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  1. Rat Behavior
    Hello! I have three boy rats, rehomed them last October, they are well settled in. I recently rehomed three more boy rats this weekend. The new rats are in a temporary cage, but since my apartment is very small I could only place the cage in the same room as the older boys. The cages are about...
  2. Rat Behavior
    I just got Ivar about a week and a half ago. He is coming out of his cage to play and coming to the bars for treats. He let me pick him up without squeaking so i tried introducing him to my other rat Sten. They stared at each other for a few minutes, then Sten charged him and started wrestling...
  3. Meet My Rat
    So i just dropped off my old rat Olaf because he wouldn't get along with Sten my other rat. The humane society said they didn't have all that much trouble getting him out of his carrier and assured me that he would get a good home. They mentioned on the phone they can easily find someone who can...
  4. Rat Behavior
    I adopted a new female for my surviving female and they're both about a year old. I was warned my new adoptee had a rough past. She was brought to the humane society after a rodent hoarding situation (she had lived with other female rats during this), adopted, then brought back after "not...
  5. Rat Behavior
    So i just put Sten and Olaf in the same cage. Olaf is starting to get better. But he is still really scared. He has been in a corner of the cage in a puddle of his own piss and ****. He won't move from the puddle until Sten comes out to play. Whenever i take Sten out to play i leave Olaf in the...
  6. Rat Behavior
    As stated in previous posts i just got Olaf 3 weeks ago and they still haven't been put into the same cage. Lately though Sten and Olaf have been really getting along though. Sten doesn't get puffed up anymore and last time i put them on the bed together. All Sten did is just sniff him, give...
  7. Rat Behavior
    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...
  8. General Rat Topics
    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...
  9. Rat Behavior
    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...
  10. Rat Behavior
    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...
  11. Rat Behavior
    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...
  12. Rat Behavior
    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...
  13. Rat Behavior
    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...
  14. Rat Behavior
    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...
  15. Rat Behavior
    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...
  16. Rat Behavior
    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...
  17. Rat Behavior
    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...
  18. General Rat Topics
    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...
  19. Rat Behavior
    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...
  20. General Rat Topics
    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...
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