Hi Guys! I know many of you were waiting on this video, and a few of you were asking me how the introductions between Rolo and the two babies went! I got very lucky and had no problems at all with the introductions! Some people aren't as lucky and can sometimes have a harder time with introductions! I thought whilst the experience was recent I would make this video to let you know of some of the methods out there that you can use if you're thinking about adding some more rats to your family and your current rats! If you are, then I wish you the best of luck!! 💓💓 - Emi

I got lucky, I didn’t have to do any of this. I put my new rat in the tub with other two rats.. no fighting or biting just grooming each other. Put them all in the cage together later that day and it’s been butterflies and rainbows ever since.

I added a new 2 month old male rat to my 7 month old bonded male rats a few days ago and I was SO stressed out. I put them all on my bed while I supervised VERY carefully. Within a few minutes my older males both started grooming the baby. They have all been inseparable since that. I was VERY lucky that I was able to add my new boy to the “big boy cage” on the first night I had him and there have been zero issues. They all sleep in a giant huddle of rat face love

Hahaha I was so caught off guard at the beginning with your rats in the back!! I was like “omg your stuffed animals ARE MOVING” 😂😭🙈

Her soft voice gets me every time.

I’d like to see videos about rats diets (and maybe food related illnesses?) And I’d like to see videos on a proper cuddling session hahaha They’re so cute :D

Adorable rat piles, so glad that the introductions have gone well and you now have a happy rattie group :)

It was cute how one of the younguns sorta immediately went to sniff or lick your big rats face when they got put in the tub. Just looked like "HI BIG FRIEND" Dangit I miss my rats. Vids like this help when I miss them a lot.

I've seen the carrier method explained differently. Rather than reducing the severity of potential injuries, it is supposed to discourage them from fighting in the first place, because they feel it isn't worth the risk, since they know they won't be able to run away if things go bad.

I dont have rats, but I am here for an eduaction in pet rats and maybe a future group of ratties in our home 🐀🐀🐀 I was so happy when you commented on the hamster cage that it’s not suitable! We need to spread the word about the terrible cages for animals. Your knowledge gave you a new subscriber - Thank you 💎

Thank you for this video, it was really helpful. I used a similar method to this and my rats are really happy and getting along. It’s great

Lovely video as always! Haha, 1:42 cracked me up. Sneaky rat!

Been binge watching your channel! I'm getting some rats in July so just researching about them and there care needs x

I don't own a rat but i watched because i find them to be cute little buggers and that my dad once owned rats as a child and i like learning and sharing info about pets with my friends and community. At one point in my life i did get introduced to rats by friends but it's been years since i last handled a rat. The more info is out there for people to access, the better it is on new rat parents and their pets. So thanks for making this! I'll be sure to refer my friends to videos like this if someone in my circle ever considers getting a rat or introducing a new rat. :)

Thanks for this video! I got a sweet female rats who I consider a rescue because she was alone in a tiny cage. I waited weeks for some babies to be ready from a breeder. The babies are finally ready and introductions will start soon

Loved watching this video..but if i may make a sidenote..the music was a bit loud in this vid so i had trouble listning to you at times..but keep on going you do an amazing job :D

I had to replay the video because I wasn't paying attention to Imee I kept watching the rats!!! 😂😁🙂 Edit: Thanks for the HEART!!! 😉

Loved this x Rolo looks very happy having new friends cx

they are adorable, and I hope this information helps me introduce my rats, never done it before

When I first got rats I had 2 girls and my mentor told me their sister needed rehomed (she was very old and the other owner couldn’t handle all the healthcare stuff going along with her) so she said it would be good for me to learn how to care for older rats. And I had no idea you had to introduce rats at this time so it’s really a good thing that they already knew each other cause I just threw them in the cage together. They were all fine and got along but jeez looking back I’ve learned so much.

My chubster and been alone for a few months since he and another bub (RIP) became very violent but I'm considering introducing some new babies for company. Very appreciative of this vid! Xx

Great video and thanks for the link. It was very helpful.

I was thinking of getting another girl for my two girls Bandit and Smokey, I introduced Smokey to Bandit by using the neutral space method and it worked really well. They did a bit of rough playing but I was there to supervise and no blood was shed so I figured it was good!

For me personally, the Neutral Space Method works best. However I always try to keep them stress free even if it means putting them somewhere they've previously been and are comfortable with. I've tried the bath method but the poor rats were just scared the whole time so I used the lounge instead. Depends on your rat of course, Rolo and the babies looked quite content! And then after a lot (A LOT) of playtime outside the cages, I wash the big cage to remove the previous scent and put them together. Works great, even for my cranky old man Pringles who had been known to be aggressive to other rats. Now he's best friends with little Star Lord and the two are always asleep on the hammock together!

