Introducing new rats to our rats?

you must be careful first put the new rats in a different cage near you other rats so they can smell each other and introduce them on your lap or some other space where you can get to them easily if in these encounters they get along then clean your old rats cage and put them together when you are there to watch them if you can get some thing that the new rat can get into but you old one can the will be some biting and scratching at first but give it time it is just showing who is boss

Rats are very accepting animals. You should introduce them on 'neutral' ground (not in either rats cage) and make sure that if things go badly, you can easily spearate them. If they dont take to one another right away I would keep them separated for at least 4-7 days (depending on how much they are fighting)

I had 5 male rats who lived together very happily. I started with just one (Mojo) and a month later brought 2 more (Pooh bear and Boe-Rat). Even though Mojo was much bigger (he was the biggest of the 5) the three of them got along great. Then 2 months later I got Cujo and Nikki, who also blended right into the family. At the time I didn't even have more than one cage, so they were all introduced on the couch, and then left in the tank alone for the night! While i wouldnt recomend this, it does show how accepting they are!

If you have 4 rats, I would recomend at least 2 food/water sources. That way they wont be too crowded in one spot! Good luck!

First, rats need to be kept in strict quarantine, in completely separate parts of the house for a minimum of 30 days. There are diseases that rats can pass to each other that are deadly (Sendai being one) and you need to be sure the incoming rats are disease free.

After that, try introducing them in a supervised play time, being sure to be on hand at all times to break up any scuffles that go too far. I also like to take something from each cage and switch it, generally a T-shirt that they have slept in, so they can become accustomed to the scent of the other rats. When you try to place them in the same cage, make sure the cage has been thoroughly cleaned and all bedding changed or washed. Then put a dab of vanilla above their nose and around their tails. It helps to block the smell so they don't seem so foreign.

Thus far, I've not had any problem introducing rats this way, but if all else fails, I've had it recommended to me to rub some butterscotch pudding onto the rats and put them in the bathtub. By the time they are done cleaning themselves, and each other, they get along great. I've not had to do this yet, but I know of several rat owners/breeders who swear by it.

Rats are very social creatures. They usually take to newcomers fairly well. Just introduce them to each other somewhere where you can watch them closely. There may be some squeaking and some grooming - those are okay and normal.

I have four rats. I bought two originally, then my husband bought me two more about a month later. Mine are all boys and the two older ones had already bonded with each other. At first there were some dominance issues. Our smallest one was constantly on it's back showing submissiveness to the others and our big boy would chase and buck him a lot. To solve this issue, we cleaned their cage VERY well, rearranged everything inside and added a "new room" to the cage. This seemed to completely stop the dominance issues, and all four of them live peacefully together now.

Be careful introducing new rats because they don't always take to each other. First seperate them into two cages and let them sniff each other and leave them that way for a few days. After that take all four out of their cages and put them in nuetral territry like a bathtub so that no rat is dominant in the situation. If the big rats bully the younger rats it's normal for a while, but if they hurt the younger rats remove them from each other and let them sniff each other in their seperate cages again for a while.

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