don't know anyone personally that does, so I really don't have anyone else to...
I just put my two girls on Harlan Teklad food. I have cut back on how much food they get now because they like to hoard the food in the corners of...
Hi! My two year old rat has suddenly started licking everything. When i take him out of his cage, he will lick anything he can get his tongue on -...
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