I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I've tried to find some info on it here and haven't found it.
Are there any signs that can let me know to start intros after a neuter. Peter was neutered on the 10th, so it's a few days short of 3 weeks. I really want to start intros between Peter and Albus and the babies Harry and Remus (aka Percy...), because the babies are getting bigger and are in a pretty small cage, like a rat starter cage (obviously I'd buy a bigger cage for them if I had to) but I don't want to get things off to a bad start by starting too soon. (Also, Fred is scheduled for a neuter next Thursday. I do want to introduce the babies to the other two as soon as possible, instead of waiting for Fred to calm down.)
The changes I've seen in Peter are that his coat is sleeker (I keep thinking he's lost weight, but I really think it's just a reduction in puffiness) and he popcorns now when I let him out for out time, instead of stalking around the room looking like he's marking objects and sniffing out possible intruders.
He does still get puffy when he investigates the baby's cage, but not as bad as he used to. When I put some cloth from the babies cage into his cage, he doesn't get puffy, but that might just be because he's gotten used to them. I haven't caught him sitting right outside Fred's cage staring at him like he used to all the time, and I haven't heard any through the bar scuffles between those two (though Albus was climbing on the cage and I saw Fred grab some of Albus's fur, pulled what he could through the bars, and bit him, making him shriek (Albus isn't even usually a noisy rat)).
Are there any signs that can let me know to start intros after a neuter. Peter was neutered on the 10th, so it's a few days short of 3 weeks. I really want to start intros between Peter and Albus and the babies Harry and Remus (aka Percy...), because the babies are getting bigger and are in a pretty small cage, like a rat starter cage (obviously I'd buy a bigger cage for them if I had to) but I don't want to get things off to a bad start by starting too soon. (Also, Fred is scheduled for a neuter next Thursday. I do want to introduce the babies to the other two as soon as possible, instead of waiting for Fred to calm down.)
The changes I've seen in Peter are that his coat is sleeker (I keep thinking he's lost weight, but I really think it's just a reduction in puffiness) and he popcorns now when I let him out for out time, instead of stalking around the room looking like he's marking objects and sniffing out possible intruders.
He does still get puffy when he investigates the baby's cage, but not as bad as he used to. When I put some cloth from the babies cage into his cage, he doesn't get puffy, but that might just be because he's gotten used to them. I haven't caught him sitting right outside Fred's cage staring at him like he used to all the time, and I haven't heard any through the bar scuffles between those two (though Albus was climbing on the cage and I saw Fred grab some of Albus's fur, pulled what he could through the bars, and bit him, making him shriek (Albus isn't even usually a noisy rat)).