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Cute rat contest! DUW
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Thats alot of rats! I really want to take home the bin with the females whos mom died and one of the blueish hooded males:)
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Very nice cass! I like the beige girls! The blaze dumbo zipper males are cool!!
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Thanks guys!
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Originally Posted by Beardedragon
Thats alot of rats! I really want to take home the bin with the females whos mom died and one of the blueish hooded males:)
Yeah, no one was getting pregnant from my original 1.3 so I got another 1.3...and then everyone got pregnant, hehe...
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You've got some QTies there for sure!!! I really like the Fawnish one! :D
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Nice looking group lots of babies and im guessing you started with the 2 males and 6 females?
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Originally Posted by Drew87
Nice looking group lots of babies and im guessing you started with the 2 males and 6 females?
Yup, 2 boys and 6 girls. I'm now down to 2.4.XX (one girl was fed off and one girl died unfortunately). I was gonna feed off one of the boys, but they keep each other company and I have a backup in case the other "doesn't wanna". =D
XX - there's probably...30-40ish babies growing out? =)
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Your boys won't fight when put together? I've not had any luck keeping them together and if I don't have them with a female (sealing the deal) they are all alone in their cage. I do worry about them getting lonely.
Cassandra, I might have a snack for Lawrence to send home with you when I see you.
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My boys fight to establish a pecking order then they cuddle up together afterwards. I left one of my males alone for a while because I didn't have any males his size and I was worried about him picking on the smaller males so he got really depressed. Now I make sure he has at least one other rat with him, be that a male or female. He's much happier now. :)
So you can keep males together. They might have a little squabble but normally they settle down after that.
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Originally Posted by marmie
Your boys won't fight when put together? I've not had any luck keeping them together and if I don't have them with a female (sealing the deal) they are all alone in their cage. I do worry about them getting lonely.
Cassandra, I might have a snack for Lawrence to send home with you when I see you.
Thanks Laurie! But I think you mean Lourdes...=D
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Fighting: I haven't seen any "bad" fighting between either my adult males nor the males in the grow out tubs but I certainly have been watching for it. I have seen both "play" fight, but it's never looked vicious, certainly not a mean as male mice (little bastards).
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Hey I've got my submission for the cute rat contest
Check this butt out!
http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/...warts_butt.jpg
And here's the face for all you people who say I'm sexist :D
http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/...warts_face.jpg
But let me just say I have a newfound respect for anyone who takes pictures of rats. Maybe it's just mine but (except for this guy) they DO NOT STAND STILL! Lol I love em though just got this guy yesterday from Kara at NERD. Love you too Kara :O j/k Kev would feed me to a retic lol :tears::tears::tears:
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Your boys won't fight when put together? I've not had any luck keeping them together and if I don't have them with a female (sealing the deal) they are all alone in their cage. I do worry about them getting lonely.
Cassandra, I might have a snack for Lawrence to send home with you when I see you.
I have.... 9 male rats, 7 are breeders, they all rotate in and out of the breeding racks and have NEVER fought for blood.
They all get along very well. All rats have to reestablish the pecking order when reintroduced, but I have never seen them actually fight. They squabble, they might be loud, but they have never fought for real.
I find the females are actually a lot more bossy than males and will tussle more often.
My males are all peachy! :gj:
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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl
I have.... 9 male rats, 7 are breeders, they all rotate in and out of the breeding racks and have NEVER fought for blood.
They all get along very well. All rats have to reestablish the pecking order when reintroduced, but I have never seen them actually fight. They squabble, they might be loud, but they have never fought for real.
I find the females are actually a lot more bossy than males and will tussle more often.
My males are all peachy! :gj:
My males are huge compared to my females. I have 3 and 2 of them are well over a year old and the third just fathered his first batch.
I'd love to put them together. Any suggestions on how I should introduce them? I suppose I should also note that I don't handle mine with the exception of cleaning the cages and that's a quick lift from one cage to the next.
In addition to the males I have at least 12 breeder females. I got nailed by a couple of females and now I'm scared. I'd love to make friends with them because I do love them and want them to have a good life but I really don't know how to socialize with them and the bites I got really hurt and bled a lot.
Also, how do you know when a rat is depressed?
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I'd love to put them together. Any suggestions on how I should introduce them? I suppose I should also note that I don't handle mine with the exception of cleaning the cages and that's a quick lift from one cage to the next.
In addition to the males I have at least 12 breeder females. I got nailed by a couple of females and now I'm scared. I'd love to make friends with them because I do love them and want them to have a good life but I really don't know how to socialize with them and the bites I got really hurt and bled a lot.
Also, how do you know when a rat is depressed?
Separate the males from the females for at least one night before you introduce to minimize the chance that they smell like females.
Get a nice big well ventilated cage, clean it well, and put all 3 in the cage. They will be so excited over a new clean cage, new smells, and other new guys they generally won't tussle at all.
As to socializing, that's something you have to work on when they are young. From the weanling size I start handling them, playing with them, giving them treats. They learn in just a few sessions that you aren't going to hurt them, and in fact bring them treats!
