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sadie..

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****oo my youngest male.. he's around 8months and has always got on well with my other males but the past few weeks tempers seem fraid.. my two older males have turnt against ****oo and attacked him injuring his back.. at first i thought he had injured his own back then realising it was them.. then i gave them a supervised play time and suddenly the boys attacked ****oo.. iv had to seperate them and ****oo is now sleeping in my room with me. I am now in the process of making ****oo a new cage and have found a Rescue rat of the same temperment as him and have planned for ****oo to have a new house mate as the last thing i will allow to happen is him be left on his own.. my poor little collony has to be split up.. im gutted :(

Has anyone else excperienced this? Im so worried and have been left wondering why this has happend :(

xx
 
i did think about that but im more worried about putting my 2 boys through a operation when it is little trouble to get another male t go with him.. as non of there aggresion is angle at each other.
 
Neutering doesn't only help with other rat-aggression, it helps with all types of aggression in general, as well as nervousness, etc.
 
I believe in England, neutering is still not accepted so much as here. There are so many benefits to neutering, essentially it takes away stress which is a huge burden on the body. But... if your vet is not experienced in rat surgeries, I too probably wouldn't consider it.
Separating seems like the only course of acting. Maybe you could try again in a few months.
I'd get him a buddy asap, maybe someone a bit younger and not so hell bent on being alpha.
 
I can understand your reluctance - I've lost a rat on the operating table and it's awful. It does feel more reassuring though to find a decent vet who has successfully neutered other people's rats first if you ever decide to go that route. If you have the time and money to get him his own buddy, then brilliant, and I hope the poor little guy ends up happier for it :)
 
jorats said:
I believe in England, neutering is still not accepted so much as here.

:nod:
People still think i am insane because i got Patrick neutered. I think they have a hard time with the fact that he cost me £6.50 to buy and £55 to neuter. They just don't understand. Surgery numbers on rats are going up each year, but im not sure if every vet in the country is capable/confident enough to do it
 
Well my vet is not very good with rats so recently iv lost a little faith in him and im on the look out for a new vet.. i got ****oo a new friend today :) so he's as happy as can be.. it is not the money issue with my boys more the worrie of loosing them on the table... :/

Thanks guys and i'll post pictures of the new addition soon.. :) xx
 
I can understand that - I do know of a decent vet who does neuters, spays and tumour removals but it'd be a bit far for you since I'm up north >< Can't wait to see the new guy :3
 
Congrats on the new kid :)

Rat neuters should be a safe surgery (unless there's an underlying health issue like heart problems that aren't detectable) but if you don't have a vet comfortable doing it, I wouldn't risk it either.
 
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