We have been working on introducing Mokey to Ari and Mushroom. So far things were going well, so last night we cleaned Ari and Mushrooms cage and put Mokey in their cage. I watched them closely and their was some fighting but I didn't think it was anything too out of the ordinary. After a while I put Mokey back in her cage and she seemed fine. But somehow I missed that one of the rats bit her I feel horrible about it. I was sitting by the cage the entire time and I never saw blood or anything. I didn't even notice that she was bit until this morning when I took her out to play. I put a little hydrogen peroxide on it. Is that the right way to clean it? I didn't know what else to do. At first I thought the cut looked horrible and I started to cry, but once I cleaned it I realized the bite wasn't as bad as I thought it was. I want to know if I should be using something else to clean the wound or if the hydrogen peroxide is ok.
We've also decided that we are going to redo the intrductions and start over again later by letting them play in the bathtub like we did last time. Their two cages are already sitting close to each other so that they can smell each other. We've also decided that we are going to get a bigger cage for them, the one right now is just barely big enough for 3 rats and we want them to have a little more room. Hopefully a new a bigger cage will make it easier. This is the cage we decided on we will get it PVC coated of course http://www.ferretstore.com/mc-f430.html
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! Mokey is doing very well. June 5th was her one month anniversary since I adopted her. I can't believe how big she has gotten. She turned from a tiny sneezy little thing to a big healthy girl 
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