You can try to socialize adults, the best bet is to use food as a motivating factor. They loOOOOOOOve sweet treats. Don't bother to do this with nursing mothers, as they are already protective and if they try to bite, will still try it.
The chances are slim that they'll take to you, but some of them very well may. Don't hold back any offspring from the ones that bite you. It is pretty inheritable. You'll want to focus on the outgoing rats that are healthy and robust.
I like to single out the animals I want to work with and have single sessions with them. We just sit in the living room and chill. I usually get it to work after only 3 sessions of this one on one. Hoodies are especially useful to be wearing during this.
Also, rats that are really playful and outgoing sort of rub off on the other shy ones. I like to put the skiddish and shy ones in with the rats that practically jump out to me.
I've only had a rat singled out when he was sick. He was mopey, lethargic, his fur was looking dingy and unkept. It's like they just lose interest in the world and will start to decline in health.
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I like to single out the animals I want to work with and have single sessions with them. We just sit in the living room and chill. I usually get it to work after only 3 sessions of this one on one. Hoodies are especially useful to be wearing during this.
Also, rats that are really playful and outgoing sort of rub off on the other shy ones. I like to put the skiddish and shy ones in with the rats that practically jump out to me.
Actually my hoodie that I posted pics of up top is without a doubt the sweetest and most hand tame of my rats. Is that maybe a genetic thing with the hoodies? He will be my breeder so hopefully that trait will breed through. I haven't really had any problems with any of mine so far as being skittish really except for the unnamed blue (we're thinking Lois any comments?) who likes to bury herself in the substrate when I try to get her out of the tub but she comes around after a couple minutes of trying to run away. Its funny cuz I did so much research on rats before I got these guys but I'm doing 10X more now!
Love y'all
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Originally Posted by anendeloflorien
Actually my hoodie that I posted pics of up top is without a doubt the sweetest and most hand tame of my rats. Is that maybe a genetic thing with the hoodies? He will be my breeder so hopefully that trait will breed through. I haven't really had any problems with any of mine so far as being skittish really except for the unnamed blue (we're thinking Lois any comments?) who likes to bury herself in the substrate when I try to get her out of the tub but she comes around after a couple minutes of trying to run away. Its funny cuz I did so much research on rats before I got these guys but I'm doing 10X more now!
Love y'all
I don't think it's genetic to a pattern or color.... When i said hoodie, i meant a hooded sweat shirt. It's easy to keep a rat in the pocket or hood. :P
Most rats are awesome if handled from a young age. I go out of my way to play and hold the more skiddish ones. Hasn't failed me yet.
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I don't think it's genetic to a pattern or color.... When i said hoodie, i meant a hooded sweat shirt. It's easy to keep a rat in the pocket or hood. :P
Most rats are awesome if handled from a young age. I go out of my way to play and hold the more skiddish ones. Hasn't failed me yet.
Lol oh that makes much more sense than what I said :D I'll have to give that a shot I got a closet full of freakin hoodies I'm sure I could designate one the "rat hoodie" :rockon:
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Lol oh that makes much more sense than what I said :D I'll have to give that a shot I got a closet full of freakin hoodies I'm sure I could designate one the "rat hoodie" :rockon:
haha, the rat hoodie? Afraid they'll pee all over you? :P
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haha, the rat hoodie? Afraid they'll pee all over you? :P
Lol well, I can't say it hasn't crossed my mind, heck we've only had em a day and I've gotten pooped on once and peed on twice :D takes a little more than that to really bother me but I'd rather confine it to one hoodie :cool:
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Connie, thanks for the advice! You are so very helpful and I'm totally enjoying this section. My husband is the snake keeper and I try to be the rat keeper.
I think I'll try to get a friendly baby and see how that goes.
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[QUOTE=cassandra;803804]Thanks Laurie! But I think you mean Lourdes...=D
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Wow, I thought she was a he and his name was Lawrence. I thought Lawrence was a grown-up name for a snake but I thought maybe that was the name give to him (her) when you got him (her). Boy do I feel lame! Then again, I don't think I've ever met a pet named Lourdes. :P
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Lol well, I can't say it hasn't crossed my mind, heck we've only had em a day and I've gotten pooped on once and peed on twice :D takes a little more than that to really bother me but I'd rather confine it to one hoodie :cool:
They're just like little toddlers, they cant hold it in at this age. As they grow up a little, they usually wont poop on you, and rarely pee on you.
Although, my 2 pet boys like to piddle on me as they run around the room.
Mostly just this one, he thinks I'm his. :8:
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...IMG_2032-1.jpg
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Connie, thanks for the advice! You are so very helpful and I'm totally enjoying this section. My husband is the snake keeper and I try to be the rat keeper.
I think I'll try to get a friendly baby and see how that goes.
Hey I know how it is! Chris usually spot cleans of the snakes before I'm even home, and I go and play with the rats when I get in!
FrankyKeno also recommended this, get a bucket to keep in the fridge with the left over, and at the end of the week, split it out to the rats. They LOVE it! LOL, my rats are totally spoiled. They get the crumbs from cereal boxes, left overs from dinner, stuff like that.
There is a short list of what not to give them, but generally they can eat what we eat.
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