need help - agressive rat

[dreamwarrior]

I got Fabio a little while ago from kijiji, he was a yr old, i am thinking a little older.

sammy and loki are about the same age at 6 - 8mounths

at frist i thought Loki was a little aggressive but it turns out that Sammy and Loki play fight. no squeaking just wrestling.

today i herd horrible squeaking form the cage and fabio was just going at Loki. I split them up and loki went hiding.

i took them out of the cage, and Fabio has always went to do his own thing while sammy and loki cuddled with me. then i saw that loki had been bleeding and a giant bite mark above his leg. and sammy had a bite mark oh his tail.

Fabio came off my desk and came here the other boys, and both of them ran away from.

Fabio is a major sweet heart to me, and he loves being in the cage more then out of the cage.

so i am not to sure what i should do. separate him for the other rats? he did live alone for a year before he came here. in the cage he sleeps alone, and he puffs up alot too.

Any suggestions?

 

[sausage4ever]

Sounds like Fabio will need a neuter....

 

[dreamwarrior]

thats not an option at the moment till i get my frist pay check from the new job. maybe there is other alternatives. untill we get to that point

 

[jorats]

How long have they been living together? Is this the first time you have witnessed a fight?
An aggressive rat bite is usually on the neck/back or the stomach/testicles. Anywhere else indicates to me that the submissive rat didn't play his part. He zigged when he should have zagged.
I wouldn't separate just yet and I would label him just yet.

 

[dreamwarrior]

yeah that's why im not gonna rush in and nauter him i want to avoid surgery if possible.

they have been living all together for a month and a bit.

I always watch their behavior really closely, i had one aggressive male rat once that i took from a friend cause he bit her, and she want to kill him. and i took him in and he bit me vary hard, I took him to the vet got his manhood removed and he lived happily with my 8 girls. at the time.

I think also cause he had been living alone for a year that he didn't learn proper rat etiquette.

I am just concerned about every ones happiness. because i love them all dearly

 

[jorats]

A month is not that long... I bet the other guys are trying to become alpha and he needs to set them straight. Continue to watch them for any further issues.