i have had my rat skitz since last july or so ..and about two weeks ago i got two baby rats both girls ...shitz is a boy....the babys bit me .....it started as nibbling but the bit my knuckels and try to pull my ...and skitz trys to bit me also now and he never did before how do i deal with the babys biting me..none of them have broken the skin but i dont wanna wait till they do...
2006-08-18 04:59:47 · 7 answers · asked by Krystina 3 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
ok thats good for the babies bbut now what do i do about my adult rat he wolnt even let me take him out of his cage he never was like this before...i can pet him but i have to be very aware of where my hand is and his mouth cause he will bite i have ben bit real bad once and im afrai of gettin bit again so im not going into his cage to much anymore and im sure that is making it worse....
2006-08-19 06:50:34 · update #1
they are all fancy rats...the babies are partial hairless rats that were 15 a piece and skitz was prob around that maybe lil less....they are not lilttle ugly white haired red eyed rats....
2006-08-19 08:58:53 · update #2
I had a problem similar like that when i received a young rat that i hadn't reared myself. There was never any blood but I made sure that she had plenty of food and a good supply of scraps (she liked some things with a bit of protein but that sort of stuff tends to foul quickly) and when she was full or tired (not asleep) I would reach my hand into the cage and if she came up I would stroke her around the base of the neck and side. Eventually she stopped mistaking my hands as food (poor eyesight) and became less skittish and will come up to the door or bars for pets and such. (making a loud noise was also semi effective.)
2006-08-18 06:51:10 · answer #1 · answered by Silver K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Babies bite thats a given, but you need to make sure that they dont keep biting. If a baby rat bites the most likely reason is it was poorly socialised by the person you got it off. The best thing to do is to handle it as much as you can. I had similar problems with my babies. And when they bite gently tap them on the nose to say dont do this. (but dont do it hard) they will be shocked when u do this and they dont like it so in time they will stop. If you want more info or to chat about ratties check out http://groups.msn.com/RfsRats and msg me on there
2006-08-18 21:29:17 · answer #2 · answered by Darkrose86 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I usually have just said NO! or OW!~ really loud in the past, it makes them stop for a minute, startles them. They stopped doing it. They are babies and do not know they are hurting you, so let them know with a loud noise!
2006-08-18 12:32:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you bought them, did you buy them out of the feeder tank or did you buy them form the pet tank. pet stores have different tanks for the rats. they have a tank for the feeder rats that are sold to feed snakes and they have one with the pet rats. pet stores keep the rats that are cute and they know they will be sold as pets.
2006-08-19 15:41:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
these sites below seem to have some great info
2006-08-18 12:29:34 · answer #5 · answered by galaxygurl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get them some chew toys or something that should solve your problems
2006-08-18 14:40:13 · answer #6 · answered by Maurice H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hungery or protecting them selfs. they got to adjust to all that.
2006-08-18 13:01:04 · answer #7 · answered by mike L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