Ready to Rumble

**EL Ziggy** · 07-06-17, 09:26 PM

Yeah guys, this albino girl is giving me the blues. I've tried scenting the rats with mice and chicks to no avail. I'll try the tuna next. She even refused a jumbo mouse about 2 weeks ago. She's got me pretty frustrated. I'm thinking about moving her into a small tub to see if that helps. She's in a 2x2x1 right now. All of my other critters have started in similar sized or larger enclosures. She's in one half of an AP T8 and my Olive is in the other half. Putting her in a small tub means I can get away with buying one enclosure now instead of the two I was planning on. I won't have need another enclosure for at least 6 months. The Olive is right at 3ft. and I want to give him more room to roam. He's far more active than all but one of my carpets and he uses the floor and vertical spaces pretty equally. I'm thinking he'll end up in a 6x2x2, 6x2x3, or 8x2x2.

**Aaron_S** · 07-07-17, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by EL Ziggy

Yeah guys, this albino girl is giving me the blues. I've tried scenting the rats with mice and chicks to no avail. I'll try the tuna next. She even refused a jumbo mouse about 2 weeks ago. She's got me pretty frustrated. I'm thinking about moving her into a small tub to see if that helps. She's in a 2x2x1 right now. All of my other critters have started in similar sized or larger enclosures. She's in one half of an AP T8 and my Olive is in the other half. Putting her in a small tub means I can get away with buying one enclosure now instead of the two I was planning on. I won't have need another enclosure for at least 6 months. The Olive is right at 3ft. and I want to give him more room to roam. He's far more active than all but one of my carpets and he uses the floor and vertical spaces pretty equally. I'm thinking he'll end up in a 6x2x2, 6x2x3, or 8x2x2.

Old school scenting was chicken broth by campbells. You can try dipping the rats in that.

Also, I'm disappointed in the thread title. Totally thought we were getting something like "Ready to rumble in the jungle". Or "thrilla in Manilla" type of stuff in here... I was sad.