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.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!
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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