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Walter came to me over a year ago when he was 2 months old. He was an oops litter, and not well bred, so he was nervous (unsurprisingly) but enjoyed playing with me. Fast forward, due to life taking a turn only a month later, 1 found myself unable to spend the time doing introductions with my...

My rat of 2 years old suddenly bit me and drew blood, he has been biting me the last couple of days and I honestly have no idea why. I have 6 rats and 2 of my rats (the younger ones) keep pestering him and I think it gets to him, because I can barely even pet him anymore. I don't know what to do.

Hi guys 😁 I'll try to keep a long story short... I rehomed two sisters in June who are approx 10 months old. Both are cage aggressive and have delivered several nasty bites, they will leg it from which ever part of the cage to get you. After losing some confidence I compromised and now they're...

Hi guys... So I've been having a small problem with fighting between my two male rats. Both of them are about 9-10 months old now and are half brothers. They don't often fight and I never seem to catch them doing it but I have noticed Moose (my smaller boy) has a lot of cuts on his back around...

I have five boys that I've had since they were born (10/8/2020). I've handled them since then. Moved them around etc. His trepidation of my hand has been slowly happening over the last two months but now has really peaked. I have the exotic nutrition 6 lvl cage for all five boys. Plenty of space...

Hi, me and my wife recently decided to get a young female rat from a nice local pet shop. We have her all situated in her new enclosure and when we got to hold her at the pet store she was really sweet and snuggly. Once we got her home we sat by her cage just to look at her and for her to get...

Hi, I'm Julia, I have 4 rats, all from the same breeder, in a very large Ferret Nation style cage. My breeder is quite reputable and well known in my area, she's great and breeds amazing healthy rats with great temperaments. However, for about a month now, one of my rats Mick has been...

I have two pet rats. Daisy and Charmander. On November 26, 2018 Daisy gave birth to Charmander and they have been best friends ever since. Daisy is a year and 4 months old and Charmander is a 11 month old neutered Male. Recently Daisy was diagnosed by the Vet with an inner ear infection. She...

Okay so i’ve had my two girls for about 3 months. i got them both from a rattery bc i hate rat mills and pet store conditions but also bc they’d be bred for temperament. anyway my one girl barbara is literally the sweetest little baby ever. she’s super cuddly, always wants to be around me, or...

so i have two fancy rats. I let them chill in my bed with me in the dark. One of them is a nibbler. She nibbles my thighs and toes under the cover. and if i stick my finger through the cage she bites (usually thinking it’s a treat im guessing) but anyway i was laying in bed with her tonight and...

Hi there! I recently got pet rats after years of not having them. I got 3 little girls named Aziraphale, Crowley and Adam (they're rats, they don't care that the names are male gendered haha.) I looked at local rescues but no rats were available, and there are no active ratteries in my city...

Up until recently I had four bonded rats in a VERY LARGE CAGE, definitely big enough for four rats. Recently two of my beauties passed away after long lives of 2+ years. Since their deaths, the remaining two ratties seem to be acting out, and the little tiny skittish one has been biting the hell...

I recently adopted 3 rats (all 1 year old). 1 was left at a shelter as a lone rat (Missy) and the other 2 (Coco and Ciara) were adopted as friends for my lone rat. I have successfully done introductions, they have been in their cage for around 1 month now. But I have noticed that Coco and...

I have a rescue rat who was neglected quite badly in her previous home. She’s been with me for nearly 3 weeks now and I’ve been trying desperately to get her to be tame. She was never taken out of her cage in her previous home and from what we know she bit the owner when they first got her as a...

Hi everyone, I have 2 female, un-spayed rats (Echo and Henni) who are both a little over 2 years old. They've been living together for about a year and a half and haven't had issues with each other aside from the occasional overly-intense grooming. Tonight I noticed that Henni is biting on to...