Intro pics of nine girls

[SQ]

Well, after day after day of being together on the couch for hours, & cleaning the cage, I put Grace, Joy, Hope, Faith and the five girls (available for adoption) in together.
Keeping my fingers crossed ... Grace isn't very happy about this ...

bottom cage:

upper cage:

as you can see, the two cages (40 in by 17 in, total height 34.5 in) are connected:

and another shot of the two cages. Hard to believe there are 9 rattie girls in there ... will have to add another cage as soon as I can.

One cage calulator says this will hold five rats, another says six rats. Since there are 3 adults and 6 young girls, it should be ok for a few days ... with lots of out time, of course.

 

[dingosm8]

That setup looks pretty cool. Is that cardboard or coroplast?
Which one is Grace? Is she an alpha, and that's why she's not happy?

 

[SQ]

Grace thinks she is the Alpha.
She is an older PEW girl.

I got Grace earlier this month.
Here is her story:
http://jorats.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2299

Grace has had a very hard life and isn't too sure about being with other ratties ... she has been living with Joy, Hope and Faith since early Jan. And doing ok with the 5 young girls on the couch so trying to intro.
I have too many groups and need things to be a bit more manageable.

I was given the top cage as it didn't have a bottom and the person thought I might be able to use it. I made a sort of bottom for it out of coroplast. So far, so good 8)

 

[jorats]

That cage will definitely do as a temp cage. If rats all get along, I wouldn't worry yet.
They sure look sweet in there!!

 

[SQ]

Well, guess I moved a bit too fast.
Grace wasn't ready.
No blood but way too much aggression and noise for 4 am so separated the two groups before the neighbors complain.

We will do several more days on the couch and then try again.

 

[mamarat]

Very creative, SQ. The cage looks like fun for the ratties.

 

[Moon]

Too bad Miss Grace wasn't ready yet Hopefully they work it all out soon.

 

[SQ]

Very active wheel runners ...

One of the horizontal bars on the lower super pet cage snaped in half where the silent spinner was attached
I discovered it while cleaning the cage ... good thing too or someone might have been hurt

 

[AlexandraBoo]

Im glad it went good, i noticed i have the same fleece blankys as some of you guys lol, dollerstore fleece! I love it! cheaper then buying bedding lol