What to do?

[fusion200]

I have this rat which is very friendly, but she is so scaredy that I can never really take her out, if I do she will try to jump away and hide to the point of where I can barely not even get her back, she does not care about the fact that she is 1 meter up in the air, either. She is tame, but nearly impossible to handle unless you force hold her or let her run away, which I can't do since once she's gone, she doesn't come back.
I don't really have the energy to deal with this behaviour for 2-3 years, it isn't fun at all, she is fine in the cage, but I can't really hold her without force or play with her.
What to do, tips?

 

[Velo]

What's her cagemate like?

Plenty of female rats are super hyper and like to run and play.

What you need to do is make a play area that you can be a part of and that she cannot escape from, along with het cagemate (s). Put yourself in a small space with this girl, and bring some toys/hide houses/treats.

Rats act completely differently from when they are young super hyper babies vs being calm older adults, just like humans.

Of course some rats simply prefer not to be held.
Did you only get her because you wanted to hold her, nothing else? It seems like you may be fixated on holding her... that is just as difficult as trying to hold and cuddle young puppy.

what's your play area like? Do you let her run and play in a free area, do you let her come up to you on her own free will?

 

[fusion200]

What's her cagemate like?

Plenty of female rats are super hyper and like to run and play.

What you need to do is make a play area that you can be a part of and that she cannot escape from, along with het cagemate (s). Put yourself in a small space with this girl, and bring some toys/hide houses/treats.

Rats act completely differently from when they are young super hyper babies vs being calm older adults, just like humans.

Of course some rats simply prefer not to be held.
Did you only get her because you wanted to hold her, nothing else? It seems like you may be fixated on holding her... that is just as difficult as trying to hold and cuddle young puppy.

what's your play area like? Do you let her run and play in a free area, do you let her come up to you on her own free will?

She is 6-7 months old, she will sit inside of a shirt almost completely still sometimes. Her cagemates are barely scared of anything and first thing when I open the cage they come up, she comes up too, but it can take a little longer. I had a play area in the kitchen, since the bathroom doesn't work and nor does my room. I haven't had this rat in a play area yet since the few times she has ended up on the floor she ran and hid under something and would act in such a way that she was nearly impossible to get back. I'm just not used to pets that are jumpy sicnet he only rodent I've had before rats are guinea pigs, so I'm used to animals that are cuddly, and I am a pretty lazy person who likes lap animals, I like the playfull once too, but I spend allot of time at the computer, so it's a bit easier with calmed animals who wont get lost if I put them on me while I'm doing something else (the only problem with my other rats is that they insist on walking on my keyboard, and one of them would pee if it did that, but they are no where near as bad when it comes to getting lost) She never comes to anyone with free will if she isn't in her cage, because she wont move anywhere but the spot that she is hiding in.

 

[Joanne]

You might want to invest in some Coroplast and build yourself an enclosure she can't get out of. If she is skittish still, then you need to do even more 'down the shirt' time, preferably every day. There's a difference between scared and hyper. You need to figure out which one it is. You can definitely help scared. Hyper is a different story. Do the girls have a wheel in their cage?

 

[fusion200]

You might want to invest in some Coroplast and build yourself an enclosure she can't get out of. If she is skittish still, then you need to do even more 'down the shirt' time, preferably every day. There's a difference between scared and hyper. You need to figure out which one it is. You can definitely help scared. Hyper is a different story. Do the girls have a wheel in their cage?

No wheel since most wheels are "standing" wheels which would destroy their backs/tails, I'm thinking of getting a "laying" wheel, however (flying saucer)
She seems more scared because she ALWAYS poops when she sits with me, and she tried to jump out of my hand despite of being high up in the air cause she just wants to run off and hide once she's out, she don't want to run off and play since if she does end up on the floor she never plays, just hides the whole time.
Coroplast does not exist in Sweden (atleast not to be obtained by normal means)

 

[Sheldon]

Mine HATED the Flying Saucer. They love their Wodent Wheel though.

 

[jorats]

I had a couple of really scared girls and I decided to just let them be. For out time, they have access to the cage so they can choose to come out or stay inside. Eventually, the girls have come out of their shell so much so that they now climb on me during out time but it took a very long time for this.