New Rats Blog Pt 4

so, the boys and girls have been living in the cage together for over a week and things seem to be going really well. i will often find them all bundled up together asleep :-) nanuk has commandeered the rattick style hammock but frequently the girls will be curled up in there with him too - bear seems to be making the most of the new bucket hammock we got which is hung right next to the rattick. bear is much more active now that the girls are in with him - nanuk is taking his time and still a bit slow but things are definately going well.

pepper pinned bear to the floor the other day amongst some quite frantic squeeking but there was no damage done, no biting or anything, i think she was just putting him in his place! there have been one or two small squabbles but like i say, no fighting or biting so all going really well.

i weighed them all last night when they came out for some free-range time and am REALLY happy to say that both bear and nanuk have lost weight (about 40g each) which is brilliant news as they really were quite fat! the new diet and the additional activity brought on by the girls seem to be really working. all in all, it couldn´t have gone better and i now have a really happy, healthy rat family :-)