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This is definitely a complicated situation and I am a very new rat owner so please offer me any tips. I received my pet rat, Lucia, from a friend whose snake "rejected" the rat. Lucia would have been left outside and likely would have died on her own, so I told my friend I would keep her as a...

Hello, So I have 2x 14-weeks old boy and 1x 8-week old boy and done introduction between them using the carrier method. All seemed to be going well, they slept, ate together and groomed one another so I opted to put them into the cleaned big cage (it has 2 storey's but I limited them to the...

Hello, Need some opinions regarding introduction of boys. Have 2 teenage rats (aged 13&14 weeks) and 1 new baby boy (8 weeks). I’ve done adult introductions before a few years ago and it was a really long process then. Have only put them side by side for a day but it seems like they’re...

I'm so happy to be here and meet more fellow pocket ninja enthusiasts! I believe I had an account on here years ago so that I could ask a question about socialization for one of my angels --with wings now, sadly--but I'm struggling to find the information after so long, so I went ahead and made...

I have 4 girls, one 2.5yo, 2 1.5yo's, and a 7 month old. The 2.5yo(katie) and 1.5yos (Cookie and Wrinkles) all live together peacefully and the 7mo(Agatha) is currently by herself in a cage next to the other girls. She is serprate because Wrinkles attacked her on multiple separate occasions and...

Hey, I'm introducing two 10 week old boys to my two 9 month old males. One of my older boys is quite dominant towards the babies, he runs after them trying to bite / sniff / lick their private parts. I've done my research about introductions but I've never read anything about this behavior. I...

Good day I recently adopted a new rat from a rescue. He apparently had been found in somebody's garage, so it's unknown how long he had been living feral. He is a pretty siamese, probably an escaped pet. He bit me on the second day. I was touching him in his cage, so fair enough he probably...

Hi I'm just a funky lil guy and my rat is my best friend. I'm boring but I love to talk about my girls- but forewarning for my info dump, I talk about rat injury and death a bit (and uh malpractice, too) but I try not to be too graphic or sad. I got both of my lovely girls for $3 each as feeder...

Hi all, I used to have a mischief of 4 female rats who went on to live fabulous ratty lives. At this point, I am down to one rat, the alpha of the group. She is at least 2 years and 9 months old, but other than starting to "go gray" and the slightest slowing down of her back legs, you would...

Hello! I just adopted two 2 month old rats yesterday. I've heard that rats do better in groups than they do in pairs so my plan was to get the two boys settled in and then start looking around for more roommates for them. I'm not quite sure what the timeline should be like to get the...

Hi! My name is Kyra, also known as Therian Territory, and since a couple of weeks ago, my girlfriend and I decided to get 2 rats! After a little search, it turned out one of the ratteries in the neighborhood had 2 female rats for adoption with a little haste due to personal reasons (apparently...

Hi, so i got some new babies and they’re about 8 weeks old. I tried to introduce them to my older guys who are about 15 months old. everything was going well until one of my adult bit my baby.! he is bleeding but the injury is fine. i separated them for now but how do i introduce them properly...

Hi, I’m a first time rat owner and have never had to do introductions before. I bought my first rat, Wilbur (approx 1 year old) from the petstore I work at. He was separated for a few weeks from his brother after they fought and he was left with a large nonhealing wound that resulted in him...

After waiting for a 29 days now, I finally get to introduce Thumbelina to her sisters! It's been a while since I've had to go through this process but I feel like it will be a good one. Going to start her off with the nicest of my rats to meet first since I have no idea if she's even been around...

Byron has been introduced to Winston and Quincy. I haven't had issues with him and Winston, then again they don't really seem to acknowledge each other which needs to change. Quincy on the other hand is terrified, and Byron bit off a very small chunk of skin out of him. I hate seeing him so...

First, I just want to start my very first blog post by saying that I loooooove this forum! I'm definitely happy that I happened to stumble across it the other day while Googling rat toy ideas. Now a little about myself. Hmmmm... Where to begin? I'm currently a 5th-year college student working...

Hello all! I am new too this forum as you can see. I would like to start off by telling you guys a bout my little rattlings. One night I was laying in bed next to my fiance'e surfing the Pet section of Craigslist that is when I first saw him and fell in love! The article said Free Rat and of...

So the other day i brought home a baby to introduce to my two adults that i have had for a few months now. The first indroduction did go so well, they nibbled at her and she got a small bite so that ended the socialization for that day. Every day i've had them out all together and its getting...