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PostPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:38 pm


My rat Bella recently passed away. I have noticed my other rat, Alice has become very clingy and tends to spend most of her time sat in one of the boxes in her cage where I can barely see her. When I get her out she just sits with me, whereas before she would run around all over my bed.

Is there anything I can do to help her? She is clearly lonely, but I can't spend every waking second of my day with her. She is around 2 years and 4 months old, so I don't think getting another rat is a possibility.
PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:26 am


Just give her as much one an one time as you can. At her age i would npt get her a new friend either.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:23 am


when i had my lone male i tried to spend all my free time with him and of course it still wasnt enough. one thing i did that helpede was get some toy mice and put them in his cage. he would move them around the cage and snuggle with them
PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:15 pm


I did put a soft toy giraffe in there. Maybe a mouse or rat might be more to her liking.

I try and get her out whenever she appears to want to. She spends alot of time in her boxes. When she is in there I assume she doesn't want to be bothered, as she won't even come out for food.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 5:01 am


Give her some time. I had two brothers at one point and when one passed on, the other was clearly depressed for a good month. I just tried to spend as much time with the little guy.
PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 12:03 pm


Update: I Bought a new rat!

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She is a little blue female. She doesn't have a name yet.

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