rough play

[Jasmine08]

I know rough play is normal, but does it bother you? Do you stop it or ignore it? My B&W(Bella) girl is always on my other girl (Penny) She is a bully! lol. I also would like to know what color Penny looks to all you and know what age anyone thinks they are. I was told prob 3 months. I had written a long post with a ton of questions, but somehow it got eaten and now I am just summing it all up. I just got these girlies today and they are already so curious and friendly!
Bella

bella with my hand for size comparison

Penny

What color is she? i will try and get a beter picture tomorrow

 

[eagle]

They are adorable and young. Rough play is normal, they will wrestle and it will sound like one is killing the other one. General rule is no blood no foul.

 

[Dahlas]

:yeah:

they are beautiful girls!!!

 

[ChrisK]

Congratulations on your new additions. They're lovely!

 

[lilspaz68]

Very young, probably more like 5-6 weeks of age. Penny is a pearl merle.

 

[Jasmine08]

a pearl merle ok thanks, thanks everyone!

 

[jorats]

Oh they are tiny young things! No bullying there, not yet! At that age it's all play, play, play.

 

[fenshae]

Yes...they look like they still have their baby fur, so definitely under 8 weeks. If they came from a pet store, pet stores will usually stock babies between 3-6 weeks old. When they're little like this, they're still determining their personalities and learning how to interact. So they'll boss each other around and rough-house a LOT. The "bully" now may not end up being the rat who becomes the more dominant -- I read on RatBehavior.org that oftentimes, the rat who ends up getting pinned most often will grow up to be the alpha (because they have the most experience fighting their way free!)

(if you were curious about the color -- Pearl is the color, merle refers to the fact that there's blotches of darker color inside the fur. sort of like the merle on some breeds of cattle dog, that have grey fur with blotches of color)

They are absolutely adorable! CongRATS and looking forward to getting to see more of them!

 

[Joanne]

Congratulations on your new additions! They are sweet and I'm sure you will have many hours of fun with them.

 

[Jasmine08]

I got them all to myself last night after the kids went to bed and let me say I am in LOVE already. They both snuggled up in my shirt and fell asleep on their backs LOL I had to keep making sure they were breathing they looked so squashed LOL.

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone

 

[hopefloats]

The best rat pictures are with little kiddos enjoying them. I love it. Your ratties are adorable and so are your daughters.

 

[*Rebel_Angel*]

They are adorable!
The rats and ur Daughter! ;-)