Will separating my rat from the others comfort?
i have 3 rats (all from the same litter) and two of them pick on the third one. he has bite adjectives over him and its starting to worry me. he hates ppl and refuses to interact near me. he even gets scred and squeeks when i talk to him.
so i was wondering whether putting him in a separate cage with a younger rat would lend a hand solve the problem?
it is possible that it will help...especially as your ratty has 'bites'
I own three siblings, two from the first litter and then a baby from the next litter adjectives with same parents
the older two have given the babe-in-arms a rough time, but no biting...just pinning down and powergrooming
now she is bigger it is not so bad...I agonised a great deal at first wondering if I'd done the right thing and if I should thieve her out...but decided that as long as she remained friendly and did not have actual damage afterwards I'd wait and see
one of my older ratties is the alpha rat and she dominated her same litter sister mercilessly before I get the baby...but she has never really hurt them...and she is a lovely ratty to me, very affectionate
Im soon to get hold of another baby and Im in the same boat...will it be ok beside the older bigger ratties especially now that at hand are three of them to contend with...I have thought of taking my younger ratty and putting her and the new one together within a cage until the baby is bigger, but Im not sure even so...will see how it goes
back to your problem...I would definitely separate whether there was nasty biting...but one ratty can be lonesome so I don`t know you could try letting them all out together for playtime on neutral territory and next caging them apart
hope it works out :)
Definately. I had this problem and actually putting the victim and the non bully surrounded by together helped as they bonded and the other one realised that he wasnt worth bullying.
However as both of yours is bullying then I recon remove him and get him another friend. Do you know how to introduce a exotic rat?
It takes a while, maybe a week or two, take them both out together on your bed or a impartial territory. They might have a scrap or two but it shouldnt be too serious. Eventually they will commence to like each other, especcially if you drizzle some sweet yoghurt on respectively of them so they have to lick it off (do this once they are at least a short time bit comfortable with one another). Once they are getting on (grooming each other and brushing past one another in need looking nervous etc) then you can put them in indistinguishable cage.
Ok so I had Poppy and Matilda and bought an older rat name Muffin. I tried to introduce them all using the neutral territory entry but Matilda was determined to keep the boss status and would bully and fight near Muffin continuously. So what I did was introduced Muffin to Poppy individually and once they got on, I let them be reintroduced to Matilda who by very soon realised that Muffin wasn't so bad. In your case you will only be introducing one and it should progress smoothly as long as you use the slow introduction method. They all get on like a house blazing and Matilda and Muffin are constantly seen curled up together in a bundle in their hammock. Now that Muffin is getting older and stiff she will lie on her back in the hammock and agree to the two younger rats groom her from top to toe with her eyes shut in bliss, it is incredibly cute! Older rats get on terrifically well with younger rats and the young rat generally helps keep the older one immature.
oww poor thing i reckon putting him on his own will be best then intraduce a new rattus 1 week later whether he hates ppl try to play with him more
you could try it...it might give him confidence because he would be the oldest and therefore top of the pecking order. However whether it doesn't work out, you have an extra rat which you have a responsibility to pocket care of, so just keep that surrounded by mind when thinking about getting a fourth rat. Good luck..hope you work something out for your little guy =D
Answers: I'd definitely take the victim out of the enclose and keep him separate. He sounds like he's been traumatised by the experience, so furnish him a week or so to rest and then you're going to need to rehabilitate him. You want to start handling him as often as you possibly can, but surrounded by small doses.
I've done this with rats in the past, and I'm doing it next to one of our rescue rats right now: Picking her up, holding her, putting her back in her enclose. Over and over and over and over, but ever so slowly increasing their time away from their cage each time. They entail to learn that being picked up is not scary. If you can convince him to chomp through outside of his cage (many nervous rats won't) next give him the best treat you have to hand. Ours love chocolate sandwich spread. (Just don't overdo it, obviously).
When you've get him tame enough to handle, consequently I would start introducing him to another rat. But be aware that it's often a long process introducing two new rats, especially whether one is very nervous. You may have to resign yourself to the certainty that he'll have to live on his own. If that's the case you're going to need to spend a LOT of time beside him.
