Don't worry about the nibbling mine did that when I first got them there's salt on your skin which they really like! Plus they're just getting used to you, I used to pull my hand away when mine nibbled but got told its a bad idea as it'll teach them to get you away from them if they're in a mood all they have to do is nibble you but it can turn into a bite! One of my three is extremely weirded out by loud noises and when I open a bag of something, even when he knows its a treat he runs away, I'm guessing it's just in some rats to be a little creeped out by things!! I hope you enjoy your ratties as much as I do they're amazing animals! Especially if you can get them into a routine!!

 

Well I just moved them to the basement since it is cooler, they seem happier down there and have settled down. Lily started sleeping in there make shift hammock. i let harper nibble me(before i pulled away) but she didn't bite down hard and only did it once the continued sniffing me. Harper is still not wanting to be picked up and Lily didn't run away when I approached the cage.

 

Do you go into the basement much? I've got mine in the living room for me it makes them more a part of the family and they can watch what's going on if I've got a day off work haha, if they start biting you harder than you'd like nip it in the bud, If mine do something they shouldn't, or go somewhere they shouldn't like behind the tv with all the wires, I pick them up and firmly say no and place them back down, they'll soon learn that treats and cuddles come from good behaviour and you won't put up with the bad kind, don't get disheartened if they do shy away one day but are dead happy to see the next, rats have off days! Sometimes mine don't want to know me haha

 

I don't go down there much,only for laundry, but now I do . It's cooler down there than my room or the living room because our a/c broke. And safer,because we also have 3 dogs and a cat that stay in the living room