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Lew
07-04-2006, 12:53
I got some new pets yesterday, a cute little pair of 5 week old baby rats. There are some pics included in this post but I've padded with some whitespace in case you don't want to see them, although they are insanely cute. The mink hooded (the one without any white on his face) is called Merry and the mink capped is called Pippin.



































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Ramrod
07-04-2006, 13:12
Very cute! :tu: :)
Tuftus
07-04-2006, 14:17
bless...
Enuff
07-04-2006, 14:28
the cutest little breeders i've ever seen :D
MadGamer
07-04-2006, 15:21
Bless em :D :tu:
greencreeper
07-04-2006, 19:28
Awwwww - lovely.

What they tucking into? Looks a lot like the stir fries I do :erm:
Lew
07-04-2006, 19:36
Boiled basmati rice with peas, corn and red sweet peppers. They dug out all the veg and left the rice, although the rice was all gone when I woke up this morning.
greencreeper
07-04-2006, 20:15
Apart from the pepper, it's pretty much what I put in a stir fry! Who'd have thought it.
Lew
07-04-2006, 21:12
Well, it was what we had for dinner as well ;)
bmxbandit
07-04-2006, 21:40
awww, they are seriously cute :)
slowcoach
07-04-2006, 22:38
Don't spoil them or they will turn into little bRATS :p:
greencreeper
07-04-2006, 23:18
Well, it was what we had for dinner as well ;)
:scratch: So you basically chuck in your left over dinner and they're happy. Come to think of it, I've never seen rat food in the pet shop. It's an education is this thread. I can't look after myself let alone an animal, otherwise I'd have a couple of rats.
bmxbandit
07-04-2006, 23:34
you can buy rat food... it does the job, but it's a bit plain. they do eat pretty much anything, given the chance ;)

some vey good info (http://www.shunamiterats.co.uk/diet.html)
Enuff
08-04-2006, 02:25
Some of the best rat food contains poison! :disturbd:
ZrByte
08-04-2006, 08:50
:scratch: So you basically chuck in your left over dinner and they're happy. Come to think of it, I've never seen rat food in the pet shop. It's an education is this thread. I can't look after myself let alone an animal, otherwise I'd have a couple of rats.

There are some things you have to avoid though, If I remembver correctly they can't have food with things like gravy on it. Also IIRC salt is a big no no. Those two on thier own can make giving them leftovers tricky.
Rats do make great pets though, they are the most inteligent rodents that I know of and providing you dont get a biter can essentially be left out of the cage most of the time.
My sister used to have a large Albino, he was way over a foot long (not including the tail) and you could just take him out of his cage, put him down on the couch and he would climb up on the nearest person and goto sleep on either thier shoulder or lap.
Lew
08-04-2006, 12:59
More piccies…

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greencreeper
08-04-2006, 20:58
So you feed them stir fry and with the looks of the latest pics, supply them with lager too. I wish I was a rat :D

Salt I can understand - only small so it would be easy to eat too much.
lilacsocks
11-04-2006, 13:07
Seriously cute! :angel: Love rats, my friend at school had one and he was lovely, she used to keep him on the kitchen counter, not sure thats a good idea tho!:D
Lew
03-05-2006, 12:14
Sorry, just had to bump this thread for this pic:

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Chris
03-05-2006, 12:19
Awww, cute ... but why am I now humming the theme to The Great Escape .... ?
ZrByte
03-05-2006, 12:40
Sorry, just had to bump this thread for this pic:

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Haha, are you holding food out infront of it or have you just insulted it?? (Its pulling tongues at you :D)
Lew
03-05-2006, 13:17
I think he was trying to see what the camera tasted like :D
Jules
03-05-2006, 15:31
They are lovely, are they a breeding pair?
Lew
03-05-2006, 15:44
I hope not, they're brothers ;)
Jules
03-05-2006, 17:29
Lol ok point taken.

Shame really as they are lovely rats
greencreeper
03-05-2006, 23:13
Awwwww - cute little chap. Great close up - those whiskers.

I saw a rat today. Most unusual to see them during the day - was scuttling about in a flower bed in Leeds centre. That bit of a park opposite the bus station, if anyone knows it. Only a young one. Just shows how close wildlife is.
Graham M
03-05-2006, 23:17
I hope not, they're brothers ;)

That's what the person that sold us our last pair of Gerbils said, they turned out to be brother and sister and ended up mating (:Yikes:) and having lots of baby Gerbils, was a nightmare!
Lew
04-05-2006, 09:57
Easy enough to tell the difference with rats. The females don't have tail-mounted torpedoes like the males do (seriously - male rats have huge nads). :)
Lew
03-06-2006, 10:57
Had to bump this thread to post this video. Merry will only eat peas if I put them in the water bowl so that he can fish them out :lol:

Click here for video, right-click to download (MPEG4, 3.7MB) (http://homepage.mac.com/lwernham/.Pictures/Pea%20Fishing.mp4)
Jules
03-06-2006, 12:21
Aww bless that is so sweet :)