Kayla
Well-Known Member
I currently have my colony split into three main groups. One has 9 females, one has 6 females, and the last has 5 males. (I also have a lone male atm, but he is sick so I'm not sure if I'll be putting him with my rats any time soon 
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Anyways, there are rats in each group that are bonded, while others are not. I need to split them as evenly as possible between two double CN cages. I am willing to have the CNs separated so I have four separate groups if necessay, but I also don't want to split up bonded pairs/ groups.
I have three mother daughter pairs in the group of nine which I would prefer not to split, but at times I think that they may be happier split by age and not relation.
The mother/ daughter pairs are:
Ginny and Lilly
Rhea and Naida
Skye and Aidan
The last two pairs are also related, with Skye most likely being Rhea's daughter, making a fourth mother/ daughter pair.
The rest of the girls in this group are:
Kelsey and Chloe- sisters
Willow- came in alone, but was seeming to bond with Zelda before I had to remove Zelda from the group because of Lilly
The boy group consists a father and sons trio, which are from the Skye/ Rhea family. (the whole family has 7 members, but the males and females were separated until all the neuters were done and they have only spent some out time together since the neuters) They are:
Melvin, Justin and Danny
The other two boys in the boy group are:
Fletcher and Ezra- lived together before comming here and bonded/ related
The other girl group has six girls: (all of them are very small for their ages except Zelda)
Iris
Helia and Phoebe -came together
Zelda, Trinity and Opal -possibly related and Zelda may be Opal's mother
I was thinking that the easiest thing to do may be to keep the group of nine girls in one double and have the other 11 (5+6) in the other double. The lone male, Buddy could join the group of 9 if he gets well enough to do so. This would require less into time and stress for all involved, but I don't want anyone to be lonely or sad without their favourite buddies. My males are also very big babies and are intimidated by the older and larger females, while the smaller females adore the boys.
Any suggestions before I go ahead with this plan? I think this is the best solution, but I'm also a little sad that the Skye, Rhea, Melvin family will not be living together. (the cages are side by side though, so they can still visit and have out time together)
I was also thinking of trying Zelda back with the big girls (and her buddy Willow) now that she is healed from her tumour removal surgery. Perhaps Lilly was picking on her to try and help her get rid of her lump? I dunno...
This would even out the cages at 10 each, giving the boys more space, although the girls they'd live with are all tiny anyways, so they shouldn't feel cramped with 11 in a double if necessary.
Another option is to start from scratch and split them by age and bonds, but I'm not sure that is the best option...
)Anyways, there are rats in each group that are bonded, while others are not. I need to split them as evenly as possible between two double CN cages. I am willing to have the CNs separated so I have four separate groups if necessay, but I also don't want to split up bonded pairs/ groups.
I have three mother daughter pairs in the group of nine which I would prefer not to split, but at times I think that they may be happier split by age and not relation.
The mother/ daughter pairs are:
Ginny and Lilly
Rhea and Naida
Skye and Aidan
The last two pairs are also related, with Skye most likely being Rhea's daughter, making a fourth mother/ daughter pair.
The rest of the girls in this group are:
Kelsey and Chloe- sisters
Willow- came in alone, but was seeming to bond with Zelda before I had to remove Zelda from the group because of Lilly
The boy group consists a father and sons trio, which are from the Skye/ Rhea family. (the whole family has 7 members, but the males and females were separated until all the neuters were done and they have only spent some out time together since the neuters) They are:
Melvin, Justin and Danny
The other two boys in the boy group are:
Fletcher and Ezra- lived together before comming here and bonded/ related
The other girl group has six girls: (all of them are very small for their ages except Zelda)
Iris
Helia and Phoebe -came together
Zelda, Trinity and Opal -possibly related and Zelda may be Opal's mother
I was thinking that the easiest thing to do may be to keep the group of nine girls in one double and have the other 11 (5+6) in the other double. The lone male, Buddy could join the group of 9 if he gets well enough to do so. This would require less into time and stress for all involved, but I don't want anyone to be lonely or sad without their favourite buddies. My males are also very big babies and are intimidated by the older and larger females, while the smaller females adore the boys.
Any suggestions before I go ahead with this plan? I think this is the best solution, but I'm also a little sad that the Skye, Rhea, Melvin family will not be living together. (the cages are side by side though, so they can still visit and have out time together)
I was also thinking of trying Zelda back with the big girls (and her buddy Willow) now that she is healed from her tumour removal surgery. Perhaps Lilly was picking on her to try and help her get rid of her lump? I dunno...
This would even out the cages at 10 each, giving the boys more space, although the girls they'd live with are all tiny anyways, so they shouldn't feel cramped with 11 in a double if necessary.
Another option is to start from scratch and split them by age and bonds, but I'm not sure that is the best option...
