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So i am preparing for the worst when Harry passes because of his brain tumor. Pilgore still has a lot of time and i don't want him to spend the rest of his life alone without his brother. How should i introduce a friend to him? The cage i have is only big enough for 2 rats and i don't want them...

Hi all, One of my rats, Pistol, had to be seperated from his cagemates due to his hormonally driven aggression. He was injuring and harassing them. His neuter is today, and I am wondering when I should reintroduce him to the other boys. They are littermates, and so they've been together since...

Hi! Posted here a couple times before, im trying hard to get my two rats, Jasper and Gus Gus back together again. I had to separate them a couple months ago because they were aggressively fighting non stop. I got Jasper (the aggressor) neutered, he still tries to bite me so i’m hesitant to...

So, I adopted my rat, Attila, from a lady on craigslist who was rehoming two of hers. I could see from the photos she posted of their setup that they weren't being taken of properly. Because of this I was expecting some skittishness and even mild aggression when first meeting them, but I was...

Hi all, We had an incident where Percy got injured in a fight during free roam last night which resulted in a gash to the testicle. The vet needed to surgically repair the wound and whilst he was there he castrated too. I have the other two boys booked in as soon as possible, but it will be the...

I recently purchased a baby rat after realizing that my current rat needs others to entertain her. She’s been alone most her life which is totally on me. I’m trying to be a better owner though and plan on getting a third rat once introductions with this second are over. I read that the carrier...

My roommate had to put one of her pair to sleep due to medical issues. The brother left is 1 yr old and we didn't want him lonely. We got a male baby and they are doing well with introductions. The only issue is that the older boy won't stop sniffing the baby and it scares the baby. They have...

Hello rat friends! I wonder if you can give me some advice about my current situation. I adopted two baby boy rats in January, and they have been lovely little creatures to live with. Unfortunately, one of them has been struck quite badly with respiratory illness. After some very bad illness...

So I have to give a bit of background. Around a year and a half ago I got my two boy rats, milo and Otis, they were perfectly fine and happy and then I decided I wanted to care for more than just two and I got Fin. Fin is maybe 7 months old now where milo and Otis are a year and a half. I got...

Hi everyone. I am in the process of doing my first intros. I have 4 boys, 2 around 19 weeks and 2 around 9 weeks. I started intros on Wednesday, they spent a morning in the carrier, about 36 hours in the hamster cage and then I moved them into the main cage, sectioned off. They all got on so...

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...

Hi! I actually made an account specifically because I have no idea what to do about this situation. So forgive me in advance if I don’t know how to navigate this site very well yet 😌💓 But here’s the situation I need advice on! I found a rat a couple of months ago. He’s definitely domestic, but...

I’ve never used a forum before so let me know if I’m in the wrong section and anything else. So I have a young group of rats. That I don’t think are exactly fancy rats. More almost like wild? I got them as babies on Craigslist and have no knowledge on previous lineage. I say this as now that I...

I'm soooo excited for Loki! Since he's come to me he's grown rapidly into a super affectionate guy. He absolutely loves to be pet, scratched, chased, tickled, you name it! He just wants to play and love. The poor guy just watches my every move until I'm back at his cage. I wasn't certain how he...

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...

Hello everyone, my name is LJ Green and I have been a rat owner for over two years. My two oldest have recently passed away (with one in January and one passing yesterday), so my youngest was left on his own. Beanie is around 8 months old, and bought after Dash passed away in January. After...

Hi! This is my first blog post describing my new rat journey. Today I purchased two new baby rats to accompany my other rat I bought a week ago. My three rats are named as followed: Tanya (Grey and white hooded rat), CanCan (full name Cannie is a hooded REW curly rat), and Maxie (so far a...