Joanne
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While I was working a couple of weeks ago, a lady who knew I had rats told me about this rat. Her daughter was with a few kids and they were tired of this rat and going to throw him outside, so the daughter scooped him up and took him home. She is a busy teenager, and didn't really have time for him, so wanted to find him a home. I said OK as at that time I was looking for another rat to keep a lonely girl company whose sister had just died, for an acquaintance. Time goes by and I thought they had decided to keep the rat. Then the daughter drops by the office and asks me if I will take him. What could I say? So she brought him over in his tiny hamster cage and I took him home.
He is hooded agouti (?) with a tiny spot on his back and weighs 414g. I think he is approx one year old. And he is very scared. Every time I present my hand, he hids in this tiny box they had for him. I don't think he has eaten any of the Harlan or Oxbow I have given him. He finally took a piece of tomato, and then scrambled eggs that I had for supper tonight. I didn't try to pick him up yesterday. I just left him in that little cage so he wouldn't get too worried. Tonight I moved him into the much bigger Rat Resort cage. His new name is Toby. I have never had a rat like this before. I hope he will come around and be much more confident. His neuter is booked for Dec 5th so he still has a while on his own. I was planning on trying to rehome him for that lone female. We'll have to see how his temperament pans out.
He is hooded agouti (?) with a tiny spot on his back and weighs 414g. I think he is approx one year old. And he is very scared. Every time I present my hand, he hids in this tiny box they had for him. I don't think he has eaten any of the Harlan or Oxbow I have given him. He finally took a piece of tomato, and then scrambled eggs that I had for supper tonight. I didn't try to pick him up yesterday. I just left him in that little cage so he wouldn't get too worried. Tonight I moved him into the much bigger Rat Resort cage. His new name is Toby. I have never had a rat like this before. I hope he will come around and be much more confident. His neuter is booked for Dec 5th so he still has a while on his own. I was planning on trying to rehome him for that lone female. We'll have to see how his temperament pans out.