My long list of intros LOL

[hopefloats]

I can remember my first intros were the scariest thing ever. I literally was shaking when I put Templeton and Loki with my boys Toby and dopey. My first intros were my worse. I have been pretty blessed with them all since. This is our road over the last two years.

1. Templeton/Loki to Ludo/Algernon- Wasnt easy but the ones were babies so it was smoother than most. Templeton was full of attitude. Still took a few weeks for me to trust Templeton. He would chase the boys. I would put him up. Then one day, he just stopped chasing.

2. Templeton/Loki/Ludo/Algernon to Toby/Dopey- Horrible worse intros ever. Tried 2 different times 6 months apart and Templeton would not allow the naked boys in his group. This intro made me cry many times. Templeton was a jerk to the hairless guys.

3. Skittles/Isis/Bindi/Mally to Pika- A lot of pinning and noise making for weeks in the cage.

4. Toby/dopey to Edgar/Eli/Bart.- Went very smooth. Toby was an awesome alpha and my baby boys are very good natured.


5. Toby/dopey/Edgar/eli/bart to Lenny/Squiggy- another easy intro for the same reason. Good boys, Good alpha.

6. Toby/Dopey/Edgar/Eli/Bart/Lenny/Squiggy/Flynn to Finley- Finley was a monster. Toby has to rough him up for weeks before he finally complied to living in a group. Finley was the youngest hormonal male I have seen. He would walk up to toby and bite him. Then Toby being 3 times his size would bite him back. It took finley a few weeks to learn.

7. Skittles/Isis/bindi/mally/pika to Lucy/eleanor- Went great at first, then the girls starting with the Pregnant/bleeding and they turned into evil demons. Took me weeks to get them back into the group with just sharing out time with the two groups.

8.Templeton/Loki/Ludo/algernon to Toby/Dopey/Finley/Edgar/Eli/Bart/Lenny/Squiggy/Flynn- After neuters of 5 of them, it was failed again. Found out months later that two of the boys still had testicles remaining which would explain the drama from them boys Templeton was ok with the haired boys but he still attacked all 3 of the hairless boys.

9.Templeton/Loki/Ludo/algernon to Skittles/Isis/bindi/mally/pika/Lucy/eleanor- Super easy Intro. Made me LOVE mix sex groups

10. Horatio to Tart- the former owner claimed they lived together but they fought like mad in the cage I had to split them up. A few days of shared floor time they were able to live together.

11. Romeo to Fabian/Angelo/Cupid/Demetrius/Cobweb/Lear/Frederick/Sebastian- They were all very young so the intros were very easy.

12. Horatio/tart to Fabian/Angelo/Cupid/Frederick/Lear/Demetrius/Cobweb/Sebastian/Romeo and To Dopey/Edgar/Eli/Bart/Lenny/Squiggy/Flynn/Finley- The Intros were very rough. Most of the boys were intact. They managed to live together for a while but then my Rexzillas got their evil name and I had to take Fabian/Angelo/cupid/Fred/Lear/Demetris/Cobweb/Sebastian/Romeo/Tart/Horatio out from my original boys. From there they still fought so I took the rexzillas out and Sebastian.

It took me days to figure out how to split them up LOL

After this it was a major group split. Dopey/Edgar/Eli/Bart/Lenny/Squiggy/Flynn/Finley went back to a group. Romeo/tart/Horatio/Tweek/Chimp/Sendai became a group because Tart was choking with the rexzillas around. Fabian/Demetrius/cobweb/Angelo/Lear/Frederick/Sebastian/cupid were a group. Shortly after Fred and Sebastian became major bullies. I had to split them up till neuters then I had the two girls spayed to go with romeos group.

13. Well Fred passed away after his neuter leaving Sebastian alone, so Sebastian was introduced to Choxi/pixie.

14.Choxi/pixie/sebastian was introduced to romeo/tart/horatio/tweek/chimp/sendai- I honestly do not remember how hard it was LOL I know it wasnt to difficult.

We lost dopey/templeton/loki at this point. I decided to get their groups together.

15. Edgar/eli/bart/finley/squiggy/lenny/flynn to skittles/isis/mally/lucy/eleanor/ludo/algernon/bindi/pika- The intros were great except for finley who was tormented by Templeton and his group during intros last year. He beat up my girls so I pulled him out of the group. He wasnt bonded with any of them so he just lived there. He only really liked dopey so he was gone now.

16. Finley to Angelo/Lear/Cobweb/Demetrius/Cupid/Fabian- drama boy. Fabian bite me earned a neuter. He chased finley I knew it would end bad so i stopped these intros after only a few days.

17.Finley to Cash/bowie/John/Paul/Ringo/George/Flea/Chevy/Simon/Perry- Extremely easy and Finley finally found a group he liked.

18. Finley/Cash/bowie/John/Paul/Ringo/George/Flea/Chevy/Simon/Perry to Cordelia- another totally easy intro. Cordelia was being beat up by the rexzillas.

then came the rats from Eagle


19.Dayne/Jett/Olivia/Allanah to the 3 little girls(Julia and two still un named yet i have them spayed LOL)- The older girls were awesome and took right to the babies.

20. Jagger/Boston/Boss/Hoggle/Andy/Jackson/Ozzy to Finley/Cash/bowie/John/Paul/Ringo/George/Flea/Chevy/Simon/Perry/Cordelia- so stinking easy I couldnt believe it. Of course I got a bunch neutered to make it happen LOL

21. Jagger/Boston/Boss/Hoggle/Andy/Jackson/Ozzy to Finley/Cash/bowie/John/Paul/Ringo/George/Flea/Chevy/Simon/Perry/cordelia and to Dayne/Jett/Olivia/Allanah to the 3 little girls- which gave us our monster group of 29 rats. This was a another very easy intro. I kinda slowly added them all in and they got along great.

22. Edgar/Eli/Bart/Finley/squiggly/Lenny/Flynn/Skittles/Pika to romeo/tart/Horatio/Tweek/chimp/Sendai/choxi/pixie/Sebastian- very easy again. Very happy group that gets to stay out all night.


This list is nuts LOL I have a few with tart/Horatio that were tried with Templeton group but failed then the mass intros i tried originally so probably 2 to 3 more that I could add but I have a headache thinking now LOL

In the end they are all happy now and I hope my intros are so done for a while LOL

 

[jorats]

:holysheep: Ya, no wonder you are now a pro.

 

[hopefloats]

What amazes me most is how many intros I hve done and how few were bad. I can't get past the horror from Templeton still to this day. I dread the first day of intros because of it. But now I chomp off testicles at the first sign lol.

I have been really lucky with these rats for the most part they are all amazing little guy

 

[jorats]

What amazes me most is how many intros I hve done and how few were bad. I can't get past the horror from Templeton still to this day. I dread the first day of intros because of it. But now I chomp off testicles at the first sign lol.

I have been really lucky with these rats for the most part they are all amazing little guy

And that's why I try to tell everyone. Bad intros are not the norm. It is common for good intros and not the bad ones. But of course it's always the bad ones that stay in our minds because those are the ones that we have many pages on the one thread. lol
The good intros, barely make on page on the forum.

 

[hopefloats]

I think they are pretty common with so many boys though. I never would of got through half the intros with out that neutering rush i went on. Some boys causes major issues LOL

 

[temblabamomo]

That is an impressive resume'! Your kiddos are all so very lucky to have such an experienced, patient mommy helping them to make nice with one another.

 

[hopefloats]

and a good vet that neuters