He is a boy and is 11 weeks old- we were told he had been hand reared too.
Ive always kept fancy rats, and my other half was going to surprise me with another pair.my grandad came back from the local pet shop-pet aqua spectacular, high street, chatham-bragging that they have a rat that grows the size of a jack russell.
Intrigued we paid a visit and i was smitten. He had sold that one but 'ordered' us another one in -who arrived two days later. he charged £450

The first few days he was really biting our fingers and hands when we entered the cage, and playtime has been confined to our bed.
But each day we notice a difference. He now comes to door of cage when we call him-and instead of biting he will lick palms.
Yesterday he chirped for the first time-very vocal-i think becaue he was snuggled in his hammock and i disturbed him.
He is very active during the night!!
He loves rearranging all his bits in the cage and pushing out all of his litter onto my carpet!! (seems to get very upset when i tidy the cage in the morning and put everything back)

Research suggests that he marks by rubbing his face-he is doing this but also mimicking humping my other halfs hand by wrapping his two front legs around and doing the actions-i wonder if this is just play-like puppies do??

Found out today that they love eating live mealworms!
Whats your website address?
how much do you feed yours and how often?
Although he is getting better he can stand cuddles for about a minute most then wants to run and play!!