harrison and jones?

[RatHeaven]

I took jones to the vet this tuesday and everything seems to be fine and that hes perfectly healthy :dance: thank god!! i got jones from one of my dads friend who wanted to use him as snake food but the snake will not eat anything alive and instead of donny giveing him to his brother where he would be surely eatin he called me up and asked if i would like to take him in be being me i said yes i went and picked him up he was under wieght i gave him food and water he loves his food! this wensday i put the cage next to harrison's cage hes my one year old hairless that i got from my aunts when she got his mother she was expecting anywho harrison seems to be getting along with him through the cages anyways they been chaseing one an other when thier out in their free time they get along perfectly i was wondering when can i try inturduceing them in the same cage and any advice on it? when i go to put jones in harrisons cage harrison grinds his teeth

 

[jorats]

Hi,
How long have the boys been having intro/out time together?
It's important to scrub down the main cage before adding the two boys together. If you can change things around as well, make it seem new to the both of them, that would be ideal.

 

[RatHeaven]

They have been haveing free time for about a week with them both out at the same time and they seem to be fine and im gunna try that thanks!

 

[*Rebel_Angel*]

I noticed that lone rats are more open to new friends, (well my Jade was).

But I`d still do as jorats said and scrub the cage down before putting them in together.

 

[Moon]

If you've only been doing intros for a week, I would give them a little more time.

Another thing you can do is swapping fabric from one cage to another to get them used to having the other rat's scent in their space.