Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / May 2007

Hey everyone,

Well as some of you know I found homes for my ratz and we moved down
the to the usa. I managed to find a lady who had an accidental litter
of baby ratberts. I agreed to take her only two boys off her hands. I
thought she would have socialized her litter but as it turns out she
didn't at all. We have had the two boys here for about a day now and
named them Blank & Jones. Both are hooded and are grey. I have to
honestly say I have never had any grey rats before. Their mother was a
PEW and the father is unknown (mom was a pet store rat). I haven't
found any grey rats on the internet so maybe they are called another
color? They have a vet appointment on Tuesday to get checked out for
the basics. Anyway, Blank is a grey hood and a white under belly while
Jones is also a grey hood he has one dot on his belly and one of his
fuzzy nads.

On top of them being so cute like I have already mentioned, we were
wondering how to socialize them. Blank is very skittish and poo's a
lot when being held and picked up. Any suggestions to make him feel
safe and whatnot? Jones is very inquisitive and doesn't mind being
picked up, doesn't poo on us like Blank does so I think socializing
him will be easy. However, ANY suggestions to make their transition a
better one, I am all for it.

SO far all I have done is tossed in one of my old shirts so they get
used to my smell, since my husband wants to hold them as well, should
I put one of his shirts in there as well or is that scent overload?

Also its great to be back, I hope to post some pictures soon (soon
meaning as soon as I find my data cable that connects my camera to the
computer)

Dawn and the Fam