Hi, I have the chance of rehoming 2 new rats, they are six months old, I was wondering if you thought it was possible to put them in with my existing two rats that are around 4 months old?

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Yes definitely. Depending on your existing rats temperaments intro's could well take as little as 1 night.

Intro's best done away from cage like on bed, bathtub etc. and be prepared for a little bit of fighting but as long as no blood shed all should be fine it is just rats sorting our pecking order so to speak!

Best to have separate cages for a little while until they are happy to share like i said could be one night could be few weeks.

thanks for the reply, if I get them I will try the bathtub they are coming with a large cage so keeping them apart until they are happy with each other will be fine, I am going to ring them now and see if they are still available, got my fingers crossed

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Have introduced many rats to each other over last few years - in fact last lot stayed in main cage first night with half existing rats (having managed to climb a chest of drawers) took up residence in new rats cage!

lol they are cleaver little things

i just rang them they are still available but the mans said his wife was dealing with the re-homing and she was out so I have to ring back in half an hour, I'm so excited, I'm like a little kids lol I hope I can have them

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How exciting Big ratty bundles ahhhh

one is black and the other is a brown hooded, they look lovely from the picture, this half and hour is going to go so slowly

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here are the pictures of them

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Are they males or females? I've always found introducing males more difficult because they're more terretorial. Before you get them, give your existing rats cages a good clean out and give them lots of playtime together in the bath to see how they get one. I always find that once new rats have just about settled, giving them some warm bathwater to play in together is a really great way of letting them bond.

Keep an eye on them to make sure there's no blood, if they're girls there might be humping too which is usually pretty amusing. Keep them in the same cage/in cages next to eachother for the first few nights and let them play lots together. Give them treats for playing together well and it'll be fine

They're beautiful rats ^_^

Peace
Akai-Chan

thank you for your advice they are males, so hopefully I can introduce them to each other, I havent had chance to see if they are tame or not yet, this might be a problem if they arent because they will see me as a threat as well as the existing rats, if you see what I mean, when I chat to the woman in a bit I will ask as many questions as possible

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