[elliotulysses]

My girlfriend and I recently came into possession of our first rat. He's a young guy and was intended to be a feeder. Though he is sweet as can be! He grooms us and hides in our shirts but will not stayed still long when held. Other than that he is a great lao pet!

 

[elliotulysses]

**lap pet

 

[Velo]

Hello! Congratulations on your first rat!
You will need to get him a friend, another male rat (unless you get a spayed female) as rats are incredibly social animals and need at least one other rat to keep them company.
Do you know about how old the little fella is?

 

[elliotulysses]

My guess is that he is maybe two months? He was bought as a "small rat ". We were thinking of getting him another his age. Would that be ideal or should he get an older/younger one?

 

[Velo]

His age would be best, that will make intros easiest. if there were other ~8 week old males at the store with him, you should go for one of those as soon as you can. Intros should be east as they already previously lived together