Right I'm sure I'm being daft, but our local pets at home have an adoption section and there is a lone male rat in there who has quite a lot of baggage (apart from the aforementioned balls being removed, he doesn't have those in his baggage 😂)
He was obviously raised in the pet shop with siblings but was antisocial and likely to bite staff if handled, and they finally worked out why... he had a lump on his stomach which turned out to be an undescended testicle, presumable painful to be touched and hence his antisocial behaviour. They had both testicles removed surgically and he's all healed etc but has lived alone and will only be sold alone due to his history and his other littermates being long gone. He's been available for a couple of months and the staff I spoke to at length said he's had little interest due to all of the above.
I really really want to adopt him, I'm sure he'll just take lots of time and patience to get socialised and happy at home with me and am willing for it to go very slowly.
But do people think this is probably a non starter and I shouldn't do it?
Thanks for any advice