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  1. Rat Behavior
    Originally, I had two older father and son rats, they are 2y6months and 2y2months old. A few months ago, I introduced two young brothers to them and introductions went really well. Quickly, they would all eat and cuddle together, although they often favored their original partner to hang out...
  2. Rat Behavior
    Hi, I've been doing the carrier method to bond two young male rats (3months) to our older lone rate (2 years, been alone about a month now). The first stage in a actual carrier lasted around 24hrs and after some small posturing etc they were sleeping and grooming each other. We then moved them...
  3. General Rat Topics
    Out of curiosity what are people's experience of bonding groups of older rattie boys together? For example two bonded groups of 3 or a 2 and a 4 Just wondering regarding success rate (I realise every time will be different but just wanted a general idea of if doesn't usually work out or not)...
  4. Rat Behavior
    I have a mischief of 4 and the older 2 are fine with me- one is esp. affectionate but the newer ones aren't bonded to me or trusting at all. I think I'm making it worse because I move them out of their enclosure during cleanings which always goes badly. I've tried using a small carrier to...
  5. Rat Behavior
    ive had my rats for a while and found it hard to bond, but these past couple of days ive been trying to put my hand into their cage more for them to get used to my hand to hopefully move on to handling, and today while i was doing it, my rat estella came up to me and started licking everywhere...
  6. Rat Behavior
    Hiya everyone! I’m new to the forum but enjoyed reading many things on it before making an account. Recently I just got two female dumbos (Kiwi & Dumpling) from a breeder nearby and they made themselves pretty comfortable in their cage! I’ve never owned rats before so this is my first time...
  7. Rat Behavior
    Hi, I’m a let rat owner of 2 beautiful girls, around 8 weeks old. They are happy to take treats from my hands and walk up my forearm a bit and i can put my hand near them and they will sniff it and on occasionally licks it. But I can’t hold them or pick them up. Then i let them out the cage they...
  8. Rat Behavior
    Hi All, I'm so excited to be a part of the community! Reading through this forum has been a LIFE SAVER this past week to get my new babies back to safety after an escape, but now I definitely need some additional guidance on what to do from here. Here's the full story with ALL details (so...
  9. Rat Behavior
    Hi All, I'm so excited to be a part of the community! Reading through this forum has been a LIFE SAVER this past week to get my new babies back to safety after an escape, but now I definitely need some additional guidance on what to do from here. Here's the full story with ALL details (so we...
  10. Rat Behavior
    Hello! So ive been struggling with a little something… in march, one of my first rats died (i had2) and because i didnt want yubi (who got sick in august too sadly) to be alone, i got her new friends. Yuki, kuro and shiro. (Yuki n shiro r albinos) Now, its been months from march but they haven’t...
  11. General Rat Topics
    I'm trying to bond with my pair of males, James and Stefan. I had to get them from a pet store because all the breeders in my state (3) had no rats avaliable, and there are no rescues in my state with rats avaliable. I think they were meant to be feeder rats. I love them to the moon and back...
  12. Rat Behavior
    Hello all! First apologies in advance if this post is all over the place, it's early morning and I'm about to go to bed but wanted to get this out there first. TLDR: Trying to match the comfort level of my rats, thinking they're ready for handling and getting mixed results. They tolerate more...
  13. Rat Behavior
    I recently got a new rat. The last few days she has really warmed up to me and loves to sit in my jumper. But last night the cat came into my room and went up to her cage, my cat didn't do anything but the poor baby was frightened. Fast forward to this morning. I've given her her usual treat...
  14. Rat Behavior
    I got a new rat 2 days ago! She's around 6 weeks and bonding is going well. I plan to introduce her to my other rat in a few weeks. however in about 4 weeks I have to go to Brisbane for 2 weeks. I'm very scared I will lose all progress in bonding Will it be alright if my dad spends time with...
  15. Rat Behavior
    Helloooo!! I'm a new rat owner Ive had my rats for about 2 weeks Milo(A adult fancy rat) and Zero (a teen fancy rat) Me and Zero bond really well!! Hes supper sweet loves to chill in my hoodie and loves snacks! Milo..me and him vibe okay ig not the best but its ok he isnt agressive or anything...
  16. Rat Health
    Hi everyone! I just got my two boys, Thistle and Fern, on Saturday (they are about 7 weeks old now), and I've been trying to bond with them using baby food. However, they only seem interested in the beef-flavored one, and I'm worried that it will be too much protein for them if I continue to use...
  17. Rat Behavior
    hello! yes I’m posing again about my new rat, BUT as a first time rat owner is it normal for little ones to not take treats/food from my hand? when I got my first rat Panini she would come out take the food from me and run away and eat it but my new rat Olive won’t even take the food, at night I...
  18. General Rat Topics
    I’ve had my rats for almost 2 months now, and they’re the first rats I’ve ever had (expect some other stuff before the main part of this) when I got them, I’d had a huge cage for them, but I’d overlooked how small they would be at their age (>3 months), and they could slip through the 1 inch...
  19. Rat Behavior
    Hi, We're trying to use the carrier method to bond our rat Frank to a new duo and they're in the first stage right now (in pet carrier). They're not being too aggressive, there's been some pinning and squabbling but nothing we've had to intervene for, however they're also not sleeping together...
  20. Rat Behavior
    Bonding with rats is a slow process which I'm still working on, and though I'm proud of how far my girls have come along it can sometimes feel like they will only ever really tolerate me. I would just like to hear some motivating bonding stories where you were able to have a breakthrough with...
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