hi,
iv had my two female sister rats for 5 months, they were 2months when i bought them from the pet shop.
when i got them home i left them for 3 days to get used to their new house and then held them both, they were nervous at first and pooed and weed on me for the first few weeks, but then they stopped and were great, they would run up to the cage when i walked past and would run over my shoulders and head and lick me.
then i went on holiday for 1 week and my mum looked after them, holding them and stuff and they were fine.
then when i came back, they wont come near me, when i put my hand in they bite me and when i try to pick them up they either wee on me or bite me. they also grab onto the bars so i dont pull them and just leave them. and when i pick them up they scream at me and struggle
people have suggested that i feed them and theyll gain trust in me, and also to leave the cage open and sit by it. but when i feed them they run away with the food and eat it in a corner or in their bed and when i leave the cage open they sniff around me but wont come out, they normally hide from me.
i dont understand why they have changed so much and all the trust that had built has just vanished.
please help me!!!
p.s when they are eventually out, when i go to put them back, the fight and try to run away from the cage, so they dont like coming out, but when their out they hate going back in! im so confused!
iv had my two female sister rats for 5 months, they were 2months when i bought them from the pet shop.
when i got them home i left them for 3 days to get used to their new house and then held them both, they were nervous at first and pooed and weed on me for the first few weeks, but then they stopped and were great, they would run up to the cage when i walked past and would run over my shoulders and head and lick me.
then i went on holiday for 1 week and my mum looked after them, holding them and stuff and they were fine.
then when i came back, they wont come near me, when i put my hand in they bite me and when i try to pick them up they either wee on me or bite me. they also grab onto the bars so i dont pull them and just leave them. and when i pick them up they scream at me and struggle
people have suggested that i feed them and theyll gain trust in me, and also to leave the cage open and sit by it. but when i feed them they run away with the food and eat it in a corner or in their bed and when i leave the cage open they sniff around me but wont come out, they normally hide from me.
i dont understand why they have changed so much and all the trust that had built has just vanished.
please help me!!!
p.s when they are eventually out, when i go to put them back, the fight and try to run away from the cage, so they dont like coming out, but when their out they hate going back in! im so confused!