SnowyShiloh
Well-Known Member
I have another thread about my ratties, but I don't think many people have read it and I thought maybe others would be interested in seeing my 3 new additions. These girls are from a small rat rescue my friend runs and are 15 months old. They've been at the rescue for 4 months now. They don't get along well with her other rats and we're hoping they will be happier with me since I only have 2 young girl rats. It will be a lot easier on my friend if the girls are with me because they can't have play time with her other rats so all the rats only get half the play time they would have since the time has to be split up.
The albino one and the one with the brown nose (she's a Siamese) are both really nice and outgoing, but the hooded one has a reputation of being a bully to other rats and not loving humans. Good news is she's already come out on my shoulder (which is a first for her) and is running to the front of the cage with her friends when I open it. The plan is to let them settle in for several days, then try to introduce them to my little girls. Hopefully all will go well and they can stay, otherwise we will adopt 2 of the other rescue girls instead. I already love these 3 so I'm really hoping it will work out! They seem to like it here, too.
We are in the process of rat proofing the bedroom so they can play in there (with supervision) while one of the bunnies has access to the rest of the house.
Anyone have name ideas? I'm pretty set on Saskia for the hooded girl and Scout for the Siamese girl. I'm thinking of Aisling for the PEW (pink eyed white) girl.
So without any more yammering, here are photos!
Moments after putting them in the cage (my 2 little girls get the bottom half of the cage until they can all live together):
She is the sweetest of the 3:
PEW girl tries to steal the Greenie:
She is the most adventurous of the 3 (and they're all pretty adventurous)
We forgot to buy a water bottle so they get to drink out of a mug for tonight:
With more toys added in (there's a big Capri Sun box behind the tube on the 2nd level as well):
The albino one and the one with the brown nose (she's a Siamese) are both really nice and outgoing, but the hooded one has a reputation of being a bully to other rats and not loving humans. Good news is she's already come out on my shoulder (which is a first for her) and is running to the front of the cage with her friends when I open it. The plan is to let them settle in for several days, then try to introduce them to my little girls. Hopefully all will go well and they can stay, otherwise we will adopt 2 of the other rescue girls instead. I already love these 3 so I'm really hoping it will work out! They seem to like it here, too.
We are in the process of rat proofing the bedroom so they can play in there (with supervision) while one of the bunnies has access to the rest of the house.
Anyone have name ideas? I'm pretty set on Saskia for the hooded girl and Scout for the Siamese girl. I'm thinking of Aisling for the PEW (pink eyed white) girl.
So without any more yammering, here are photos!
Moments after putting them in the cage (my 2 little girls get the bottom half of the cage until they can all live together):
She is the sweetest of the 3:
PEW girl tries to steal the Greenie:
She is the most adventurous of the 3 (and they're all pretty adventurous)
We forgot to buy a water bottle so they get to drink out of a mug for tonight:
With more toys added in (there's a big Capri Sun box behind the tube on the 2nd level as well):
