introducing new rat to current rat?

You will need to quarantine, keep the new rat in a separate room for 2 weeks to check if it has an illness. You don't want both having the illness.

Females usually happily take on a new rat. I put my new female with my single female (who's friend also was euthanized for a tumor...) and they became friends right away.

If this doesn't happen, try introducing them in the bathtub. If it still does not work out, dab vanilla extract on both rats to let them interact with their scent hidden, then put the new one in your old rat's cage, and the old one in the new one's cage. Wait a day, then do the vanilla thing again, but put both rats in the cage you want to use and see how it works out...

Don’t put them together straight away. It’s best to quarantine new rats to make sure they are not carrying any disease’s or parasites. Also if they get in to a fight the larger rat could hurt the smaller one.

Keep them in two separate cages at first, put the cages next to each other so that they can get used to each others smell. After a few days of living next to each other let them meet in an open space. A good way of doing this is to put the cages on the floor with the doors open and let the two rats out. This way they can meet each other but if they feel scared they can return to their own cage.

Once they look like they are getting on, put them in the same cage, but leave the door open so they have a way out if need be. Keep an eye on them when you do this. They may play fight a bit, wrestle with each other, pin one another to the floor, nip each other lightly. This is normal and is nothing to worry about. If they do start fighting properly separate them and start the process again. Leave them together in the same cage for increasingly long periods of time, a few minutes at first then an hour and then a few hours, good sign of them getting on is if they sleep curled up in a ball together

I'm sorry but, you'll have to quarantine the new rat for about two weeks, meaning keeping the new guy in a seperate cage for a week or two, giving any illnesses time to surface. When your sure he's not sick put a clear barrier between the two at playtime, so they can see each other but not get to each other and after a few days, if they seem to like each other, lift the barrier. There may be some mounting, some play fighting, but if things get too serious, if blood is drawn or wounds inflicted, seperate them immediately, for one may have a dominance issue.

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First of all, sorry about your rat. i had to put mine down to because of tumors, but she also had a broken leg and an infected eye.

When my rat had babies, we kept 3 (2 boys and 1 girl) and we took the boys to my dads shop (he owns his own store, no other employees) but kept the girls at home. When we brought the boys home after one escaped when my dad left the cage open ( don't worry, the little critter was found safe and sound after 3 days :) we had the girls cage and the boys cage only about 3 inches apart. When one of the boys reached across to say hello to his sister. She didn't know who he was and she bit him on the hand :(.

I guess it really depends on how you bring them on to each other. One way to do it is put them both on the floor and let them go to each other, with you close by in case they turn violent. Another way would be to put a few treats on the carpet with them, and let them come together to eat them. i wouldn't put them in the same cage, cuz if they don't like each other it'll be harder for you to get them out.

Hope this helps!

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