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My new little dumbo guy now has a name. I called him "loony" a lot because he is a silly little guy, so "loony" turned into "Louie".....and so...Louie is his name :p.

Spartan, Ralphie, and Louie are now all "bonded" and living in the top half of the Feisty Ferret cage. Leonidas wants nothing to do with other rats, which is really sad to me. This means that I REALLY can't have any more rats, since the top half of the FF is full ;).



Louie:

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Louie, Spartan, and Ralphie:

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Spartan:

"I escapes you, mommy..."
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"I triedz harddd to fool yew..."
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"I canz play wit yew?"
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"Yew can no c mi, mum? I can si yewuh!"
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Leonidas (the lone boy):

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Spartan, Ralphie, and Louie's top half of the cage:

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Leonidas' bottom half of the cage:

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The full cage:

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On a side note, I can't wait until Louie and Ralphie can be neutered :). They are roughly 12 weeks old and are wrestling all the time! Hormones, lol, arg.

 
Oh my! What precious little cuties!!!

I don't have rats, but I have a nasty little girl mouse =P I love rats, when I have time at the shelter, I play with all of them and try and find them biggers cages. There's a 12 year old who comes in every Friday and plays with all the rats for 6 hours.

They're such amazing little creatures!

-April
 
Gorgeous pictures Amy! :adorable:

I love ratties. :) My parents will never agree to let me have any (no more pets :rollseyes) but I definitely plan on having them when I've moved out. :D They seem like so much fun! I've been reading up on them loads.

I hate how there is so much negativity around them. :( I was over with them in the adoption part of Pets at Home last week, and everyone was so disgusted by them. :(

Hugs to all your boys! :D
 
They are so prescious! My boys do that when the cage door opens, all run to the front climbing out and all over the place.
 
Michaela....when you have rats, you expect some nasty comments :p. Over time, you learn to shoot rude comments quickly back to those who shoot you with "rude rat comments".

That is why I have to buy this shirt, soon :biggrin2:....


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And when you are out in public with a rattie and you get rude comments or stares, then you have to smother your rattie with kisses....and be sure to kiss his tail (since most think the tails are discusting) :cool:!
 
amy i will say i was NOTa fan of rats before i came on this forum. however your's are growing on me, i especially love the little dumbo one louie!!! SO CUTE!

i don't mind rats as pets, i think they just get a bad connotation because they are associated w/ dirty, unsanitary places. so i say keep promoting yours because you have a great looking group :)

i just don't like wild rats/mice, i mean i would never hurt them, we use live traps out at my house in the country. but i HATE it when they surprise you by scurrying by hahaha that scares the crap out of me!
 
undergunfire wrote:
Michaela....when you have rats, you expect some nasty comments :p. Over time, you learn to shoot rude comments quickly back to those who shoot you with "rude rat comments".

That is why I have to buy this shirt, soon :biggrin2:....


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And when you are out in public with a rattie and you get rude comments or stares, then you have to smother your rattie with kisses....and be sure to kiss his tail (since most think the tails are discusting) :cool:!
Haha! LOVE that T-shirt. :cool: Why do people hate rat tails so much anyway? It's only a tail! :craziness

I already get loads or rude comments for having a rabbit live in my room, guess it's just gonna get worse when I get ratties, lol. Ah well, it's their loss, they don't know what they're missing. :hug:
 
Michaela...there are lots of people over in the UK that have ratties. You guys actually have some nicer cages over there for them, that we wish we could get our hands on :p!

Food mixtures are a bit different over there, as well....meaning the actual brands of cereals and stuff. I am not sure how easy it would be to find a rat vet there, in your area...but one would definitely be needed. I am lucky that none of my guys have gotten sick yet *knocks on wood* :D.


Amber...the rats are cleaner than the bunnies, lol. Rats groom constantly, and I have yet to find rattie turds outside of the litter box....they always poopie in the box, but the rabbits always have some poops outside of their boxes. My rats don't pee in their litter box, and that is the case for most rats. If you use fleece bedding, though, the pee soaks into it...then you just wash all the bedding. I have a couple sets of cage change-outs. I just do "rat laundry" once a week :p.


They had a lovely dinner last night of: mini hot dogs, fresh baby carrots, morning style ham baby food, and for dessert: one chocolate drop of dark chocolate each :).
 
Awww, your boys are adorable! I love the way you have your FN set up too.

Where did your rats come from? I thought I read that you had rescued one or two or all?

I think once I get every thing sanitized from my boys cage, I will have to get two more boys. I almost think the boys are more lovey than the girls.
 
Thanks, stargazer!

The cage is a FF (Feisty Ferret), it is alot smaller than the FN, so it easily fits in our bedroom. When we hopefully move into our (me and my fiance) own house in April-ish....I hope to get a Ferret Nation because all my guys will be big boys (Louie and Ralphie are still babies) by then, and I can then use the FF as a "rescue" cage :).

Leonidas and Spartan were free from the local pet store, Ralphie is from my hairless rescue litter of 4 and their mommy (I loved him too much to adopt him out), and Louie is from Petco (bad, I know...he is my past heart rat that has come back to me!).


I can't remember, are you on the goosemoose forums? I think I remember reading in the Adoption Center about litters happening in Ohio and they need homes :).
 
Aww! I keep coming back here and forgetting to post hehe..

I just love your group of boys! What little sweeties! I can't wait until I move out, I'd love to own a pair of rats one day!

Their cage is awesome!
 
The FF and FN look very similar to each other, I think, unless you are standing next to them. Yup, I'm on goosemoose. I haven't been on in a while, and haven't been looking for new ratties, but with my boys gone, I'll have to check it.
 
I was wrong, stargazer....there wasn't any recent for adoption in Ohio on goosemoose. I do think there is a rat rescue in Ohio that is on the forum, though. If you have really had it with the health issues becuase of poor breeding...then I am sure there are rat breeders in Ohio...something to look into if you want healthy ratties.

Montana....Spartan sends you his rattie kisses!

Leanne....move out now and get some rattie boys, hehe! They are so much fun. I am about to go clean their cage, which takes me like 2 hours because I play with them while I clean, haha!
 
Yay! They are so cute! I don't have rats at the moment, but I just got my fix at my nephew's - he got 2 boys a few months ago.

Your guys are beautiful - nice cage!
 
Just wait until I post the new pictures later today, after work. Spartan decided to sleep on his back....tummy out, feet in the air!

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I got a video, also, but Ryan was playing the SIMS and someone broke his expresso machine on there, and he said a few *nasty* words that you can kind of hear in the back ground, lol.....so if I post it, then just mute it :p.
 

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