Charlize
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I've been working on introducing two baby girls to my two older girls.
I've been cage swapping them, and the rats do not show any signs of aggression in neutral territory. I've attempted to move onto play in territory familiar to the resident rats. One of my rats seems to handle it quite well, but the other one will get all puffed up and then bite one of the little ones. There has been no blood thus far, although I'm wondering if I'm intervening too soon.
The one that is showing aggression now is not actually my alpha of the pair (to the best of my knowledge). She is my timid girl though, she's always been quite anxious.
Is that amount of aggression acceptable? Or am I right to intervene?
I've continued with the cage swapping, and once there's aggression in the non-neutral area, I put them all back into the neutral area.
Suggestions would be appreciated!
I've been cage swapping them, and the rats do not show any signs of aggression in neutral territory. I've attempted to move onto play in territory familiar to the resident rats. One of my rats seems to handle it quite well, but the other one will get all puffed up and then bite one of the little ones. There has been no blood thus far, although I'm wondering if I'm intervening too soon.
The one that is showing aggression now is not actually my alpha of the pair (to the best of my knowledge). She is my timid girl though, she's always been quite anxious.
Is that amount of aggression acceptable? Or am I right to intervene?
I've continued with the cage swapping, and once there's aggression in the non-neutral area, I put them all back into the neutral area.
Suggestions would be appreciated!