OK. I know most out there will ■■■ ■■■ this, but here we go.
Lost one of our rats a few weeks ago. The remaining one (Rosie) has become a bit of a recluse since. Poor thing is lonely and doesn’t come out any more. She’s gone very quiet.
Thought that we would buy a young couple of girls to keep her company. Easy? No. Nowhere had any females. Looked online in the end and found a female for sale about 40 miles from us.
Went over and bought her. Seemed OK at the time, but when we got her home she was really frightned. I don’t think that she has been handled properly (if atall) since she was born (about 4 months ago) She bit my finger hard whilst my hand was close to her cage and drew blood. First time that I have ever been bitten by a rat (and we have had a few) Also she went mental as soon as she was in close proximity to Rosies cage. :?
Anyway. After 2 days of letting her loose around our spare room with lots of bits to interest her (Vase, string, baskets, towells etc) we just sat there for 2hrs at a time and waited for her to come to us.
She has turned really quickly and we can now place our hands into her cage without fear of being attacked. She is still a little skitty, but all is going really well to be honest. Her cage is now placed next to Rosies and she seems more curious than aggresive now.
The place we got her from was run from a house by a young couple, looked like they were in their early twenties. Very nice webpage that looks extremely proffesional, but the rats were kept in tiny cages that were all dirty and way too small. Looked like they had a shed full of cages down the garden too. Lel is all up for reporting them to the RSPCA. Don’t think their intentions are bad, but they seem a bit clueless about pets.
Sad story really. Sorry to all you non rat lovers, but as Lel said to me: It’s either another rat or a baby! :shock:
This is the news section, a lot of people may think it’s daft, but it’s big news for us two as they are part of our family.
Anyways. We got her and here she is, sure she will turn out to be one loving rattie. This is their photo and not mine. She looks a bit frightned on it to be honest. Krike, Lel was up for taking them all home: :shock:
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Dee.