I brought Kimble home last night. He’s acting like a totally different rat! At the office he was so shy and constantly hiding. But as soon as I took him into the room with the other ratties he immediately perked up. He was running around his cage, sniffing the air, taking treats from my hand, [...]

Hex is so adorable.

I made it over to the office to check on Kimble a little bit ago. He’s a messy little guy. I cleaned up his cage as much as possible, but I think it will need a full clean tomorrow. I tried to hold him for a few minutes, but he’s still trying to live up [...]

I came across this little guy on the GooseMoose adoption forum. Thanks BlueFrog! She told me he got his name, Kimble, from the character in The Fugitive because he decided to run away and hide for 2 days. Crazy rattie. Then the night before I was going to be picking him up (Friday) his cagemates [...]

When I got home from work today, I went in the office to check on the rats. When I walked into the room all 3 were in the hammock, but the little guys, Hex and Hue, jumped up to greet me at the cage door. Pica, being the lazy guy he is, stayed put where [...]

My sweet little Pixel passed away on Saturday. It was extremely sudden, and he was so young. When I got home from work Thursday evening he was hunched over, not moving much, and his fur was all puffed out. I took him into the vet first thing the next morning. After an xray and blood [...]

I cleaned the big boys’ cage yesterday really well with vinegar and decided it was time to see if the little boys could handle living in the big ferret nation. First I put them in to explore and to see if they could get out through the bars. They poked their noses out but it [...]

Sorry for no updates in so long! The month of May is always hectic. We went to NY for vacation a couple weeks ago (don’t worry, my brother rat-sitted), then this long weekend was spent on the Indy 500 and the surrounding festivities. Well the big boys and little boys are still living separately, but hopefully [...]

He had his final vet check today and the vet said he was fully recovered. She massaged his trachea and tickled his nose trying to get the mucous to move around and make him sneeze. But there were no sneezes! Then she listened to his lungs with a stethoscope and didn’t hear anything. She said he could [...]

Hue is becoming quite a pudgy little guy. I think it’s because I’ve been mixing his meds with Turkey baby food. Look how big he is: Hex is moulting I think. He used to have a light gray color (not quite blue though), but now his fur on his hips/lower back and head is turning [...]