Racholo
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I've had my boys for 2 weeks, they are 10 or 11 weeks old.
During this time there's been no biting. Things have been going well.
Until tonight, playtime as usual the rats are out on my bed to play with my daughter before her bedtime. They were happily exploring and climbing over my daughter when one of my boys bites her lip, and then bites again - both drew blood.
I'm shocked but pass it off as poor eye sight and we had just had dinner so maybe she smells like food - but in hindsight why would he bite a second time after discovering she is not?
It clearly wasn't an aggressive bite as I picked him up minutes later and he was carrying on per usual.
Well now it's 2 hours later and I've been playing with the boys on my bed and letting them run around. My daughter is asleep on the bed to. My boy takes a sniff of her face and bites her lip again drawing blood.
I gasp and he runs to the back of my bed out of fright where after a second of checking my daughter to make sure she's ok I pick him up and say No! And put him back in the cage but I'm not sure if the telling off was too delayed to convey the message.
Out of all the rats I've ever owned I've never had a biter and no idea what has caused this or what to do I'm worried this will happen again and I'm a bit shocked
During this time there's been no biting. Things have been going well.
Until tonight, playtime as usual the rats are out on my bed to play with my daughter before her bedtime. They were happily exploring and climbing over my daughter when one of my boys bites her lip, and then bites again - both drew blood.
I'm shocked but pass it off as poor eye sight and we had just had dinner so maybe she smells like food - but in hindsight why would he bite a second time after discovering she is not?
It clearly wasn't an aggressive bite as I picked him up minutes later and he was carrying on per usual.
Well now it's 2 hours later and I've been playing with the boys on my bed and letting them run around. My daughter is asleep on the bed to. My boy takes a sniff of her face and bites her lip again drawing blood.
I gasp and he runs to the back of my bed out of fright where after a second of checking my daughter to make sure she's ok I pick him up and say No! And put him back in the cage but I'm not sure if the telling off was too delayed to convey the message.
Out of all the rats I've ever owned I've never had a biter and no idea what has caused this or what to do I'm worried this will happen again and I'm a bit shocked
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