If a rat decides a raisin is more important than living in peace with the other rats
One of the female rats assaulted the male for a raisin, bit him pretty hard, too and drew some blood on his back. He's sitting in the corner shivering and I wiped him with some water and put a dab of neosporin on him, nothing serious. He's fine aside from hiding in the side of the tub and gets really defensive when she comes by (stands with his hands up, shivers more, and presses against the wall turning his head away). She also tried biting my finger, I was pushing the two females away when they would make little test nips, but she tried to give a real nip. The male just licks my hand and the other female learned really fast not to (even with only a couple little light nudges) but she just kept trying to bite harder.
What do I do with her? Put her in time out or what?
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Wow, I guess I should have pulled her out. I just heard some screams like the ones when she was fighting the male. I went over to look and she attacked the other female, took out a good chunk of hair and there are a few gashes too. I figure it was her because the male and the female she attacked were huddled up together and she was running around on the other side of the tub. I pulled her out and put her in a little side tub.
What do I do with her? Just give her some time to calm down? Or should I feed her off? It's kind of sad because the male and other female are both siamese, and she's got a nice little gray hood that I was hoping would pass on to the babies.
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Feed her off. Considering how aggressive she is, I'd pre kill before feeding.
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webbyd
feed her off. Considering how aggressive she is, i'd pre kill before feeding.
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You need a tougher male LOL. I have one giant siamese dumbo male "Bing Bong" that I put all my tough love females with. I had a cream hooded siamese girl that I really wanted babies from but she started f'ing with Bing Bong. She was dead in the morning. He doesn't bite them. Strangest shtuff ever. He rolls them on their side and bounces up and down on themm with his hands. LOL.
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WebbyD
Feed her off. Considering how aggressive she is, I'd pre kill before feeding.
Yeah it's time for her to try and pick on someone a little bit bigger than her. She won't be so tough when she's lunch!
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Oxylepy
Wow, I guess I should have pulled her out. I just heard some screams like the ones when she was fighting the male. I went over to look and she attacked the other female, took out a good chunk of hair and there are a few gashes too. I figure it was her because the male and the female she attacked were huddled up together and she was running around on the other side of the tub. I pulled her out and put her in a little side tub.
What do I do with her? Just give her some time to calm down? Or should I feed her off? It's kind of sad because the male and other female are both siamese, and she's got a nice little gray hood that I was hoping would pass on to the babies.
She was in with the other female since they were both weaned. Makes no sense why she would attack her now. If you want, I can give you another smaller female if you're going to feed her off. I have around 20 that were just weaned and you can take your pick. Damn that really sucks. I have had rats squabble and all but they usually work it out.
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PghBall
She was in with the other female since they were both weaned. Makes no sense why she would attack her now. If you want, I can give you another smaller female if you're going to feed her off. I have around 20 that were just weaned and you can take your pick. Damn that really sucks. I have had rats squabble and all but they usually work it out.
I know, it's really weird. She was always more active than the other female and the male, running around and stuff, but it didnt seem like she would attack either of them.
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Oxylepy
I know, it's really weird. She was always more active than the other female and the male, running around and stuff, but it didnt seem like she would attack either of them.
Let me know if you want another to replace her. I have a 20 or so 6-8 wk olds that you can choose from.
Greg
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tomfromtheshade
You need a tougher male LOL. I have one giant siamese dumbo male "Bing Bong" that I put all my tough love females with. I had a cream hooded siamese girl that I really wanted babies from but she started f'ing with Bing Bong. She was dead in the morning. He doesn't bite them. Strangest shtuff ever. He rolls them on their side and bounces up and down on themm with his hands. LOL.
Yeah, the male I gave him is a Virgin lol. He's big enough to breed but not full size yet.
