bonding

Hi, I've been doing the carrier method to bond two young male rats (3months) to our older lone rate (2 years, been alone about a month now). The first stage in a actual carrier lasted around 24hrs and after some small posturing etc they were sleeping and grooming each other. We then moved them...

In August I adopted two five month old nuetered male rats, named Obi and Ronny to be the companions of my year old females, Sookie and Bear. I've been very busy and haven't had as much time as I'd like to bond with the new rats, and I'm not entirely sure how best to do that. If anyone has advice...

I just got three new little girls today, something I’ve been planning to do for a while. My best friend just passed away so I’m in need of some new company and my last girl was an old rescue who passed not much longer after we got her due to a tumor. These three ladies are lovely and were very...

I adopted one rat a couple months ago. I really wanted to get her a partner but my roommate refused to let me get one. But now that I don’t live with him anymore I decided to get two more rats. All three rats are calm and sweet (and female) but the oldest rat, Wheatley (the one i had first)...

I’m going on vacation this Sunday but I’ve only had my rats for 2 weeks. Is it okay if I give them to a friend to pet sit for a week? Or will I be loosing important bonding time? I’m 99% sure I can’t bring them with me, but leaving them with someone else so soon makes me nervous.

Hey! If anyone can give me some advice i would appreciate it so much! I adopted 3 ex-lab rat babies who needed a home & they were 8 weeks old when i got them🥰 they're 3 girls and i've had them for about a month... the only problem is that i'm finding it pretty difficult to tame them. I try and...

I have three young rats, about 12 weeks old I believe, and it's about to be our two month anniversary together. Even though I've been making the effort to interact with them everyday for a while now, it seems we aren't making any progress. I feel like I'm doing everything wrong. The other day I...

so sorry to keep posting like this! Anyway, I got my baby a new girly. I already have an idea of how I want to bond them (carrier and neutral territory) but any tips on how to make the bonding more successful? Thanks!

Hi, I have two male fancy rattie brothers who are very closely bonded with each other - they play together and sleep together whenever they can (though are currently separated sometimes due to to a medical issue with Sully). The boys were pet shop rats who were VERY unsocialised at the...

Hi everyone! I had gotten two female rats about six months ago. Unfortunately, one of them passed away a month ago due to a sudden upper respiratory infection. My rat Dixie has always been very shy. She comes up to the cage and is curious, but she does not like to be pet sometimes (most of the...