hi! any idea where i can get one?

Hi there. i have posted on some of the other forums about the gambians. Its great to read others experiences with getting to know these wonderful pets.
I have a 11mth old female called Ziyal and a 5mth old male called Odo. Zee was handreared and the ownly way i can discribe her temperament is bomb proof i can do absolutely anything with her so much so the small local pet shops get me to bring her in on their open days to talk about her and she is not phased at all about being passed from person to person or touched by children. It appears from reading the comments that males are that much more diificult. Odo wasn't handreared but was handled from 10 days onwards. He took a chunk out of my finger the while at the breeders home but i still bought him home with me. He's coming on lovely now he's still a bit weary but i can pick up hug him kiss him, it tends to be loud noises that set him off. He did take a hugh step back for 2 weeks a couple of months ago and almost turned feral on me however once his manhood dropped he returned to the place where we got to almost over night. I found to get him used to being approached by a hand and touched without me getting the wounds a false hand and arm worked a treat (one of those from ajoke shop) Once he showed no resistance to that and looked calm i then introduced my own hand. Do make sure you rub your scent onto the fake hand each time you use it. I've never used the fake hand since.

That fake hand thing sounds like a good idea, my female seems fine with my hand but I don't let her snif it for too long as I am slightly concerned with her teeth as they could do a lot of damage, so I think I will seek out a fake hand so to get her properly used to it, as for noises she doesn't seemed to be bothered by anything, the first day or so she was a bit shy but now seems to have loads of confidence! Don't know if that is good or bad!!

True about the damage the teeth can do i got bit by my male when i collected him at 5wks old and just at that age the damage was impressive i'm just glad it was my hand and not my 1yr old son who startled him with his hand at the time to make him bite. I haven't been bit since though.

wow just looked up these amazing animals they're enormous as an owner of 10 rats wud love 1 but atlas no space hope u hv lots of happy times with ur rattie x

Your right, they are lovely but do need a lot of space, I am just waiting for my new large cage to arrive. Wow, 10 rats is a lot!!