Hello and welcome to the forum!
Wow, it sounds like you are doing an excellent job with your new baby rat boys! And they sound like they are doing very well considering how young they are! You are right, they were probably well socialized when you got them, and the fact that they picked up on the litter training so fast is great! You have two very smart little cookies there (and I can't wait to see some photos of them...people on this forum LOVE to see photos of each other's rat kids!)
I think you are doing an excellent job with the way you are taking things slow and comfortable with them...sitting by their house, talking to them softly and getting them used to your voice, your smell, your hands. Marvelous. And taking the switch over to the lab blocks as a transitional thing so they don't get sick from a sudden switch, is great. You are right about those seed mixes..not good for a balanced ratty diet, so the lab blocks are the way to go! Cheerios and the other treats you mentioned sound great. Cheerios are a great treat for ratties.
If I can think of some things later to suggest, I will post something, but for now, off the top of my head, it sounds like you are doing a wonderful job! You are going to just fall in love with your rat babies. They are soooo wonderful and full of love.
Wow, it sounds like you are doing an excellent job with your new baby rat boys! And they sound like they are doing very well considering how young they are! You are right, they were probably well socialized when you got them, and the fact that they picked up on the litter training so fast is great! You have two very smart little cookies there (and I can't wait to see some photos of them...people on this forum LOVE to see photos of each other's rat kids!)
I think you are doing an excellent job with the way you are taking things slow and comfortable with them...sitting by their house, talking to them softly and getting them used to your voice, your smell, your hands. Marvelous. And taking the switch over to the lab blocks as a transitional thing so they don't get sick from a sudden switch, is great. You are right about those seed mixes..not good for a balanced ratty diet, so the lab blocks are the way to go! Cheerios and the other treats you mentioned sound great. Cheerios are a great treat for ratties.
If I can think of some things later to suggest, I will post something, but for now, off the top of my head, it sounds like you are doing a wonderful job! You are going to just fall in love with your rat babies. They are soooo wonderful and full of love.