advicd needed on these new boys

[adoptaratcanada]

Gosh they are SO skittish!! They spend alot of
time in their hut and if they are out and I try
to pick them up they run to the hut!

Should I just continue to pick them up only when
I have the opportunity? I've been letting them
get used to my hand in the cage, which they don't mind.
They let me pick them up the last day or two (when I could catch
them) but not today.

Their hut is one of those oblong igloos, and it
snaps together horizontally. I *could* take the
top off when I want to get at them, but I don't
like them to think their "safe place" isn't all
that safe!

Or, I could take the top off indefinitely, then
I'd always be able to get at them.

Any thoughts?

Linda

[Die Fledermaus]

You try to SCOOP them up from underneath? That is the best way.

Personalities with all my critters avry, and I assume the same with rats, but I never had rats but was told they are more friendly towards people.

Talk to them more, offer treats, don't wake them up, scoop them up and put them on you, etc. What else is there to do?