introducing rats

i unfortunately had a super rough start to rat ownership. i got my first boy, Kakashi, as a surprise christmas gift last year (2023) at 2 weeks old according to the pet store. he had a cagemate my now-ex partner had. He’s a pink eyed albino with all but 1 finger missing on his front right paw...

Hi, we are introducing our 1.5yr old Mac to our group of three rats (9months to 1year old) (all male) after his cage mate died. We have been using the carrier method and the first stage seemed to go well as this morning they were all snuggled up together after some aggression from Ted (one of...

TLDR; Young rat injured, placed in separate single level cage for healing. Should her cagemate go with her so they don't became estranged? So I recently adopted 2 young female rats(Tuna and Badger). I was planning to have them introduced and eventually live with my older females (Mouse and...

Hi, I have just bought 3 babies from a breeder in my area to go with my 3 rescue adults. They are 6 weeks old and 2 of them are quite confident but the other little girl is quite timid and has spent most of the time hiding in the corner. She’s the smallest of the group and the breeder said she...

Hello everyone! I recently adopted my first hairless rat (named Ophelia) who is just the sweetest little baby ever. I got her at 6 weeks old and now she's 7 weeks, and today I tried introducing her to my 5 other 1 year old girls. My girl Elise is the dominant rat and has always been a bit rough...

I recently got 2 1 year old female rescue rats to go with my 1 year old lone rat (also a rescue). They hit it off straight away, as I’m using the carrier method - which is working really well. I am on stage 4 and they are now in a Furat Plus cage with 1 hammock. They haven’t fought since stage...

Hi, and thank you for letting me join your ranks. My name is Ashleigh, and I've grown up with pet rats most of my life. The past year I've played rat mom to my boy Oddball, who is a hairy hairless. And just last night I took on two new hairy boys naned Mac and Cheese from a not great situation...

hi, my name is shay, and i currently have three rats!! spanky (mink/white hooded agouti) male 11 months old dumbo rat purchased from breeder lives alone (after several attempts at pairing has resulted in injury/death to other rats) high energy, fiesty, loves people on his own terms pico...

These are my two ratties. Nelly is the all black and Pheobe is the white with black spot and head. They are about 8 months old now. These pictures are kinda old

So, I’ve been trying to introduce my two babes and my older rat together. I’ve been following all the intoduction steps and so far, everything has gone really well. Yesterday was the first time we introduced them. We introduced them in the tub, a neutral place for both parties. The babies were...

So, I've owned rats for a large part of my life. Therefore, friends and family see me as the "rat lady". Close to a year and a half ago one of my mom's close friends brought me a small baby rat who someone had abandoned at a pet store. My mom's friend was buying dog food when she overheard the...

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...