lindseybayley
New User
Hi all,
Two days ago I rescued an albino male rat from the vets which had been dumped last week. A lady had bought it in and didn't come back for him. He will eat from my hand and seems to have settled in quite nicely but he does not like to be handled. If I put my hand in his cage he will come and have a sniff but if I move suddenly or try and stroke him he bites. I have picked him up (to move him from his travelling cage to bigger 'home' cage) and he squeals and bites - not a quick bite, he likes to hang on!! Just looking for some advice on how to get him used on being handled?
I have had tame rats before that I could handle but this is completely new and a little bit scary! His name is Scrat by the way
Two days ago I rescued an albino male rat from the vets which had been dumped last week. A lady had bought it in and didn't come back for him. He will eat from my hand and seems to have settled in quite nicely but he does not like to be handled. If I put my hand in his cage he will come and have a sniff but if I move suddenly or try and stroke him he bites. I have picked him up (to move him from his travelling cage to bigger 'home' cage) and he squeals and bites - not a quick bite, he likes to hang on!! Just looking for some advice on how to get him used on being handled?
I have had tame rats before that I could handle but this is completely new and a little bit scary! His name is Scrat by the way