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[acapae]

Sorry for the slow reply - I was away for an extended weekend

Originally Posted by Lynternette

I suppose whoever had them just let them breed willy nilly and then couldn't be bothered.

Norey and dridh? I'm not sure I'm at liberty to share the specific details, but it was essentially a run of accidents (they were meant to be seperated by sex) and appalling housing. I mean actually ridiculous - at the time of rescuing there were 27 rats (5 mums and their babies) 'living' in the main ovo loft pod thing. The friend who rescued them broke the speed limit several times driving home with them as there were bodies blocking tubes and she was scared of suffocation/ lack of being able to move to find moisture risk

Originally Posted by KatiePillow

They look lovely, I read through your change of the cage last night (was procrastinating from work) and you really did wonders with it,

Whoot, procrastination! I find it really hard now to remember what the cage was like before, so it's handy having that thread hehe.

Thank you for all the cage compliments too. Setting homes up well is my 'thing'. I like them to have enriching layouts and to be challenged mentally and physically. I also have fairly high standards in terms of muscle tone/ condition, and having lots of climbing/ stretching/ jumping/ balancing is the easiest way to have longterm healthy rats.

Originally Posted by Amethyst_ice

awwww they look lovely..in fact familiar...are you on FR?

acapae_wolf over there - sorry, thought you'd realised

Originally Posted by Scarlett

Loving Merrow and Honeyduke! I've always had a soft spot for rats with blue eyes.

Oops, sorry, I didn't think to clarify names. Norey and dridh only have one name each because they're rescues. The other rats have the prefix of their breeder too - and the second name is 'their name'.
Arky (I hardly ever call her Arkiadera) is from Zephyr Rats
Larka and Foxtrot are from Hawthorn Rats
And Merrow and Cerridwen are from Honeyduke Rats - Home

But blue eyes? Is your computer on weird settings? They all have black eyes except for Foxtrot who has pink eyes

Originally Posted by stikystuff

They are all beautiful. I've never had a rat or considered myself a rat person but recently I have been thinking about owning a little rattie or two.

Definately 2 or 3 minimum rather than one; they're not a species that can be kept alone. They're really good pets, but much more labour intensive than hamsters (even demanding Syrians) or gerbils. Anfreda was my 'pet for when I wanted a break from pets' lol.

I shall pass on all the compliments to them hehe.

[jodiecanwell90]

What a lovely bunch!