Does anyone else have separate groups of rats living in the same room/area? I recently rescued two rats and their cage is in the same room where my other group of rats live, and I have set up a play pen around the cage so the others don’t have access to them. The two newbies are unneutered males, while my other group is a mix of females and neutered males. So my plan was just to house them separately and have part of the room sectioned off for them.
Today my current group could smell and see the new guys through the play pen and got extremely aggressive. Everyone is all worked up now. I’m wondering if they will calm down eventually? The girls were all in heat the other day so they were going crazy trying the get through the playpen and to the boys.
So does anyone else have issues with separate groups of rats being aggressive outside of the cage? Or do you keep them in separate rooms to avoid this? I wasn’t planning to do real introductions as I would have to get these two neutered, but maybe I should?
Today my current group could smell and see the new guys through the play pen and got extremely aggressive. Everyone is all worked up now. I’m wondering if they will calm down eventually? The girls were all in heat the other day so they were going crazy trying the get through the playpen and to the boys.
So does anyone else have issues with separate groups of rats being aggressive outside of the cage? Or do you keep them in separate rooms to avoid this? I wasn’t planning to do real introductions as I would have to get these two neutered, but maybe I should?