NicodemusRattus
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Well as anyone could tell, all I've been posting about on this site for the past 2 months has been this and that about Zuki and her sister Aurora's litters. This is my first experience with litters, so I apologize for any stupid-sounding questions I've asked lol. but I really appreciate how helpful you have all been about answering those questions!
Anyway, onto my dilemma lol. When the babies were still nursing, my boyfriend was approached by a friend of his who said she had 2 older males and she was interested in having more boy rats. She said she'd get a separate cage for the babies as well, since we told her that she wouldn't be able to introduce them to the adults until they were around 12 weeks. If the old males even accepted the new ones at all. So we agreed that we would let her take 2 or 3 of the boys when they were ready for weaning. But when the boys were first weaned from their mom, suddenly this lady disappeared for like a month. We figured she was no longer interested in the rats, but just recently my boyfriend ran into her and she said she had moved. She also said she still wanted to take 2 or 3 of our boys. But then she shared this horror story about how one of her 2 adult males bit the other on the face, bad enough to leave a wound. She said that the wound was starting to heal, then suddenly the rat died possibly from complications from the wound. Then she asked us if it would be ok to put our boys in with her remaining rat because it seemed lonely. We said no. Our boys aren't anywhere big enough to fend off a full-grown rat, let alone one that was aggressive enough to wound its longtime cagemate. She seemed to understand, and said she'd keep the babies in a separate cage. Sooo, I don't want to be selfish or anything here. She does like rats, and from the sounds of it she already has the other cage for the babies. But I'm really having second thoughts about giving these boys to her. She seems like she's wanting another boy to keep her lone rat company, and I'm sort of worried she might decide to put our boys in with him anyway. They are about 8 and 9 weeks old, so in another month they're technically old enough to go in with an adult, but I don't want them in with a rat that just attacked another one like that. And even if she doesn't put them in with him, something just seems a little off. I'm not sure what it is. Maybe the fact that she didn't contact us for like a month, and even though she likes rats I'm not sure what kind of an owner she is. I feel bad for her that she just lost one of her beloved boys, but maybe she's better off finding another older male and introducing him to her rat in the new cage? Or should he not even be in with other rats after attacking his cagemate so viciously? I would never forgive myself if I give her these boys and something happens to them. That's all I know.
Anyway, onto my dilemma lol. When the babies were still nursing, my boyfriend was approached by a friend of his who said she had 2 older males and she was interested in having more boy rats. She said she'd get a separate cage for the babies as well, since we told her that she wouldn't be able to introduce them to the adults until they were around 12 weeks. If the old males even accepted the new ones at all. So we agreed that we would let her take 2 or 3 of the boys when they were ready for weaning. But when the boys were first weaned from their mom, suddenly this lady disappeared for like a month. We figured she was no longer interested in the rats, but just recently my boyfriend ran into her and she said she had moved. She also said she still wanted to take 2 or 3 of our boys. But then she shared this horror story about how one of her 2 adult males bit the other on the face, bad enough to leave a wound. She said that the wound was starting to heal, then suddenly the rat died possibly from complications from the wound. Then she asked us if it would be ok to put our boys in with her remaining rat because it seemed lonely. We said no. Our boys aren't anywhere big enough to fend off a full-grown rat, let alone one that was aggressive enough to wound its longtime cagemate. She seemed to understand, and said she'd keep the babies in a separate cage. Sooo, I don't want to be selfish or anything here. She does like rats, and from the sounds of it she already has the other cage for the babies. But I'm really having second thoughts about giving these boys to her. She seems like she's wanting another boy to keep her lone rat company, and I'm sort of worried she might decide to put our boys in with him anyway. They are about 8 and 9 weeks old, so in another month they're technically old enough to go in with an adult, but I don't want them in with a rat that just attacked another one like that. And even if she doesn't put them in with him, something just seems a little off. I'm not sure what it is. Maybe the fact that she didn't contact us for like a month, and even though she likes rats I'm not sure what kind of an owner she is. I feel bad for her that she just lost one of her beloved boys, but maybe she's better off finding another older male and introducing him to her rat in the new cage? Or should he not even be in with other rats after attacking his cagemate so viciously? I would never forgive myself if I give her these boys and something happens to them. That's all I know.