I am thinking about getting a 3rd rat and this video made me feel so much better

I died every time someone poked their head out from behind the stuffed animal. So much cute!!

Thank you.. I have been watching a lot of videos on how to do introductions. I am a newbie to rats. I have 3 now. All unneutered. Freddie is having testosterone problems and if very territorial with me. I am having him fixed at end of this month. He is around one. The other two males, Beaver and Princeton are about 5 to 6 months old. They are Way bigger than him.. hehe dunno? But I want this to succeed. Your video has given me ideas and some confidence. Thank you 😊

thxs this really helped cuz im getting two rats at the end of July one is going to be brown(if there is a brown one) and the other one is going to be black and white(if there is one)

I love your channel it is awesome.

I'm back to see Rolo. I love Rolo! R.I.P. Rolo loved for ever! ♥️

When u mentioned the carrier method a rat head poked out from.behind the stuffed pink (I forgot the name)

Your rats are so cute! ❤️

I had to separate my pair of rats for two days. Cause I put revolution on them and it was just to be safe just in case they groom one and other. I did have them out for play time together tho. But after two days they were boxing and my rats weren't sure of eachother. So I ended up putting them in there carrier. And they weren't fighting so i kept them in there for like 30 mins and they were fine. So in some cases the small space thing deff works.

Hi would just like to say your rats are adorable i am currently putting my 5 boys through the same method i just used a large box instead lol verry affective 12 hours in and not even a scuffle although before i made sure i was wearing the same clothes when handeling the 2 different groups so their scents would be on me

I’d love a video about bedding related respiratory issues, I think my boy is sensitive to my detergent but I don’t know because he’s only been home 2 weeks, I’m still trying to get the hang of this rat mom thing! First time rat mom

Thanks, Emi! What is your timeline with intros. From getting the new rats to them being in their final cage - how long is that process? I know there should be a 14 day quarantine first, and then would you move straight to the carrier method? Or would you use a cage by cage method first? About to get two new rats (8 weeks) and will need to introduce them to my two girls (8 months), and I want to do it as correctly and smoothly as possible. :)

You are a good mom and friend to your rats.

Started the process of introducing #5 and #6 to my boy mischief. The babies are climbing all over the older ones, licking them and popcorning everywhere... my big boys are just there like ´´huh? Lets take a nap guys, come on.´´ Theyre so chill and gentle, I think in a week or two they can be housed together, since ive seen no dominance at all so far, everything seemed peaceful. Previous intros with the older ones went just as smoothly. My double critter nation is slowly filling up 😏

This was actually so helpful! Getting two new rats soon to introduce to my current two so this is great for what I’m going to do! Thank you so much!

First of all: Thanks a lot for this informative video. I will be introducing my 2 rats to 2 new friends soon and am therefore very scared that something bad might happen. I had problems with an overly aggressive rat before and seeing rats be scared of another cage mate just breaks my heart. I've been following your introduction for the past days and am now hopeful that everything will be fine.

I'm getting 2 babies soon this video helped a ton!

If you already had older rats but got very young rats, could you keep them in seperate cages (or on seperate levels of a DCN) or would it be too stressful for them?

I’m currently reintroducing rats 4 boys who are the sons of the older boy they are being introduced They are getting along wonderfully thank you

Do you recommend litter training rats before letting them free roam on beds and carpet?

ive got rats after watching your videos, thank you for all your advice

hi so i have a young pair of dwarf boys and i’m planning on getting another younger (normal sized) boy, is it ok if i leave the new rat alone in a quarantine cage for a couple weeks?? or will it make introductions/taming harder?

What do you do if straight off the bat the new rat bites yours quite badly with a good amount of blood showing? This was in the bath less than 20 min in. My rat was allowing himself to be pinned when the new rat bit him.

I might be getting two 8 month boys that I will have to introduce to my 4 month old boys I already have and this was very helpful thank you!

So I'm introducing a young adult rat to two slightly older rats. However, I have to work most days for about 8 hours at a time so I won't be able to look at them 24/7 as this process is occurring. Do you think I can still use the carrier method if I'm only watching them in the mornings and the late evenings?

I don't even own rats but Iove ur videos 😊♥️

I really hope you replay. So how many times a week should I do this also how long do we do this until they can go in the same cage?

i love your big rex rats

One of my rats has a Tumor so I was wondering if it would stress her out or hurt her to introduce her and her friend to 2 younger rats?

