Sitemaps

My two male rats are fighting and there are wounds Any advice2007-11-24 22:13:09

They seemed to have gotten along ok until now. The smaller one left some marks with blood under the larger ones head/neck. What should I do about it? How long does it usually take for such things to heal?

Answers:

will likely keep happening until one is dead.

---

separate them, my guess is that they麓ve reached puberty and will never get along again..

---

The best thing to do at the moment is seperate them. After you do this get some water with salted (dissolved in the water) and lightly dab some of the water on the wound(s) this will disinfect it so i would strongly recommend this! (In case if your vet is closed of if you havn't got the time at the moment to rush off to the vet!) Good Luck.

---

Advice? Find someone with a pet python and feed the rats to it. Then, go to the nearest pet store and get a real pet. Rats have no redeeming value whatsoever.

(exception--lab testing subject.)

---

first of all if there still in the same cage you need to separate them ( get another cage even if it's crappy) the hormones in male rats make them fight for the female so when theirs not a female for each of them they'll fight to the death or until separated for some time this wont continue forever it will only happen when they catch whiff of a female

---

Well Im no animal behaviouralist but I know when two male dogs fight its usuall a domination thing where both males are fighting for "top dog" postion (to be the dominate male in the pac) desexing both parties stops their desire to mate therefore stopping their need to fight for "top dog". I suggest you desex them

---

seperate the 2 rats and let the wond heal if no improve ment go see your local vet

---

Unless they were together since they were little then it is a very bad idea to keep them together. They were doing this because they were just trying to show there dominance. I ssuggest you take them out before one of them seriously gets hurt.

---

Do not permanently seperate them, but do figure out which rat is the one causing the wounds. Male rats sometimes need to be neutered to live without squabbles. You should take your rat to a vet to get him fixed. It's beneficial to you and your rats as they will not fight seriously, they will produce less of a smell, and their fur will become slightly softer.