Wednesday, January 18, 2012

How can I calm a young rat enough to take her out of her cage to clean it?

Two months ago I adopted a young rat, Yumi, about 5 weeks old. Less than 2 weeks in, she escaped. I finally caught her (miraculously!!) 2 nights ago. I had 2 rats, Margaux and Lola, I adopted long before Yumi that took care of her. I adopted another before finding Yumi named Adelaide. Margaux, Lola and Adelaide are much less of a problem than Yumi. Yumi refuses to be held-- and she's extremely fast. She's much smaller and younger than the others. I've tried desperately to socialize her, as I have the others, but she blatantly refuses and is very antisocial. I need to clean their cage, and soon, but Yumi is proving to be very difficult to manage. I'm apprehensive she'll jump out of my hands and run away again. Is there anything I can do to calm her, even temporarily?

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