So my wife and I currently have two rats and I'm thinking about getting her another one. Both of our current rats are males. Would you recommend getting two rats or one? Ive never introduced rats to each other before and I want to make sure I'm doing it the safest way possible.

I put my newer baby rat in with my larger rat in my smallest cage after multiple successes in neutral spaces and they didnt fight at all for about 8 hours but in the first fight babies ear is injured but now big rat really hates her and wont stop trying to attack her through the cages (violently)

I’m worried about introducing my older rat to two new young rats as his brother died a couple weeks ago. He is currently being great for mange at the moment so where just researching introduction ways I have to put the new rats in a hamster cage while being introduced as a other cage isn’t rlly an option for me at the moment

I have two rats with an age difference of about 6 months, if my older girl goes (she's two), should I try to convince my mom to let me get more rats (which I really highly doubt she'll let me do) , or what would you recommend?

I just got some very young rats in because my older rats friend died :( this video helped me a lot thank you!

My boys where a few months 4-6 when I introduced them to there new younger 2 brothers that where 1 month old and took to each other straight away and cuddled up and groomed each other

Thank you so much, this was really helpful!

I got me some chunky boys recently and rat 1 will be grooming rat 2, but rat 2 will squeak sometimes and i'm not sure if it's hurting him or not. Other than that they seem to get along just fine so I'm not sure if its okay or not. Any advice? (also, they do have names- just for convince I didn't use them lol)

So i decided to introduce my two smaller boys to eachother and as soon as i put them in the neutral space ( i only had a plastic tub) Whiskey and Ares started popcorning and playing together, like they already knew eachother? I got them from the same place and they are about the same age

Hi Emi! I have a rat that I made a big mistake with her by putting her alone, I now don’t really know what to do cause what if she fights the other one? Will that happen?

Watched this video cause I adopted a new baby rat and wanted to introduce her to my 3 other adult females. Left her in a separate cage for the first day, but put it side by side of the main cage with the other girls so they could smell each other. Today (the second day) I took all of them out of their cages and put them on my bed (neutral space, but a space they’re used to) and the second I put the new one there, the adults started grooming her. I was expecting it to take some days but they just accepted the baby right away. After some time, I put them all back in the main cage with the baby. They were smelling each other and the baby was exploring everything, but 0 fights so far (I’m monitoring them. Started introducing them in the morning and it’s night right now). They are even sleeping together. I got super lucky and I have very good girls

how long should it be before they are allowed enclosed spaces ?

Wot if they fight and get hurt ? My boys started fighting when they got to the hamster stage as soon as night time came and one got hurt. Ive put them back into there separate cages was that the right thing to do ?

I love your videos! I'm gonna be using this to introduce another baby rat with my two babies! So excited. Idk if this is regular but one of my babies is really quiet. He doesnt want to come out of the cage at all, he doesnt like to play much or interact, he does a little with his brother, they're actually brothers, but not much other than that. Hes very shy and almost in his own world. I was wondering if that means anything? They're basically polar opposites and idk if one is acting normally and one isnt or if it's just their personalities

Emiology I'm getting ready to introduce my 2 4 month old female rats to 2 new 1 1/2 month old females I dont see many vids about thos any advice? I have a dominant female and she isn't aggressive I'm just nervous cause i tried introducing with prior rats I have owned and it hasn't gone well can you do a video or message me with advice?

I personally don't agree with the carrier method, but I'm happy it worked out well for you either way! ^^ Myself I just put them one on one in the bathtub/bathroom for a around 5 to 10 minutes, And I'd do this multiple times a day for how many days necessary until I noticed that they didn't have any problems at all, and then put them all together and watched how that went. With rats with more of a age gap I usually rubbed some coconut oil on their backs and butts as this drive out their personal smell and made the, all smell the same (and made them lick eachother haha). Just letting you guys know in case anyone likes to know other methods~ also love these rattie vids ^^

i had a pair and my one girl sadly passed this morning, leaving her biological daughter behind alone. i’m so nervous to add a new friend for her i don’t want her being stressed or getting hurt, how long should i wait to add a new cage mate? does she need time to grieve her mom first?

