Chico, Louie and Riley

WelshYorkieLover · #1 (**permalink**) 26-11-2011, 09:59 PM

Yay so here are the boys!

Chico is the little naked boy and he's so sweet. I'll tell you more about their personalities as I get to know them but Chico is such a little gentleman! He's a lot smaller than the other two. He's curly whiskers!! And I handed each of them a piece of chicken to make friends before leaving them to their settling in period and Riley snatched it, Louie was a little gentler but Chico just came up to it, sniffed it and very gentley took it.

They're very curious about what is going on when I was in their room with them but understandably they are nervous. I think we're all gonna take time getting used to each other. The big boys aren't much smaller than my dog!! ha ha. I'm used to hamsters and Kiki looks tiny now!!

Anyway here they are...Louie is the one with the white patch on his back and Riley is the other black and white one.

WelshYorkieLover · #2 (**permalink**) 26-11-2011, 10:01 PM

I only managed to take a few tonight and I will get a few more when I can spend more time with them when they settle in!

blade100 · #3 (**permalink**) 27-11-2011, 01:47 AM

Aww there lovely.
That's a freddy rat cage, my 4 babies are in one at the min.

Deck the cage out with some more hammocks,corner ones and fuzz butt bunkers and they'll love it!

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WelshYorkieLover · #4 (**permalink**) 27-11-2011, 02:01 AM

Thanks Blade! It's the one that their previous owners bought for them. I'm thinking about making some sort of extension like maybe a run or something. I'm definately going to kit their pad out! They're so funny. They keep making this sort of spitting noise? what does that mean? Should I try to handle them tomorrow or just sort of give them space and pop in every now and then so they get used to my pressence and smell and voice etc?

They haven't eaten much of their dinner though I don't know if its cos they're nervous or if I've given too much. I gave them one and a half chicken thighs between them and loads of veggies. They also had 10 grapes halved between them. Maybe I've over fed them

blade100 · #5 (**permalink**) 27-11-2011, 02:05 AM

I always feed my lot at night and leave it down for them till the morning and its all gone by then.

If I was u in the day tomoz/today Sunday I'd get them out and handle them to get them used to you.
A good way of getting them used to u is stick them in your jumper/hoodie top. Or lay on the bed with them let them explore u. Be warned don't wear socks for some reason all rats incl mine hate socks and bite my feet wen I wear them but if I have nothing on my feet they don't bother! Lol

blade100 · #6 (**permalink**) 27-11-2011, 02:08 AM

That noise u r hearing is them sneezing.
Keep
An eye on that cuz it could be they have respiratory infection but I'd say it's most likey the new smells that's set them off and should calm down in a couple of days.
If they start sounding snotty and making funny noises then they have resp infections. Which would need a 5 day course of baytril.

WelshYorkieLover · #7 (**permalink**) 27-11-2011, 02:12 AM

ha ha ha ha I'm not going to tell my fiance that about the socks! I wanna see that ha ha just kidding. I like the thought of lying down with them and letting them explore around me. No socks!! I'll remember that!

blade100 · #8 (**permalink**) 27-11-2011, 02:15 AM

Rats also dribble wee wee on u.
It's there way of scenting. So don't be alarmed if they do and they may do a few fear poos till they get to know u.
So it's a good idea to put an old sheet on top of your bed sheets.

WelshYorkieLover · #9 (**permalink**) 27-11-2011, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by blade100

That noise u r hearing is them sneezing.
Keep
An eye on that cuz it could be they have respiratory infection but I'd say it's most likey the new smells that's set them off and should calm down in a couple of days.
If they start sounding snotty and making funny noises then they have resp infections. Which would need a 5 day course of baytril.

Yes of course! My Yorkie makes that noise when she's sniffing something intensely! Is Baytril from the vets or pet shop? I'm used to getting pooped and peed on from Kiki and also the family Tortoise Pepi. For some reason whenever he smells me he goes to the toilet ha ha

blade100 · #10 (**permalink**) 27-11-2011, 03:25 AM

U can only get from the vets it's an antibiotic and it's usually given out on a tea spoon on some yummy foods to disguise the taste.
Some vets say put it in the water bottle but u should never do this a) you don't know if the rat is getting the correct amount for that one day and b) the others may drink it too.

I just syringe it down there mouths because I have some very naughty rats that know I'm hiding it so instead of keep wasting it I just put the syringe a tiny way in the corner of the mouth and squirt hey presto job done.
Mind u it can be tricky if the rat(s) are wriggling!

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