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hopefloats

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I love my boys. When they are sweet they are sweet to the bone, but sadly the same goes for mean boys. My rexzillas are all hormonal. I have delayed neuters after Frederick's death in December. After my finger wound and the fact that I still cannot use it properly and him biting Lear bad for no other reason other than being on the big part of the floor last week. It is totally time. Tomorrow his horrible testicles are gone. My nerves are shot. I am even considering taking Sendai with me so I don't waste an appointment if he does have a heart problem.

Fabian
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Those deadly teeth :)
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The only way they don't fight during out time. The only rats that touch this floor are the rexzillas and my big group of Templeton and dopey s groups. I open it for the bigger group. The rexzillas are to overwhelmed on the big part of the floor smelling the others so I have to keep them limited on who they can smell after. Crazy as it sounds and as simple of a solution, it works.

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The beatles have won the neuter lottery because they are related and I cannot pinpoint which one is worse. So I will save the problems and just do them all LOL
Someone has split an ear open. I found a few small bite wounds and I can hear little tussles. I am trying hard to keep them together and not split the 3 up from the rest of the group but I will if i have to. For now they can stay, the neuter date is set for May 22.

Ringo

These boys are thick.... and I mean thick. Their necks are the same size as their head. It is crazy how big the build is on these boys.
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Paul another thick necked boy. That is the classic look LOL
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George, thick neck number 3
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The first few months with boys can be great. The problem is around 4 months they seem to start with their hormones. then it is time to decide who can be or will be neutered. Most of my boys are amazing as far as temperament. The rexzillas, 3 of the 4 Beatles and Sendai are the only real problem rats. The rest which is a lot of boys are just total dreams and don't need it.

Fabian isn't a threat to my fingers nor is the other boys. He only got me because I failed to see his warning signs. Harder to tell when a rex is puffy and ticked off :) The same has went for their intros. I stopped them with Finley because you could tell Fabian and his high speed chasing is a recipe for disaster.


Dont get me wrong boys are amazing little love bugs but you may have to neuter them to find that in some of them. I see so many who pick up boys and have no idea what they can be getting into. Boy rats are amazing but you have to be prepared to neuter them to help them.
 
I love my neutered boys.....I have not had any problems with fighting or biting.....but I know how nerve wrecking it is to have them neutered....Mine are all done now so I can breath easy....but it is very nerve wrecking. I will be thinking of you and your boy tomorrow.
 
I love the shot with the teeth, very nice.
Of course I love that sexy rexy boy.
I love my neutered boys too. They are the best. Not only for hormonal bullying but even for the scared boys. Magnum was a scaredy rat, he would fear bite but not anymore, not since his neuter. He's happy now.
 
hopefloats I have to say I LOVE your set up....with the "runs" off the cages.....so you can just open the door and let them out to exercise....
 
That room is a work in progress constantly. I have to make the platic wall 3 layers thick since we lost a toe or two in there. I now switch between romeos group and skittles group so each get a night out all night. I can let two groups out at a time while we are in there to watch them 3 of the 4 grroups can be let out alone safely. The music men cannot be trusted lol. Some groups get 4 hours on up of out time while others will get at least 3 or 4 till they settle down a bit with age or I can win at keeping them out of crap. I love being able to take the doors off and let them run they are beyond spoiled lol
 
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As evil as these boys are, I wouldnt trade them for the world. Cobby is so darn cute.
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He is alone in the top part of their cage for now. I had cobweb with him but the little bugger was trying to side step him LOL evil boy. He is a bit cool, and he keeps wiping his mouth. He is drooling a bit. Of course I wont feel better till tomorrow that we are out of the danger zone. Later I may try Cupid or Angelo with him, since him and Cordelia have some bones to sort out LOL he is kinda a menace to her.

We have made another rat lover. The receptionist tells everyone about her meeting with Edgar. When we lost Fred I took Edgar for her to meet a rat that wasn't a bite threat. Now every-time i call in she tells me how much she loves when I bring them in.. She had to give Fabian head rubs before we left, she was on the phone and asked if she could pet him. :)
 
Little cupid his agouti twin stayed true to his name an his bond with his brother.depending on how he is tomorrow I may cleant the rest of the cage and let them back with the group.. cupid has been cuddling with fabian all night. fabian seems to be ok a little pain but ok otherwise. It amazes how nueter are so magical and I am beyond excited to see what he will turn into with the devil beads gone. I finally get to see how my rexzilla monster is neutered I had hope to with fred but he was given a different role in life. He did lick my hand a little bbit ago. I gave him some head rubs before bed and he just loved it. They were such sweet babies lol ant the teen months are just like with my human kid........horrible lol
 
All these boys were neutered. Fabian is amazing now. My 3 beatles had some abscesses and other issues but are healing now. These neuters worked so fast. The 3 boys haven't fought with anyone in weeks. Nobody has has huge gashes on them and it is quiet. All toes and ears of their cagemates are safe now.

I can now work on socializing the beatles. I have to chase them are the cage to cage them....not fun. They tense up when I do finally catch them. Now that the fear of them attacking me left with their testicles we can move onto making them like me.
 
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