We decided to get Rats a few weeks ago, so we bought the cages & everything else that was needed. We bought them from a petshop (I didnt know how bad they were at the time

The problem I'm having is that the boys are so nervous & sometimes nip. My partner was the one that recommended rats for their intelligence & good nature but now he is too nervous to try to tame the rats, creating a cycle (rats being nervous, making partner nervous, making rats more nervous, etc). My girls are amazing & from day 1 love to be held, stroked and played with & my partner & son are great with them. I'm now stuck in a situation where I'm the only one that seems to be trying anything, they are in a Abode so it's also hard to get near them if the don't want me to. A couple of them are now confident enough to come to the cage door & they will take food from my hands but scarper as soon as I try to touch them (or nip). I'm stuck now at what else to do as I'm growing less confident because of how nervous they are & I'm terrified of being bitten which isn't helping. 2 of them have pink eyes which I think their eye sight doesn't help matters.
I'm sorry for the long post & I really hope that somebody can offer me some advice
Lindsei
