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i have two young female rats one likes to mount the other and tries to have sex is this normal for two females.
thanks lisa
Yes, it is perfectly normal =) Rats often mount another rat of the same gender to establish dominance. Females will often do it while they are in heat. Younger rats do it more often than older rats as a sort of play behaviour, they will probably do it less when they get older.
Just to be on the safe side, make sure you do, in fact, have two females! It should be fairly easy to tell if one is a male, as they have quite prominent testicles, and I'm sure you probably do have two females but it never hurts to make certain!
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Robin Bartlett
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I can answer any rat-related questions including feeding, housing, breeding, showing, genetics, health, and behaviour. I am a veterinary assistant and though I cannot answer in-depth health questions I am familiar with the most common ailments and treatments for rats. I have owned rats for 10 years and have been breeding them for 5 and have studied everything about them that I can get my hands on. I currently run my own rat care website at http://careguide.evergreenrattery.com and have been answering rat and other rodent questions via email and IM for several years now.
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I am a veterinary assistant who has owned rats for 10 years and bred them for 5. In this time I have learned nearly everything there is to know about rats and continue to study more about them every day. I have been answering rat questions via IM and email for several years now and I am currently ranked #3 on Yahoo! Answers for the best answers in the rodents category.
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Though I am a veterinary assistant, I have not gone to college for it. My parents are both vets, and I have grown up with our family business and have learned what I needed to know on the job.
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