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Message: <blockquote data-quote="julian" data-source="post: 518258" data-attributes="member: 19447">Hi,Thank you for the info! I don't think getting another rat is something I'll do soon, but definitely in the future. I'm still mourning and want to give the girls time to adjust, on top of the vet bills being expensive, I don't think it's ideal for me at the moment. The 'fighting' between my girls, I've been watching them again and thinking, it just seems like Berry is jumping onto Chloe or trying to groom her and she's just not interested and is bothered by it. She doesn't do anything back, just squeaks. Nothing too harmful, it only worried me in the first place as it might have been a reaction to Bubbers being missing, and I found Berry having a chunk of Chloe's back in her mouth (not drawing any blood and didn't seem to have gripped her tight). They're really friendly with eachother and love eachother a lot so it was a shock that it began suddenly.Theres 3 large stories to my cage and they both have lots of space to get away from eachother, so I think it is just harmless play fighting because they arent particularly moving far from eachother? I think it was just me worried and I should see how they get on. They are fine out of the cage for the most part and do their own thing, I think it's just when it's time to get back into the cage - maybe it's squabbles over food or space in the hammock? (there is more than one but they love to stay together).By the way, thank you for the kind message about Bubbers before, I appreciate it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> It's a really hard thing to take in for me still and it helps a lot.</blockquote>

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