We adopted again-
 

Rose and Ian are now rat parents-:snap:

Rose's is black and white- named Annabelle-Ian's is cream and white and is named Sugar (and she has a shack- yes, the Sugar Shack)

Sweet little girls!

-any tips fellow rat parents? It's been a while since I had rats in my life-

So that tops us out-2 dogs, 4 cats, 1 fish, 2 ferrets and 2 rats.

Yeah- all done.

pictures please

About all I know about rats is that they make good food for snakes and other reptiles.

I been Lol-ing them-

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another-Ian is taking her wherever he goes-link

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But I dig the first one. :)

odd- I did not delete them-try again

I see the problem. There's a broken line break tag in the hyperlink. Specifically the <br /> bit at the end.

Mousey Girl is your expert here at the LoT, I believe.

CongRats on your new babies! (Sorry, couldn't resist....)

I've had ratties ever since college. They are one of my favorite little animals (MUCH better for kids than gerbils or hamsters). Right now we have 4 ratties: 1 blue hooded, 1 buff hooded and 2 hairless. The buff (Timon...his brother Pumba died about 1 1/2 years ago) is about 3, the others range from 1-2 years old).

These rats don't get as much individual attention as past ratties have, but all of them are very sweet and friendly. If you interact with them enough, you can teach them tricks just like little dogs. I had one in college that would come when you called him, sit up...all sort of cute things.

Interestingly, the cats have never seemed to have much interest in them. the rats aren't afraid of the cats and will actually approach them (under supervision, of course)...we think the cats think that the rats are some kind of sociopathic freaks who might go crazy all over them (I mean, aren't they supposed to run in fear, or something?!?!)

Oh, and they looooooooove almost any human food, especially McDonald's cheeseburgers.