Quote Originally Posted by snakesRkewl View Post
My adult rats act like pets and never bite or run from me, you have to put the time in to socialize them or you get rats that will protect their babies from you.
I can pull babies off of the females teets and the females never bite me, but then I've raised every single adult I have from kits and handled them constantly so they are like pets.
These were like that, till the babies came. But I did not raise them, so I didn't get that kind of time. But my other two mamas that I have right now, let me do whatever I want, no issues. Been playing with their babies since 30 minutes after births. These are Sweetheart and Brandi's 1st litters. Also I think they may have bonded most with my step-son. I know my future breeders won't be that way. We all have a hard time leaving our 'homegrowns' alone!