So we all know not to ever take the male away from his colony or put another male in. He'll get shredded faster than documents at Enron. But dig this story...

I came in to my herp room the other day to find ONE female out of my 1.2 colony sittin on her kids, and the second female outside the tank running behind all the tanks. I got her, but cant find the male anywhere. Im freaking out because if my wife finds a rogue asf before I do, I lose alll rat breeding privileges and have to go back to relying on the pet store prices. So I run about the house looking everywhere, finally give up after about an hour and decided to go buy some traps and what not after I do some herp room maintenance. I start cleaning rat tanks, dumpin bedding and all sorts of trash into my tall kitchen trash can that I keep in my herp room. Around my fourth tank I turn it over to dump it into the trash, but as Im about to dump it I look into the trash and see two bulgin red eyes staring at me. This little bastard has been sittin in the trash, buried in dirty bedding the whole time. Obviously scented with other rats, I face a dilemma of to put him back with his girls or not. I do.
And he doesnt get killed. Still alive 2 days later. Very weird.