Ok... I have a ratty problem.
I just got a second rat, Pheno, to be a partner for my first rat, Adiran. I have a huge castle of a cage for them, and was SO excited for them to be best buddies for life!!!! umm... wishful thinking... Adiran beat the shit out of him before I separated them. I have their cages together right now so they can sniff each other, communicate and work it out... but...
I read that when a new male is first introduced, it is actually NORmal for him to get rough-housed by the dominant male (assertion of power roles in animal kingdom), but there shouldn't be scratching/prolonged fighting involved.... which there was.
Should I just try this again later? Take more time and do the introduction slowly? Pheno and Adiran were both raised with other rats... it's not like they don't know how to be social... I guess it's a newbie/older rat territorial thing? I wish I could interpret the squeaking!
Any suggestions from the rat-literate on how to go about doing a more polite introduction??? Windy? Alexxa? any others? I tried them on neutral territory.... but adiran just chased pheno around the apartment until the baby dived into my motorcycle boot.... now THAT was cute!!!!!(adiran's too fat to fit in my boots these days.) anyway... any help would be great... thanks guys/gals!!!!



(adiran's too fat to fit in my boots these days.) anyway... any help would be great... thanks guys/gals!!!!
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