Just lounging around

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Destructive rat or perhaps rats have eaten a hole in my couch cover!

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I'm to sexy for this cage

I caught Tiberius systematically stripping the masking tape from the door of the cage - possibly because I wasn't getting him out to play. He ripped a bit of, rolled it into a ball and repeated!

How does Nelson take a drink?

by leaning as far as possible and clutching on to the straw.

Father Ratmas

The question we are all asking - can the rats dance?

Features Mortimer, Walter, Raleigh and from beyond the grave - Wheeler.

Rat tail has question.

Ratty Dreams

A Wheeler inspired piece of embroidery. In fact this isn't all that rats dream. Mortimer had a nightmare the other day. Don't know what he was thinking about but he leapt out of his hammock and legged it to the furthest point of the cage. It was the same as Tom when he wakes with a nightmare and takes a good ten minutes to decide there really is no bomb in the alarm clock. It was so bad Wheeler even went to see if he was ok and neither would take a treat for a good few minutes.

Snow Day Fun!

A snow rat!

ROUS

The Bosavi woolly rat was found in a crater in Papua New Guinea. These ROUS (Rodents of Unusual Size) like the creatures in The Princess Bride, except that instead of attacking humans they want to be our friends. I want one.

Creative Expression, Version 2

Lottie was inspired by Mortimer and Wheeler, yeah yeah...

Thanks for watching!

Easter Eggs

A few weeks ago I got a very excited call at work.


It was Kateri.


She wanted to tell me that she had bought the rats easter eggs. Rat easter eggs.

I didn't know what was more concerning, that she had bought the rats easter eggs or that she had called me to tell me (instead of her husband).

The rats seemed to enjoy it any way!

New Nest

The new cage layout has caused an interesting development. The rats usually sleep in the hammock but we moved this to the opposite side of the cage and we've noticed that they created a 'nest' at the side they would usually sleep at. Even better they regularly swap places (from hammock to nest, as a pair of as an individual) over the day.

The bedding material is some kitchen roll and some ripped up cardboard tube (we rip not them, they get stuck if we put them in whole). Even better the other morning the kitchen roll had been shoved to the centre of the ledge so we could remove it and replace it with clean stuff. It should be noted that they still pee on this shelf despite sleeping there so the bedding needs changed daily.

Interesting rat facts

1. Wheeler loves Christopher's armpit more than banana chips.
2. Rats will attempt to eat an entire apple that is bigger than their own head
3. Mortimer loves his own reflection

That's it for today folks

Presents

Mortimer and Wheeler were, erm, distinctly bored with the concept of presents, they gave them a sniff and then wandered back to sleep. Maybe next year.

For the record I liked the miniature baseballs (i think they were having a game when we were away, that ball has been in the strangest places...) and the hawaiian pizzas but i really don't blame them for being unimpressed with the carrots- not even real ones but fake ones, what was santa thinking?

More Post

The rats got more mail today. Craziness people, craziness.
As punishment for the insanity I will not put the present opening on the net until late tomorrow.

HO HO HO Merry Christmas!

Mail Call

Mortimer and Wheeler received a christmas card from Tom's work colleague today.

Weird. A whole new level of odd.