jujubeespmud
Well-Known Member
Hi eveyone, I just got a new rattie girl last Friday. She is very social and sweet! She is also healthy. My Jazzy is also healthy. However, both rats are depressed because they have no cagemate. It's only been 1 week since Jazzy's cagemate Ruby and Sister GG left for Rainbow Bridge. She was very hyper the first 4-5 days but know she does seem a little more settled. I know she is depressed though. I sit and type on the forum and I look over my shoulder and 9 out of 10 times she sits at the corner of her cage staring at me. I then go to her and bring her out for a while. I know she misses having a campanion. My new girl, who had been named "Branwen" has also been alone for 2 months. Belive it or not, since she was a baby rattie (she's about 1 1/2 yrs old now I'm told), she was left a my friends work in a box with a mouse! Someone had left it at the pet hospital where she worked with a note saying "my mom won't let me keep them". She said they've lived together ever since and loved each other very much. She said they slept together, played and the rat would groom the mouse. She has since been alone for 2 months and is depressed. She is however, very social and she is trusting too. She comes up to the cage door when I get near the cage and wants to come out. I wanted to know what you think of me doing the intro this saturday, as opposed to waiting 2-3 weeks. I think the longer I keep them apart the more Sad Jazzy will become. Please let me know. Branwen hasn't been around any other rats.
Julie
Julie