My rats hate me. well, they don't hate me, but they don't like me. When I reach in their cage, they ignore my hand, then come look for treats, then go away. if i try to take them out they run and hide. I take them out and play with them, and they run and hide. I'll put them on the bed with me, and they hide under my covers, and then they'll come out and see me, but they don't want to be handled much, they'd rather do their own thing.
Someone told me to ahve a friend scare them, and then to have me be the one to take them away from the scary, so they'd know i was a safe place, and it worked some with godiva, she'll come when i make a kiss noise most of the time, but Jasue was impossible to scare. She's veeeery independant.
Then lately I've noticed them sort of trying to dominate the other, doing things like tussling, "mounting", fighting, etc. They haven't hurt each other, but at night i hear fights (their cage is at the foot of my bed.) they are still fairly young, too.
Is there any activity y'all can think of that will make them like me?
Someone told me to ahve a friend scare them, and then to have me be the one to take them away from the scary, so they'd know i was a safe place, and it worked some with godiva, she'll come when i make a kiss noise most of the time, but Jasue was impossible to scare. She's veeeery independant.
Then lately I've noticed them sort of trying to dominate the other, doing things like tussling, "mounting", fighting, etc. They haven't hurt each other, but at night i hear fights (their cage is at the foot of my bed.) they are still fairly young, too.
Is there any activity y'all can think of that will make them like me?