Rats fighting

*RedLaika Dec 22, 2012 Student Digital Artist

During the summer I got a dumbo rat as a gift from my aunt and today I got another and it is a baby.The older rat keeps trying to fight with the younger one and I just don't know how to get them to get along...please help

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=puppy-dangerous Dec 23, 2012 Professional General Artist

Unless they are actually tearing eachother up, they're fine. They will work it out

~shininginthedarkness Dec 22, 2012

Rats have a pack structure much like dogs. They do a bit of fighting to sort this out, and to reinforce it. Make sure the rats have plenty of room, and both have access to necessities.
Watch the smaller rat for bad cuts and for weight loss. If these get too bad, separate the rats.

Otherwise, don't interfere. If you break up the fight and try to comfort the little one, it may just make the fighting worse. It should die down soon, although rats will always scuffle just a bit from time to time. But that's ok, they're usually MUCH happier together than alone.

*RedLaika Dec 22, 2012 Student Digital Artist

Thank you for telling me this.I'll just let them work it out then,it was just scaring me see the bigger one attacking the little one.

~shininginthedarkness Dec 22, 2012

It IS scary, but I've never seen a rat significantly harm another rat- much like dogs, they can fight but they know how to not harm each other.

(This is one of the nice things about rats, because hamsters DO kill each other and it's really sad.)

*RedLaika Dec 22, 2012 Student Digital Artist

They are fighter less than they were earlier thankfully

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