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What to do with a vicious rat2007-11-24 22:18:03

we have rats (two males) so i know how to properly take care of them

we recently adopted a female rat from someone we knew

they had her for a year and never gave her any attention so now if u get near her she tries to bite. she bit me but not hard at all no blood or mark but she is soo anti-social

i neee help!

she is in a seperate cage

Answers:

Leave her alone for several days to get used to her new home. Then start by opening the cage door and giving her a favorite treat. Continue until she is comfortable taking it from your hand. Then take her out of the cage and give her the treat. First only make her be out long enough to take the treat from you. Then make her come out of the cage for longer and longer periods of time before she gets a treat. If she bites, do not give her a treat and ignore her completely. Rats are very food motivated. Good luck to you.

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bite off it's head!!!

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Wear leather gloves for a while and handle her just until she gets use to you...give her plenty of treats...we got a hairless rat from the pet store and they never paid any attention to her either...but we just started holding her and she got use to us really quick.

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Since she was like abused, you need to take special care with her. Work with her by taking her out and showing her what attention is. Play with her if possible, but most of all get her out and get her used to being held and given attention

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I'm with Anna W on this one. But if that doesn't work after a couple of months give her to your neighbor with the python or boa.

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they sell gloves at pet stores thy are kind of like anti bite ones you could purchase them and put them on then go and try to pet little by little she will become more friendly

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Aw poor baby! She needs to be handled as much as possible to resocialize her. Rats are trainable, and unfortunately this is true with biting. She knows that people will recoil if she bites, so she'll get her way.

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The fact she didn't draw blood means she probably was just trying to scare you away. If she was actually nasty, she'd have drawn blood.. she's probably quite nervous of humans, and thinks of you as a predator.