Hello,
I came upon a bizarre find in my basement a few nights ago. I found a wild baby rat curled up beside the space heater I keep down there. I can post a picture if it would help, but I was wondering how old rats are when they leave their mothers? I was afraid if he’s too young and I put him outside that he’d just die. His eyes are open and he’s about, I dunno, a third the size of an adult and he’s still pretty fuzzy. He wasn’t afraid of me, which I found surprising. Part of his tail had been skinned and he had scabs all over his back that looked like teeth marks, and his back leg didn't look too great. I guess he had been attacked by something. I put some rubber gloves on and picked him up. He didn’t seem unaware or anything, his eyes were open and he was moving and looking around in his cute ratty little way, he just wasn’t scared of me. I cleaned the wound on his tail because it looked pretty bad, and put him in a little critter case thing that I have. I gave him a little cardboard box to hide in and gave him some veggies, fruit, water and a few dog kibbles. He likes yam very much. I just want to know when it would be alright to release him outside, somewhere away from the tempting but potencially deadly human settlements.
Thank you for your time!
Tess
I came upon a bizarre find in my basement a few nights ago. I found a wild baby rat curled up beside the space heater I keep down there. I can post a picture if it would help, but I was wondering how old rats are when they leave their mothers? I was afraid if he’s too young and I put him outside that he’d just die. His eyes are open and he’s about, I dunno, a third the size of an adult and he’s still pretty fuzzy. He wasn’t afraid of me, which I found surprising. Part of his tail had been skinned and he had scabs all over his back that looked like teeth marks, and his back leg didn't look too great. I guess he had been attacked by something. I put some rubber gloves on and picked him up. He didn’t seem unaware or anything, his eyes were open and he was moving and looking around in his cute ratty little way, he just wasn’t scared of me. I cleaned the wound on his tail because it looked pretty bad, and put him in a little critter case thing that I have. I gave him a little cardboard box to hide in and gave him some veggies, fruit, water and a few dog kibbles. He likes yam very much. I just want to know when it would be alright to release him outside, somewhere away from the tempting but potencially deadly human settlements.
Thank you for your time!
Tess