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Hey there,
given that winter is coming here now (Scotland), we've started putting on the heating. Now when our three about 4 month old boys are running around the living room, one of them keeps on touching the pipe of the heater which is really hot and apparently hurts himself in the process(he keeps on cleaning his nose afterwards and it looks a bit redder than usual) . He then tries to do it again soon afterwards, even despite us trying to keep him away with our hands or clicking our tongue softly(which is their sign that they're not allowed to do something and which they usually understand) . Yesterday he went back again and again and even started bruxing and walked with one of his flanks against the wall while also making himself slightly bigger with his fur (not sure what the proper word for that is). I kept trying to give him alternative things to do with rewards but he keeps on going back to doing it. Should we be worried? They have plenty of stuff to play with, get loads of time outside their cage and are fed a varied diet. They also otherwise seem like happy, well-developed rat boys, although I have only had one solitary rat before who I cared for for his last months (he had been alone all his life with someone else, but that's another story).
Thanks
given that winter is coming here now (Scotland), we've started putting on the heating. Now when our three about 4 month old boys are running around the living room, one of them keeps on touching the pipe of the heater which is really hot and apparently hurts himself in the process(he keeps on cleaning his nose afterwards and it looks a bit redder than usual) . He then tries to do it again soon afterwards, even despite us trying to keep him away with our hands or clicking our tongue softly(which is their sign that they're not allowed to do something and which they usually understand) . Yesterday he went back again and again and even started bruxing and walked with one of his flanks against the wall while also making himself slightly bigger with his fur (not sure what the proper word for that is). I kept trying to give him alternative things to do with rewards but he keeps on going back to doing it. Should we be worried? They have plenty of stuff to play with, get loads of time outside their cage and are fed a varied diet. They also otherwise seem like happy, well-developed rat boys, although I have only had one solitary rat before who I cared for for his last months (he had been alone all his life with someone else, but that's another story).
Thanks