Abyes_Shovel
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So I lost one of my girls to a pituitary tumour this morning, it was all very quick and although she responded well to the steroids a brain tumour is a brain tumour after all and she sadly passed, although thankfully she was comfortable. Her sister is left over now, she's only 17 weeks old. Now I've had elderly rats be on their own for the last couple of months of their lives and live quite happily despite the circumstances alone, with lots of attention from myself of course. Having a very young rat alone however is totally new to me and I'm not really sure how to progress. I'm considering trying to find another lone female and house them close by, but not in the same cage. I've stuck her a (safe, small with no beans or plastic eyes etc.) Plush toy in to snuggle up to if she wants, and a sock because she loves socks. Do I wait a while and look for another lonely girl? Or will that potentially just cause her stress?
I will of course devote plenty of time to her myself but rats aren't solitary creatures and I don't want her to have a miserable and lonely life.
I will of course devote plenty of time to her myself but rats aren't solitary creatures and I don't want her to have a miserable and lonely life.