cottonface
New Member
:happydance: Hey everyone! Im new to this site and really need some help.
Currently i have 7 rats, 5 adults in one cage and 2 kiddies in another (soon to be living with the others ) and ive have never had problems with them until now.
Missy, the youngest of the 5 adults, has suddenly had a total personality change and she is being :stickpoke: bullied by the others quite badly :sad3:
She used to be really sociable and loved cuddles and played with everything and got into trouble all the time!! But for some reason she has now lost complete trust in us and when we take her out of the cage all she does is try and get back in and when she's in the cage she chews the bars and tries to escape. Since the bullying she has become really submissive and will always freeze and give up her food to the other rats. She is also nervous all the time and seems to just want to be left alone.
I've been tryin to help her by making sure she always gets some food and have built loads of new hide-outs in the cage for her (which she uses) and by trying trust building excercises with her and handling her more often. But still she doesnt seem to be improving.
All the others are ok, they play and share and even protect and look after the kiddies when they are all playing.
It only seems to be Missy having the problems.
little Missy ^^^ before she got 'scared'
by the way, all of your rats are gorgeous :hugs:
Currently i have 7 rats, 5 adults in one cage and 2 kiddies in another (soon to be living with the others ) and ive have never had problems with them until now.
Missy, the youngest of the 5 adults, has suddenly had a total personality change and she is being :stickpoke: bullied by the others quite badly :sad3:
She used to be really sociable and loved cuddles and played with everything and got into trouble all the time!! But for some reason she has now lost complete trust in us and when we take her out of the cage all she does is try and get back in and when she's in the cage she chews the bars and tries to escape. Since the bullying she has become really submissive and will always freeze and give up her food to the other rats. She is also nervous all the time and seems to just want to be left alone.
I've been tryin to help her by making sure she always gets some food and have built loads of new hide-outs in the cage for her (which she uses) and by trying trust building excercises with her and handling her more often. But still she doesnt seem to be improving.
All the others are ok, they play and share and even protect and look after the kiddies when they are all playing.
It only seems to be Missy having the problems.
little Missy ^^^ before she got 'scared'
by the way, all of your rats are gorgeous :hugs: