[header] How to introduce a new pet rat to another rat [title] When you bring your new rat home, don't have it in the same room as your other rat until you're sure it won't pass on any diseases. [step] Wash your hands between handling your rats. Some people choose to quarantine new rats from the others for several weeks.
[header] How to introduce a new pet rat to another rat [title] When you bring your new rat home, don't have it in the same room as your other rat until you're sure it won't pass on any diseases. [step] Wash your hands between handling your rats. Some people choose to quarantine new rats from the others for several weeks.
It is optional, but if you don't want to rat your new rat, it is ok to leave it in the same room. [title] Make sure you get along with the rats. [title] In the same room as your other rat, introduce it to its territory. [step] This will give your rat a chance to explore where it wants to go without its home being disturbed. [title] When you're ready, place the new rat's cage in the same room as your other rat's cage, but about three feet away. [step] This should get them curious about each other and used to seeing and smelling each other. In that case, the new rat might let you handle it without it. [title] Wait on the arrival of a new rat.