We finally have our 2 young female ratties! Usagi and Luna. We got them pn the 18th of this month, not long ago. Usagi is not very fearful, she doesn't love being picked up but in seconds she adapts ans stays on the hand. She even sleeps in our pockets and likes being petted.
Luna, on the other hand is more nervous. We understood that from the get go. So i didnt try to pick her up or touch her too much. Instead i would hand out treats (cornflakes, i read that it was okay, not 100% sure though). She can now eat from my hand, even support her 3 paws on my open hand. Also, she doesnt get very nervous anymore when i slightly move my hand or lift it up just a tad bit. She also doesnt run away from being petted much. All in all she seems to be more comfortable with my hand and smells it and touches it and supports some of her paws.
However she cannot stand being picked up she poops and pees. She even squeaks once i grab her (never do it rough though).
We set up a play area yesterday with cardboard do be able to sit with tem and let them explore. We had to clean the cage so we had to pick her up and put them on the play area. It was difficult to get her. She ran from my hand and squeaked. On the play area she peed and looked nervous. Although she didnt just hide, she explorered, ran around climbed on my lap and all. She didnt accept treats though. And it was really hard to pick her back up and take her to the cage. She ran and peed again.
What should i do? Just keep feeding on the cage? And let her explore my hand further, until she accepts me lifting her inside the cage and starts going up my arm?
Thanks
