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Hello all,
I am new to this forum, but I am mainly joining to find resources for my rat that I just adopted today. I was hoping to just pop in and get my questions answered, but it won't let me do that unless I post here. As you can tell from my user name, my name is Kelly, and my rats name is Motley. I was oringially planning on getting a hamster from the store today, but fell in love with her personality and silliness. The people in the pet store weren't very informational, and I want to be sure I'm doing my best to care for her. If anyone could please answer these questions, it'd be very helpful!
1.) Will she be okay alone? I was originally going to purchase 2 rats, both Motley and the one that I was being kept with her, but the women who sold me her said they would do perfectly fine on their own. Sine this is my first time owning a rat (I've owned almost every domesticated animal aside from them), I thought I would start off with one. However, after reading some resources online I'm hearing keeping them alone is a terrible thing to do.
2.) Any ideas how to socialize her? She's not aggressive, nor terrified, but she does hide every time I reach in to say hi to her. She took a treat from my hand earlier, but cowers away when I attempt to pet her.
Thanks!
I am new to this forum, but I am mainly joining to find resources for my rat that I just adopted today. I was hoping to just pop in and get my questions answered, but it won't let me do that unless I post here. As you can tell from my user name, my name is Kelly, and my rats name is Motley. I was oringially planning on getting a hamster from the store today, but fell in love with her personality and silliness. The people in the pet store weren't very informational, and I want to be sure I'm doing my best to care for her. If anyone could please answer these questions, it'd be very helpful!
1.) Will she be okay alone? I was originally going to purchase 2 rats, both Motley and the one that I was being kept with her, but the women who sold me her said they would do perfectly fine on their own. Sine this is my first time owning a rat (I've owned almost every domesticated animal aside from them), I thought I would start off with one. However, after reading some resources online I'm hearing keeping them alone is a terrible thing to do.
2.) Any ideas how to socialize her? She's not aggressive, nor terrified, but she does hide every time I reach in to say hi to her. She took a treat from my hand earlier, but cowers away when I attempt to pet her.
Thanks!