fighting

Just for some background: So I adopted 4 sister rats from a rescue shelter. Saya, Maia, Yuki, and Ava. They’re roughly 8 months old now. Everything was wonderful, they all got along. Unfortunately we had a situation a couple months back where somehow 2 wild rats had gotten into the house, and...

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...

Hey, I’ve never used this before but I see a lot of people get help with there pet rats. These are the first rats I’ve ever owned and I’ve tried to do as much research as I can to give them a happy life but I’m worried I’m not doing well. They have a big cage with chews, toys, tubes, climbing...

Hi, I’m sorry if this is really long winded but I’m very stressed about this situation. I have 2 sets of brothers, the older set around 13 months and the younger set 7. they were introduced to eachother after a period of Quarantine and for around 5 months they all lived together fine. One of...

So this just happened, or at least I just found it....... This is Bean's "beans" ...... Obviously I'm going to separate him until he heals completely. Mochi doesn't have an issue with the other rats as much as he does with Bean.... I can't afford to get mochi fixed, so I really don't know what...

My rat mochi is such a sweetheart, but when I clean the bottom of the cage he attacks my hand very viciously... To the point I have to wear a leather glove sometimes. He only attacks my hand when I make noise with the newspaper. Could it be that he just doesn't like the sound of the newspaper...

Hi! I am a new rat owner, bought two cca 5-6w females from pet store a week ago - Eni and Pupi. It was going well, the were not aggressive and would sleep together. Pupi was kind of shy, but very agile and if there was food around, she would even come to my hand (all paws on my palm). Eni had...

so i have 2 female rats who are fairly young and have lived together since i’ve had them. they obviously love each other because the snuggle up every night and play together. barbra (the nicer one) has even given treats of her to alley (the meanie) although i’m not sure if that’s because she...

Hello, my name is Jena and I have two medium sized female rats who are fighting. I know play-fighting and tiffs for asserting dominance is common with rats but I am worried one may be bulling the other more and I don't know what to do. The rat in question is ending up with wounds and scabs on...

About 2 months ago, I got 2 young rats. I've been trying to get my 3 other rats (almost all a year old) with them comfortably, but they keep trying to (and have) hurt my younger ones. When I've placed them all into a smaller space, they didn't have any issues with fighting. Even during their...

Hi all! I have 2 females that I adopted 3 months ago, they are 1yr this month and have been together for a long time. I know that rats plat fight and exhibit behaviors to establish dominance, but how can you decifer a fight and play? And how often do they have to establish hierarchy? Because...

I have three males who were all raised together. They are all about 9 weeks. During free roam especially they chase each other and pin each other onto their backs. However, what worries me is that they let out short, high-pitched squeaks when this happens, like they are in pain. I also noticed...

hey so I’ve only had my rats for 4 days and trying to learn as much as I can about them. One of my rats keeps hiding away and doesn’t really like coming out unless I have a grape. He bit my partner on the first day. I assume he’s just shy. Is there anything I can do to help him and calm him down...

A month ago I got a new rat to be cage mates with mine, after his original cage mate unfortunately passed away. They're about half a year apart in age. but whenever the newer one (Tobias) sees him (Megi) he goes all "crazy" in his cage and starts frantically scratching at the bars :/. So much so...