rat potty issues.................?

Question

my new small (baby) rat has some potty issues. like every time i wanna hold him i have to wait til hes peed n pooped cuz other wise he will just go when ever. will he ever learn to just hold it til i set him down. n also ever time the dog barks or sumthin like that he goes potty on me which i really do not like. i dont wanna have to stand at his cage holdin him over it n waitin til ive seen him pee n poop. will he learn to just not go while im holdin him

Answer 1

You say they are new? then dont worry, thats completely fine. All of my rats did the exact same thing when I got them. It is because they are scared. Also a baby may not want to hold it in. Eventually once he learns to know and trust you, he will hold it in, although ifd you have him out for a long time or you dop something that freaks him out he may continue.

Answer 2

I have 8 adult males and never get peed on. They do pee trail tho.

When they are babies they do not have the ability to hold on to their pee or poop. Just like human babies. Give it some time and get over the grossness of it all. Remember, everyone poos lol.

Answer 3

he is just scared put your hand in his cage while holding food he will get the food from you and relax more in a few days he will like like you and stop going potty on you my dogs make my rat nervous too so he might always potty on you when your dog barks

Answer 4

Most rats young and old do this when they have a new owner. It probably has to do with the fact that he is still young, and hasn't mastered being able to hold his bladder, and also because he is still not used to you. Continue handling him and give him some time, he will get better. Goodluck!

Answer 5

Your new rat is simply afraid of you. Rats (and most animals) will pee and poo when they are scared as a self-defence mechanism. As he gets used to being handled and interacting with "house" sounds such as barking dogs he will stop this behaviour.

Answer 6

It sounds almost like a territorial component. dogs use droppings as ideas to mark their territory, and it would properly be that they are smelling the newborn's droppings and equating it to a mission to their territory (i imagine adult males are better probable to be finicky about their territory, so as that would clarify why it truly is basically the adult males who're doing it). i'd save an eye fixed on your poodle and do your staggering to save the diaper genie the position he won't be able to attain it, or block his get entry to to the room with the diaper genie in it. close the door, put up slightly one gate, and so on.

Answer 7

It'll go away, don't worry! He's just scared and young, once he gets to know you he'll stop doing that. Just keep putting your hand in the cage and letting him cup up to it, and hand feed him treats.

Answer 8

alex lewis said that rodents have no control of bowel systems and moe u have only had for a lil more than a week. give him some time to get used to his surroundings. he will eventually get there.

Answer 9

potty train him its posible!