Sep. 18th, 2013

Rats!

Sep. 18th, 2013 04:25 pm
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They do not have names yet, but I have a pair of six-and-a-half-week old ratlings!  They're brothers, a black hooded and a beige--I think Irish, though there's some extra white on the belly.

I had to drive ~1.5 hours to get them and another 1.5 to bring them back, so they freaked right out.  But they poked their twitchy little noses around their big new cage and fell off the rope and, right now, are dozing in their den.  I'm using small boxes that I'll replace every week as they grow, so the box size fits the rats, and when they get big enough will introduce their igloo, the house the internet tells me all rats love.

Still haven't figured out pictures, so they may or may not happen.  But trust, me, they're adorable.

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