mia9_28
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My rat Charlie has been acting very sketchy and aggressive since the day he bit my mom and I to blood because the dog was around. (He's scared of the dog)
That same night, he attacked Smokey for the first time and has done it again many times since. Smokey is really scared of him.
A week later, he bit my brother to blood as well for no apparent reason.
Now, we keep him away from all the other animals in the house and he lives alone with Smokey.
They're my only two rats.
When I try to pick him up out of the cage, he gets sketchy and his fur gets all fluffy.. which means he's mad, I suppose.
So I get scared and I give up on picking him up.
Sometimes, when calmer, he'll let me pick him up and as soon as he's out of the cage, he's back to being a total sweetie like he was before! He gives kisses, doesn't pick on Smokey, etc.
He's very protective of his cage and doesn't like my hands in there.
Well, last night, I finally had the courage to give him a bath (real quick and careful!) and I put him back in his cage and he became super sketchy...so after giving Smokey a bath, I kept him on me so Charlie wouldn't attack him. After a while, I let Smokey walk on the top of the cage then I heard a squeak and Charlie had bitten one of Smokey's toes and it was bleeding. So I cleaned his cut and I kept him on me for a couple of hours. Then it was supper time and I had no choice but to put him back in the cage... they both seemed calmer and Smokey didn't hesitate to get back in the cage, so I thought he'd be fine.
I came back.. and I found blood on Smokey's back and on his belly. Charlie had bitten him pretty bad on his stomach.. so at this point I had enough and I trapped Charlie in a hamster cage, gave him a toy, food, water and a blanket and I left him there all night.
I cleaned Smokey's cuts and put him back in the big cage so he could relax...
They always have little fights but it's never been this bad.
I understand that Charlie must have not recognized him because of the bath.. but did he really need to attack him that badly? This is not normal.
So.. I was wondering if getting Charlie fixed would get rid of all aggressiveness. Would he not be territorial anymore and will him and Smokey not fight anymore?
I'm really sick of this...
It's really expensive around here so I want to make sure that it will indeed stop him from being so sketchy and aggressive..
Oh, and will it make him calmer too? He's always a bit nervous.
That same night, he attacked Smokey for the first time and has done it again many times since. Smokey is really scared of him.
A week later, he bit my brother to blood as well for no apparent reason.
Now, we keep him away from all the other animals in the house and he lives alone with Smokey.
They're my only two rats.
When I try to pick him up out of the cage, he gets sketchy and his fur gets all fluffy.. which means he's mad, I suppose.
So I get scared and I give up on picking him up.
Sometimes, when calmer, he'll let me pick him up and as soon as he's out of the cage, he's back to being a total sweetie like he was before! He gives kisses, doesn't pick on Smokey, etc.
He's very protective of his cage and doesn't like my hands in there.
Well, last night, I finally had the courage to give him a bath (real quick and careful!) and I put him back in his cage and he became super sketchy...so after giving Smokey a bath, I kept him on me so Charlie wouldn't attack him. After a while, I let Smokey walk on the top of the cage then I heard a squeak and Charlie had bitten one of Smokey's toes and it was bleeding. So I cleaned his cut and I kept him on me for a couple of hours. Then it was supper time and I had no choice but to put him back in the cage... they both seemed calmer and Smokey didn't hesitate to get back in the cage, so I thought he'd be fine.
I came back.. and I found blood on Smokey's back and on his belly. Charlie had bitten him pretty bad on his stomach.. so at this point I had enough and I trapped Charlie in a hamster cage, gave him a toy, food, water and a blanket and I left him there all night.
I cleaned Smokey's cuts and put him back in the big cage so he could relax...
They always have little fights but it's never been this bad.
I understand that Charlie must have not recognized him because of the bath.. but did he really need to attack him that badly? This is not normal.
So.. I was wondering if getting Charlie fixed would get rid of all aggressiveness. Would he not be territorial anymore and will him and Smokey not fight anymore?
I'm really sick of this...
It's really expensive around here so I want to make sure that it will indeed stop him from being so sketchy and aggressive..
Oh, and will it make him calmer too? He's always a bit nervous.
