Hi all,
This is my first ever post though I have read almost the whole forum!!
Well, myself & my 4 year old daughter went to the pet shop yesterday to buy some treats for our new little kitty
The pet shop has just started to sell rats & when saw them my heart just melted!!
I love all animals & we have a little black kitty (Wanda) & 2 fishies (Nero & Dory) & I would have many many more if I had the room & the time...
Anyway, we decided we had to have a new member in our family & picked a lovely fat hooded white & black male rattey, probably under 6 months old, with a large hamster cage, lots of accessories, food & choc drops!!
We brought him home & he has stolen our hearts already... I haven't exactly picked him up yet but I have had my hands in his cage loads & have had him eating out of my hand..
I know it's silly but I am a bit nervous about picking him up, he has been nibbling me a bit but nothing serious at all, but I am still a bit nervous
OK so here is my question- I really feel sorry for him on his own but they totally advised me against getting 2 in the pet shop, I really feel that no living thing should be alone, everything should be in a pair at the very least... of course we have him in the sitting room & plan on having lots of interaction with him...
So, we went back to the petshop today to get a second little friend for rattey (one of his brothers by all accounts) but they practically REFUSED to sell me one on the grounds that two males would most definitely end up fighting to the death. They offered us two females instead but a) we have taken a real shine to Rattey now & don't want to change him & b) from what I hear & have read we are probably better off with a male anyway especially with a young child as they are more docile??
We can't have a male & a female together for obvious reasons 8O
I am interested in the opinions of the experts on here, would it be possibe to have 2 males together without them tryig to kill each other? thanks in advance
This is my first ever post though I have read almost the whole forum!!
Well, myself & my 4 year old daughter went to the pet shop yesterday to buy some treats for our new little kitty
The pet shop has just started to sell rats & when saw them my heart just melted!!
I love all animals & we have a little black kitty (Wanda) & 2 fishies (Nero & Dory) & I would have many many more if I had the room & the time...
Anyway, we decided we had to have a new member in our family & picked a lovely fat hooded white & black male rattey, probably under 6 months old, with a large hamster cage, lots of accessories, food & choc drops!!
We brought him home & he has stolen our hearts already... I haven't exactly picked him up yet but I have had my hands in his cage loads & have had him eating out of my hand..
I know it's silly but I am a bit nervous about picking him up, he has been nibbling me a bit but nothing serious at all, but I am still a bit nervous
OK so here is my question- I really feel sorry for him on his own but they totally advised me against getting 2 in the pet shop, I really feel that no living thing should be alone, everything should be in a pair at the very least... of course we have him in the sitting room & plan on having lots of interaction with him...
So, we went back to the petshop today to get a second little friend for rattey (one of his brothers by all accounts) but they practically REFUSED to sell me one on the grounds that two males would most definitely end up fighting to the death. They offered us two females instead but a) we have taken a real shine to Rattey now & don't want to change him & b) from what I hear & have read we are probably better off with a male anyway especially with a young child as they are more docile??
We can't have a male & a female together for obvious reasons 8O
I am interested in the opinions of the experts on here, would it be possibe to have 2 males together without them tryig to kill each other? thanks in advance