Adopted two new rats today. :D
Frappuccino and Sundae; Frappuccino has the darker head markings. Sundae has the lighter head markings with the white v up her snoot.
They're so chill and friendly. I'm hoping by the end of the week I can put them in the big cage with my older girls. Going to gradually expose them to each other.
(Have to buy a new hammock tomorrow; had to improvise. This was kind of spur of the moment adoption. Very glad we took them home though.
Creamsicle, Piña Colada and Margarita enjoying some lettuce. Well, Margarita appears to be indifferent to lettuce lol
Excuse all the recent rat videos. They're pulling out of a funk.
Krempit (spelled her name wrong when I first brought her home so now I'm dedicated lol) is getting old starting to lose her balance so I have to hold her snacks for her.
So glad she's still around. ^^
this is so fucking funny
Pay day! Brought home a healthy snack for my girls.
My girls keeping me sane <3
The past couple of days, Moonpie has been accepting treats by hand. Her favorite is cotton candy grapes; expensive af but good.
She's not aggressive, but she never had much interest in interacting with me; at least not as much as her cage-roomies. It took about a year, but I'm glad she's finally starting to trust me. Really excited about the socializing breakthrough :D
I wanted to share this one here, because it's message is very important for new and prospective rat care takers. This video highlights one of the most rewarding yet heartbreaking aspects of rat care taking.
Also I wanted to share because the mini turtle sandbox being used as a food bowl is the cutest thing I've ever seen and now I need one desperately
This so much. Even more so with mice because so many times it happens that mice don't even reach a full year (though they can live upwards of 2) they're like the betta fish of mammals. It sucks but for me it's a matter of accepting their nature- their strategy for survival is live fast and have a ton of babies, and while my individual friends don't last long, on the whole, it works very well for these adaptive little rugged survivalists.
Probably the hardest part of rat ownership. Besides thinking of the good life I give my rats compared to the alternatives they could of faced, I find some weird comfort in the fact that their short lives allows me to give more rats this good life. I struggled a lot with their short lifespans when I got my first few groups of rats. It is hard. I kept taking breaks between them but always found myself wanting rats again. I got rats again after several years ratless in 2015 or so and I have just kept adding to my group since then so my rats are never lonely even if they are the last of the group they came to me with and im never without rats.
Some rat pose practice.
She found a treat!
Cookiedough passed away last night while I was at work (old age).
And I'm pretty sure i failed my road test again, but I won't know until tonight.
So nothing left to do but let my others girls (Nutty, Krempit and Hashy) cheer me up.
Somebody didn't get invited to the blueberries in a paper bag party.
More rat pencil sketches.
The rythem by which my girls chew ^^
Hey, you. I... I couldn't help but notice you are having a rough day... May I offer you some snuggie rats in consolation?
So my rat, Hashy keeps doing this
Rat movement practice sketches.
HH is afraid to explore the rat room. She just stays on my lap during playtime.
