Sashawebrr
New Member
Hi guys, please help me. Yesterday I took two rats from a lady who refused to have them after one rat bit her daughter. They are both not neutered 5 month old boys. One rat is perfectly fine, very timid and sweet. The second one is the aggressive one (Siamese).It all looks like the hormonal aggression (he huffs, gets very stiff in muscles, when he smells the faintest smell of his former rat roommate, gets hella agitated) and I will be neutering him this Sunday, but he’s like really aggressive towards humans as well.I’ve had only rats that were aggressive towards other rats before, not humans. I managed to pet him a little while giving treats on the first day, but he tried to bite me several times already and sometimes puffs when I’m near his cage. As neutering is a slow process and it will take around 2-4 weeks for the hormones to die down, I really need some advice on handling him. I’m not even sure if I can lure him into the carrier and it’s a pain in the ass to replenish his food or clean his cage.(the previous owners didn’t clean his cage before giving him to me and it’s really smelly now). I try to spend now more time near them, talk to them near the cage, let them smell me, give treats, but I”m really afraid of the bite. Can you please advise me on how to handle the aggressive rat?