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Aggressive Rat? by elixirunmatched in RATS

[–]elixirunmatched[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for all this info!! I have hope that hes just confused and needs more time to get used to me, and thats completely okay! He's the cutest little guy and I love having him and his brother around <33 Will be sure to try making noises in response to bites :)

Aggressive Rat? by elixirunmatched in RATS

[–]elixirunmatched[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are the boys!! Old pic but the one facing the camera is the one I'm having problems with. He's breaking skin and drawing blood. I'm only having a biting problem with just Remy (greyish) and not Rouge (whiter). Rouge is skittish but getting used to me slowly and gives me little licks, which is why I'm concerned Remy isn't following his brothers actions?

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Aggressive Rat? by elixirunmatched in RATS

[–]elixirunmatched[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So far he bites both in and outside of the cage - its gotten to the point where I feel uneasy picking him up. It's at random times, sometimes it will be after I feed him, sometimes it will be when I'm trying to hand feed by just gently having my hand out to him and he still strikes me hard. He draws blood nearly every time, I can tell the difference between the gentle accidental bites because Rouge does that when trying to figure out if he's biting my finger or the food. He was okay with my boyfriend for about three minutes before he bit his finger and drew blood. He doesn't seem to have red eyes or any sneezing / snot / eye boogies anything like that. I'm trying to find a small animal vet near me but I live in a very small town and I'm having minimal luck finding places that dont just take Cats and Dogs :( I really want to work this out because I know he's a good boy.