I got two rats back in September and my neighbors cat got inside while we were out and killed one of them. I had my other with me in the car. I'm looking for a way to introduce rats together but don't have more than one cages but I do have a plastic tub I have used for reptiles. I'm not exactly sure what I'll do but I'll definitely get my other rat from the place I got my two and try to find one of similar age

Hi I'm.thinking of trying this method for my first lot of into I currently have 3 17 week old female and I'd say Nancy who is the greedy guts of the group is the most dominant. My 2 new babies are 7 weeks old so do you think I'm OK to give this a try? X

I got two new 2-month-old bonded boys (Freddie and Rami) to introduce to my 2.5-year old boy (Louis). The breeder said to keep the new babies in quarantine for two weeks. They have about a week to go. When I put their cage in the room with Louis, how close do the cages need to be? Just far enough so that tails can't be grabbed by the other rat(s)? And then how long until I let them finally meet in the bathtub? 24 hrs of them being able to smell each other through the cages? Thank you for your amazing and helpful videos and info! So grateful!

How long did the whole process take you?

Oh... While I was cleaning my cage, my dad plopped my new rat in the other cage and I started to freak out, but... Nothing bad happened.

Honestly thanks for this because I had a litter of rats a year ago and I kept 1 , had to give mom away because she was a psycho to me. And the dad passed not too long ago. The 1 I kept was solitary for a long time. He didn't like other rats. Now I rescued 2 more and 1 is very big and very intimidating to him so the big guy will try to groom him and the other will just scream. Also the 1 I had originally has 1 bottom tooth and I have no idea how the other got knocked out

You've got a new subscriber!!! Me!!

How do you k ow who the alpha rat is in a larger group? I have 7 females that are about 4 month and I am going to be getting 3 babys. I will have a quadruple (or double 2 story critter nation set up side by side) is this enough space?

I'm brand new to this and my daughter put the new rat right in with the other one. I was going to clean the cage first but now I see that's not enough. I've also realized that the behaviors weren't as aggressive as it looked. Will it be harder to introduce them now after initially having them in the cage together? It was less than 5 minutes before I realized it was wrong and started watching videos. Should I wait a day before I try again in a different space? They're both females around 4 weeks old.

can you make a video on cages

Your voice is so so so soothing. But like all the typical voices are jsut Americans . I’m Aussie btw :)

Another thing most use together with introducing is rubbing some coconut oil on their rats so they all smell the same~

I have a rat who is alone and I’m obviously getting a friend who will be a baby they are also getting a new cage that they both have never been in as it’s new would that be considered a neutral environment?

PLEASE REPLY Do you have any ideas on how I can make my rat friendlier towards his brother. They do have lots of good times but Mulberry will chase and bite Nettles. He pins him down and Nettles squeaks loudly. Mulberry will let Nettles pin him sometimes but it’s always Nettles covered in bite marks and never Mulberry.

At 0:10 you can see a rat on the stuff animal in the background

Sprout is ADORABLE

Hi Emi. Edit: being told to be successful I need to have them in one enclosure. I have a bono Fido 168*93*62. Bar spacing 1.8cm. Would this be okay for 6 males. Thank you for your video. If you plan on bringing in new boys (we have 3 boys 6mths) but they will have separate enclosures in the same room but want them to free roam together do we still follow this process.

How long did ur way take??

So is it ok to only get two rats and if one dies to just get another one?

7:43 that little head popping up!!

Ever since bijuu I think broke her toe in between the small crack on the cage corner (she squeaked so much) now everytimeci hear alot of squeaking a check on then ti find them play fighting xD

How many days does this introduction method take? And do you keep them separate at night in different rooms and do a new step each day?

Does this work with mice too?

I have a quick question. We adopted 2 boys on the 16th and we are going to get another one (from the same place and the same cage). We'll be doing a quarantine for two weeks. But do we still need to do a huge introduction if they've lived with each other before?

after you introduce them do you put them in the same cage? for only 2 babies that brand new and you have no other rats?

hey!! i had a single rat, moxie, and i just got her a sister! dolly is in the other cage right now and after moxie saw dolly, she started going crazy and nawing at the cage bars. any idea what shes doing?

Im getting another baby rat tmr!!! Its from the same litter as my baby rat bean ima name him jelly so itll be jelly, belly, and bean Ive had some trouble with the baby so i think that if i get 1 of his brothers he'll calm down and feel more comfortable with me and my 1 1/2yo im getting them cuz my big rat will probably die by 2021😢😭

I just got two 16 week old rats and I'm nervous to introduce them to my aggressive 1yr old. Is there any safe way that would help the process along? I feel like these would just stress out the babies and anger the older one. My 1yr old puffs up and starts breathing heavily when he gets a whiff of either of them. It's super stressful.

Iam a big fan.

I already have two rats and I keep seeing this one female still at the place where I get them and she has been alone for about two to three months. Do you think I could still get her and introduce her to my rats, or do you think she would be too aggressive