I have had 3 male rats for 2 and a half months. I got them from camarattery and have so far been incredibly dissapointed
Extra info that will be important later on:
I did 2 months of research before I got the rats and thought I knew what I was getting into. I am not old enough to know really anything about money and can't drive. I am really young (younger than 16) and live with my grandparents who put the same standards on me as they do my biological "mother". Meaning if I don't like something I'm just lying to waste money.I have a confusing/strained relationship with them and any money problems they have its my fault. (They make quite alot of money but they spend it all on my 4 year old cousin).
Now onto the main part:
I didn't tame the rats with the playpen method as by the time they were ok with eating treats out of my hand I was trying to figure out how to set up the playpen and just put them in my hood for 15 minutes a day gradually increasing the time as they got more and more comfortable around me. I did eventually get the playpen setup and the rats got used to it pretty quickly. They get about 3 to 4 hours of playtime I night. Which would be great right? Wrong. None of the rats like being pet, getting scratched, being held, cuddled litterally anything relating to human touch makes them incredibly uncomfortable. This is a massive minus for me as I am a very handsy person when it comes to animals. I want to pet and scratch and cuddle my animals. Not being able to do that kind of ruins the fun in that animal. They have a double critternation and fear poop alot because my grandma is also a handsy person but knows absolutely nothing about rat body language and continues to pet them until they bite her. I've asked her to stop I get a scoff and an eye roll or I get screamed at. They are semi litter trained but if there in a comfy spot there not using the litter tray. I spot clean twice a day and clean everything once a week. But it feels more like having to do miserable chores with no benefits then it does owning 3 small animals. I feel like I'm cleaning there cage and caring for them but getting absolutely nothing in return. Yea its kinda cute to watch them crunch on a cheerio but you can litterally Google that and find a million different videos of the same thing. I don't like the rats and have no love for them anymore. I want them out of my room and gone so I can just go back to having my cat in my room.
Where I need some help:
As my grandparents blame alot of things on me and are very very crappy people I feel incredibly useless and incredibly sad most of the time so I typically avoid talking to them if it has anything to do with the animals or money as I get lectured about how I'm just a dumb kid who doesn't understand anything and how I'm so wasteful etc. I'm honestly terrified of them and am even more scared to bring up rehoming the rats as I will sometimes say how cute they are and things like that. So they think that im absolutely in love with the rats as I say I think one things cute and they assume I love that thing and buy me alot of it or yell at me for it. I have no other family members to help me as they are the exact same as my grandparents. I do not have a friend who could help me as none of my friends have spoken to me since quarntine. I also feel like the rats are like this because of karma as I wanted a pet to fulfill the love and affection I have never received. Yea I know thats a horrible reason to get an animal but the love and affection I get from my dog and cats fills me up with so much joy and fulfills my crave of love and affection I have never gotten.
I would like some help on how to bring up the topic of rehoming them to my grandparents or on how to enjoy the rats more.
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