Please welcome Tarrin the ratty

[Amethyst_ice]

Hello all,

Had my new little black hooded ratty picked up on Sunday and so far intro to my group seems to be going fab.

He is very tiny, lively and always wants to play. I do lightly regret not getting him a another baby to work his energy off with but I always said I wanted my group to be 6 and I am sure he will be fine.

Everyone was moved into the big main cage with less toys last night, I have just seen a few little play fights but more because he was being very hyper.

He is shoulder trained already and loves my sleeve, I think he will blossom into a beautiful handsome lad.

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During intro
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Sleepy from a long day traveling & meeting new brothers
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Hanging out
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The whole gang
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[Silver]

AWWW

They are all gorgeous!

Silver xxx

[purple_x]

Aawwwww I wanna steal them all!
They are cute.
What are all their names?

[Tammy22]

Awww, Congratulations on your new rat Nat :) He is lovely :)

Will they all just live together then? I didn't realise that rats were that sociable to just accept a completely new rat.

Tammy x

[Gamina]

Hes adorable, looks very much like my Crashdown (but with a more complete tail!) I love the name as well I think you made the right choice :) We found that the play fights when we added just a young Boomer in escalated but Boomer was a bit of a special case.... I am sure he will have a wonderful life with his new brothers and I agree 6 is the magic number :mad:



Awww, Congratulations on your new rat Nat :) He is lovely :)

Will they all just live together then? I didn't realise that rats were that sociable to just accept a completely new rat.

Tammy x

Its not as simple as just throw them all in but they are very very sociable and by and large introducing new rats is a smooth process (although it can take a little time) and they love new company.

[Amethyst_ice]

Aawwwww I wanna steal them all!
They are cute.
What are all their names?

The two larger blue boys are called Stitch (he has a chunk out his ear too now like the Disney stitch) and Remy.

The all black is Dodger

The white husky is Kimble

And the white with the black face is Blasco or Blas/Blasie more as I call him, he came with a name

:)

And yes Tammy, it's easier to intro a baby to an adult group, my lot are pretty laid back anyway and only have the odd scrap so the breeder felt I was ready to try a lone intro. He has been in two foster groups while I arranged transport and i've been told he is a play fighter so I think in a few days that may increase but so far the intro has been a breeze! Ratties are social pack animals so unless there are any serious personality clashes they tend to be ok as a very general statement, why I like them, one cage, many personailties and ratty snuggle piles :)

[Hope]

He is just stunning :) They all are!!

Mr Kimble is looking very white these days, where is all his lovely roan markings!?

Glad he is settling so well, you will have to try and post some pics of all 6 in a big sleepy ratty pile!

[Amethyst_ice]

I know, he has practically roaned out, he still has some specks,but I didn't think he would keep it :(

[Lucinda]

Gorgeous! How did you get them all to stay for one picture?! We've tried to get our 5 in one shot with the bribes of food, but they start running around and chasing each other for it >.< (Especially Duchess, she doesn't want treats unless it belongs to someone else, then she hides it from them :p)

[petal10]

Awww, he's lovely!

[Call me Alison]

there gorgeous!!

i've always wanted rats, one day!! xxx

[GhostsInSnow]

Awwwh how old is he?
He's absolutely stunning!
I hope he keeps those beautiful markings too!
We had a grey hooded and he's now completely white all over xD

[Amethyst_ice]

If he was grey and lost it he was a roan, they do fade. Tarrin is black hooded and will keep his markings :) He was 10 weeks yesterday :)

And to get them all together...just one time pure luck ahaha you can see Tarrin about to bolt out of shot lol

[GhostsInSnow]

Thank you, I didn't know that. We were told he was hooded in the shop but I guess he really did look like one.
Tarrin is absolutely stunning though
Haha you must be pretty quick with the camera then

[Jodzie04]

Awww so gorgeous =)
I would love to have rats, I love how you can keep them in groups. I love seeing them together. He does look so tiny too =)

[Amethyst_ice]

Thank you, I didn't know that. We were told he was hooded in the shop but I guess he really did look like one.
Tarrin is absolutely stunning though
Haha you must be pretty quick with the camera then

You can still hget roan hooded, just means the colour will be there, this is how kimble changed

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x

[PandaBaby]

Awww cute!

[MissGSFL]

Tarrin looks just like my first ever rat, Sammy Whiskers! I love rats and really wish I still had the space to keep them :) Such brilliant pets and always a good way to shock people! 'Hey! Wanna go upstairs and see the rats?' :shock:

[GhostsInSnow]

Thank you Amethyst! That's exactly how Ben changed. He now looks exactly like the last picture.

[Jodzie04]

It's all your fault! Haha when I saw this thread I spent two days researching about rats and decided to visit a breeder. Was so excited then was told by my dad I'm not allowed any =(
Gutted! They are so gorgeoisus

[Amethyst_ice]

ahaha I'm sure your ratty time will come :)

[Gamina]

Yeah I don't think my parents would have allowed me to commit to them when I still lived at home :) I had to wait until we moved into our own place.

[Jodzie04]

ahaha I'm sure your ratty time will come :)

I hope sooo!! =)
I am going to just keep researching constantly. Scares me about fights etc but it seems quite rare from what I have researched?
I just love how cuddly and clever they seem =)
Although my hammys are very clever when it comes to being naughty xD

[Gamina]

I hope sooo!! =)
I am going to just keep researching constantly. Scares me about fights etc but it seems quite rare from what I have researched?
I just love how cuddly and clever they seem =)
Although my hammys are very clever when it comes to being naughty xD

I have had 7 boys in total and only one fight, one of my boys had to be castrated to stop the fighting but thats an outside measure.

[Amethyst_ice]

The scraps can be scary, ive onyl witnessed two and only a tuft of fur and a little ear nibble was the result, it shouldnt be anything to put you off.

here are some more of Tarrin, he's still very tiny!

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playing with a cotton tip!

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snuggly

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[Hope]

Awwww!!! I am so coming for cuddles with this little guy :D

[Amethyst_ice]

I think he will be a little guy for most his life, he was from a large littter of smaller genes so he will probably pnly put on mebe 200g and be a ratty of around 450g..compared to stitch and remy at 700g!