Ratties!

[Amethyst_ice]

Hi all,

Thought i'd post a few little photo updates of the gang!

Kimble (Roaned out)

http://imageshack.us/a/img23/5328/sdc10583u.jpg

Dodger (Black Berkshire)

http://imageshack.us/a/img20/9173/sdc10576l.jpg


http://imageshack.us/a/img547/9128/sdc10571o.jpg

Stitch & Remy (Russian Blues)

http://imageshack.us/a/img152/3951/sdc10581s.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img194/2552/sdc10363p.jpg



Remy

http://imageshack.us/a/img829/9696/sdc10593z.jpg

Tarrin (Black Hooded)

http://imageshack.us/a/img255/4623/sdc10366.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img685/9092/tazzye.jpg

Blasie (Black Variagated)

http://imageshack.us/a/img27/2561/sdc10362o.jpg

Blasie, Dodger, Remy

http://imageshack.us/a/img824/7352/boysc.jpg

My boys :mrgreen:

http://imageshack.us/a/img22/7687/packk.jpg

[evel_lin]

aw they are lovely! I would love to have rats one day but don't have the space at the moment. Kimble especially is just gorgeous!

[cathface]

what a lovely brood you have! one day the OH and I intend on getting a few rats, but not til we've moved out on our own since my current flatmate absolutely despises rats (she claims it's the tails). I've insisted on at least one dumbo!

[Kissa]

They're really chunky, I didn't realise rats were so big ;)

[VanillaMocha]

Beautiful! I want some rats so bad.

[souffle]

Oh wow they look so gorgeous :) I adore that last picture of them all together :)
They are really quite big aren't they! Do they wander around outside the cage quite a bit? I can imaging them being a little naughty sometimes !

[Kirsty1987]

They are lovely i want rats some day if i can persuade the OH ;) need to do some more research first as i don't actually know much about them. love the last picture of the whole gang that's awesome :)

[Amethyst_ice]

Everyone always mentions tails, then anyone who actually feels them is so suprised to find they are soft and warm, like velvet.

My boys are average size, minus the two blues, they were bred for size (their daddy was 1kg!!!), those two boys are around 750g and the others 450g or so...and I do have tiny hands lol

Oh wow they look so gorgeous :) I adore that last picture of them all together :)
They are really quite big aren't they! Do they wander around outside the cage quite a bit? I can imaging them being a little naughty sometimes !

I have them out pretty much daily with me on the sofa, they don't jump off and either snuggle up to me, on the back or in their snuggie pouches, then they have free range on my upstairs landing with the stairs to climb and toys...when christmas is over my spare room will be an open room for them to free range.

They really are like a cross between a cat and dog..they crave human attention, they aren't pets you just leave in the cage, why I often have one in a pocket, on my shoulder or up my sleeve! It's nice to just reach in for a cuddle or blow a raspberry on a tummy and pop them back :)

And they do have their cheeky moments, mostly finding things and stashing them down the back of the sofa, or pickpocketing my friends!

That last picture is them in the morning, we often have hobknobs and tea for breakfast..it's a nice way to start the day before work :mad:

[Hamtastic]

They are huuuge! Can I please have Kimble for an evening or two? He looks like he's asking me for a good snuggle and a treat... Please? :wink:

[Amethyst_ice]

They are huuuge! Can I please have Kimble for an evening or two? He looks like he's asking me for a good snuggle and a treat... Please? :wink:

Kimble has bingo wings!!! He is the fatty ratty and it's really hard to gte him to exercise the chubby little so and so lol

He has changed lots the past year, it's called roaning..like hammies, just some keep their colour, others lose it, shame, the husky colour was lovely!

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/2576/kimblechanges.jpg

[Hope]

Such chunky boys! :) They are quite big... and so many of them...! I think I would be a little overwhelmed!

I too love the last pic of them exploding out of the cage for tea and hobnobs! No wonder they are so excited I want biccies for brekkie too! :)

[Pie]

OMG !!!!! I'm going to ratnap! They are gorgeous.

[Lougarry]

They are a lot bigger than my two little girlies.

[PolkaDot*Skye]

Just wanted to say they are lovely

My sister has a massive fear of small animals. She just about puts up with the hamster but will not allow a rat in the house. Other wise I would love a pair.

[Amethyst_ice]

aww ratties aren't that big, smaller than a guinea pig :)

[GhostsInSnow]

Awwwh Amethyst your ratties are gorgeous!!
I love Dodger, some people are really funny about Black rats but I think they're beautiful!

Your Kimble is the spitting image of our Ben. He was exactly like your last Christmas and looks exactly the same as your picture from this year, even down to where the faint grey splodges are still xD

They do look like massive ratties though :)

[Amethyst_ice]

Perhaps they look big because they are splatting (when a ratty is a very happy ratty them just go, flump! And all their fat just goes smooshy lol)., weighed Tarrin last night, he's 450g so normal weights :)

aww mebe kimble and Ben are separated at birth? lol

xxxx

[GhostsInSnow]

Hehe I know what you mean about splatty ratties xD It's so cute
They do look so big though, I was expecting you to say he weighed more than that xD

Awwwh Ben's long lost twin ratty haha xx

[September]

How cute!! I especially love Tarrin <3 If my mom weren't terrified, I'd have a pair as well lol. So adorable!!!

[Hope]

(when a ratty is a very happy ratty them just go, flump! And all their fat just goes smooshy lol)


OMG! Now I know what I was in a previous life! :D

Keep coming back to this thread to look at the lovely pics, they do make me smile :)

[Amethyst_ice]

Here they are on my Grandma for a size comparrison

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/598393_10100311494042475_1133752621_n.jpg

glad they are making Aunty Hope smile!

[Hope]

ThaTs an awesome photo! :) If your Grandma can cope with lots of ratties at once so can i!