From the litter of rats my girl had i still have most of the males left. But theres the runt that i just adore! But i'm worried i've ruined him already, i intend on keeping him, i've already laid the law down and said i'm keeping the female runt, so would only be fair if i kept the male runt aswell!
When i get him out he runs upto my shoulder has a play with my hair, then runs down my top and has a nap and a poo! Then he'll sit and give me a bath.... Hands first then to the ears then the end of my hair. (i think he has ocd because he always does it in that order!).

Thing is when i was cleaning them all out, the others will happily go to bed while i do what i need to where as winston wont! He cries, gives me the eye and jumps on my hand at every chance and i dont like leaning forward when i have him out incase he falls, so i decided to ask my OH to be winstons playground for 15 minutes while i sorted the rest out. But he wouldn't stay, he nipped my OH and sat on the chair arm staring and squeeking at me until i finally gave in and went to get him.
And when i feed the boys i sometimes feed winston seperate because of his size, he doesn't always get as much as the rest and i worry he'll be skin and bone!
He chats his teeth a lot when he's out, and when i give him something he drags it upto my face and tries forcing it on me. He has a ribbon he plays with but always drags it upto show me first.
I realise i baby him, but will this make him a spoilt brat when he's older? Or will he grow out of his needyness or will he always be this happy and loving?

He sounds lovely but one question are you keeping a friend back for him to keep him company and to play with?

Also I have rats and none of mine squeak at me, only if I startle them when picking them up.

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10 male rats.
2 male mice.
1 Syrian hamster.

have you thought about getting him a bonding pouch that you can pop him in and wear while you clean the cage out

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Sounds like a young Rhoddi.. lol.. Rhoddi speaks doesn't squeak its a funny noise..lol like he is telling me a right story.. Aren't Rats just fantastic..

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I love cuddly, people rats so much, he sounds like a lovely person, now everyone knows what Im going to say next..... piccies please

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One of my rats was a lot like that. Taz started out terrified of people but gradually warmed up to me and then he couldn't get enough of being with me. He didn't often squeak at me but he'd make this really weird noise that sounded like he was giggling. He used to come running to the cage door whenever he saw me, would bring pieces of food to eat on my head and if I let him would ride around on my shoulder or head for hours. If I didn't pick him up quickly enough he'd launch himself off the cage onto my chest and climb up to my shoulder.

I'd be keeping Winston too, he sounds like a cool little guy

Strange...the only giggling noises I can think of a rat ever making are respiratory noises...I've never heard a rat be vocal beyond a 'get off me!' squeak. :/

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Some rats are more vocal than others. My Harley sits and talks to me, like she's asking me how my day went

It's not like a pain squeak, or a sneeze, it's a constant chatter. Because rats actually squeak all the time, we just can't hear it because it's ultrasonic, so I think sometimes they just have a lower voice so we can hear them talking more often.

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I've honestly never heard anything like it....mind recording it sometime?

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