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<blockquote data-quote="Sketch0053" data-source="post: 2639249" data-attributes="member: 886920">Hey guys, SO tonight I got my 5 month old rat, Pierre, a cage mate. The newbies name is Mason ( another male, he is a little smaller than Pierre). I&#039;ve done my research on rat introductions, so they are NOT in the same cage yet. I have them near each other, but not close enough to where they can touch. After I got the newbie settled in, I decided to attempt an intro tonight, being as i&#039;m really excited, knowing it may be too soon. i put them in an unfamiliar territory, and my boys sniffed around a lot. They were interested in each other. Then the dominance battle began. It wasn&#039;t vicious, but I wan a little unsettled. My Pierre is so sweet, and the new guy- well lets just say he wasn&#039;t socialized properly and is very timid. I know it will take a lot of time and affection to bring him around, but i&#039;m confident I can bring him up to par with my Pierre. My question... After about how many introductions will they begin to stop fighting. I know every rat is different, but just a round about would be helpful.&nbsp; Like I said, it wasn&#039;t a vicious fight, but the new guy did squeak a whole lot, and they were &quot;boxing&quot; for a lack of a better word. I&#039;m just being protective and concerned, so any advice would be great.Thanks <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sketch0053, post: 2639249, member: 886920"] Hey guys, SO tonight I got my 5 month old rat, Pierre, a cage mate. The newbies name is Mason ( another male, he is a little smaller than Pierre). I've done my research on rat introductions, so they are NOT in the same cage yet. I have them near each other, but not close enough to where they can touch. After I got the newbie settled in, I decided to attempt an intro tonight, being as i'm really excited, knowing it may be too soon. i put them in an unfamiliar territory, and my boys sniffed around a lot. They were interested in each other. Then the dominance battle began. It wasn't vicious, but I wan a little unsettled. My Pierre is so sweet, and the new guy- well lets just say he wasn't socialized properly and is very timid. I know it will take a lot of time and affection to bring him around, but i'm confident I can bring him up to par with my Pierre. My question... After about how many introductions will they begin to stop fighting. I know every rat is different, but just a round about would be helpful. Like I said, it wasn't a vicious fight, but the new guy did squeak a whole lot, and they were "boxing" for a lack of a better word. I'm just being protective and concerned, so any advice would be great. Thanks :) [/QUOTE]

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