This was posted on another rescue and rehoming forum I use:
"Recently an appeal went up on here for a home for a rat called Femi. She was a little husky doe and very nervous of being handled.
My own rat numbers are dwindling (I only have three of my own now) and I was looking to get more rats, but all the rescues in here at the moment are so lovely and tame and I prefer the ones that need lots of work and confidence building.
Femi arrived on Saturday night and spent the first night in a cage of her own to settle in.
Sunday we did some socialising and it didn't go without its problems. Femi was bought in as an anti-social rat, but she wasn't so much aggressive as did not understand other rats body language. That is the problem with many single rats that come in here.
My black hoodie (alpha rat) did alot of bossing about and there were quite a few boxing matches between them, but they finally settled properly on Monday morning and have been together ever since.
Femi will not be put up for homing now and will stay here for life.
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I would like to point out that I did tell them she hadn't been aggressive to me! Poor thing was just completely unsure of herself. It's good to know she's settling in, though.
