
I just got 5 new female ratties today, all 8 weeks old! I love them they're so adorable!
Will be attempting to start introducing them to my two older females tomorrow (who are both over 2 years old) I've watched a few videos on how to do this, but if anyone has any tips feel free to lemme know. ^^
Will be attempting to start introducing them to my two older females tomorrow (who are both over 2 years old) I've watched a few videos on how to do this, but if anyone has any tips feel free to lemme know. ^^
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They are super duper cute!!
As someone who also has rats, females will probably be the easiest to introduce to each other. My males, if the size difference is too much then they will bully each other and cannot be homed together (leading to me having two cages. One for my two oldest boys, and the other for my younger boys)
Something I've found that really helps when introducing ratties together is to 1, Let them check each other out through the cage with some space so they can get used to each other first. 2. Take them out and put them in a neutral area for them to interact (supervised, of course) and 3. when you put them all in the same cage, make sure to clean it so no one's scent is in there and no territorial issues... Something you can also do, that I've done in the past is to take something from both groups so either group can get used to the scent AWAY from the new group. You can also rub the younger girls in something that smells like the older girls before you put them in and that will help the older girls be more accustomed and less likely to bully them. Those are just some things that I've figured out and it tends to work super well when I'm moving them in together.
I currently have 4 girls in one enclosure and my boys are split into 2 enclosures since my two eldest are very large and will pick on the younger ones, I don't breed but they all get along fantastic. Slow introductions often work the best, or at least giving them time outside of the enclosure to examine each other, get used to one another, and be supervised.
I hope this all goes well for you!~
As someone who also has rats, females will probably be the easiest to introduce to each other. My males, if the size difference is too much then they will bully each other and cannot be homed together (leading to me having two cages. One for my two oldest boys, and the other for my younger boys)
Something I've found that really helps when introducing ratties together is to 1, Let them check each other out through the cage with some space so they can get used to each other first. 2. Take them out and put them in a neutral area for them to interact (supervised, of course) and 3. when you put them all in the same cage, make sure to clean it so no one's scent is in there and no territorial issues... Something you can also do, that I've done in the past is to take something from both groups so either group can get used to the scent AWAY from the new group. You can also rub the younger girls in something that smells like the older girls before you put them in and that will help the older girls be more accustomed and less likely to bully them. Those are just some things that I've figured out and it tends to work super well when I'm moving them in together.
I currently have 4 girls in one enclosure and my boys are split into 2 enclosures since my two eldest are very large and will pick on the younger ones, I don't breed but they all get along fantastic. Slow introductions often work the best, or at least giving them time outside of the enclosure to examine each other, get used to one another, and be supervised.
I hope this all goes well for you!~
I see some albies! Aww! They all deserve pets, hugs, and kisses. Also be SUPER careful introducing them to your rats, the young ones are gonna be hyper as hell and wanna play, a LOT. Also, if they start sneezing a bunch, don't worry about that: young rats tend to sneeze a fuck ton when introduced too a new enviornment, so don't worry about it. Allsssoo I highly reccomend introducing the babies/older girls, very slowly, and after they've eaten. Enjoy your smol squeak friends.
As soon as they start to trust me haha!
Random and surprising update on them... one of them gave birth like 2 hours ago! To 8 babies! The woman who sold me them is coming to collect the babies tonight as I have no idea how to take care of them and she's very experienced.
Random and surprising update on them... one of them gave birth like 2 hours ago! To 8 babies! The woman who sold me them is coming to collect the babies tonight as I have no idea how to take care of them and she's very experienced.
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