After months Ratless - 2 New Rescue Additions

When Milly and Maggie past away around spring, they were the last of our nine rats we had. Willard and Legion who were blood brothers both passed at around 2 years from a pituitary tumor, Constantine from a severe Respiritory infection at 2 years 3 months, Maggie from a pituitary tumor and Milly from heart failure. We were bruised but not broken. The rest we received from being ratless was refreshing but we have been left with an emptyness. A friend that I had known since elementary school emailed me and asked me if I'd like her two male rats. She said she is rarely home because of school and her mother doesnt want to keep cleaning all the cages. See she's a perfectly nice girl but does have a habit of collecting animals and because she is not home often she is not dedicated to her animals. They are roughly a year and some old. I don't even think they have names =( Without toys and any out of cage time these boys are going to have to be severely spoiled by me to make up for lost time. I could not say no to rats in need, Im so sensitive that all it took was thinking about how much of a better life I could give them. I do not know about the condition I am going to get them in so I have vet money set up just in case. They are housed on pine and in a room filled with other cages of animals unfortionatly. Animals should not be treated as room accessories. Now they could be treated a lot worse mind you, the conditions are alright, but air quality is deffinatly an issue and the amount of human contact is very little so these boys MAY need a lot of extra attention which I am willing to offer. Its going to feel strange having rats again after so long without but Im excited to be able to hold rats in my arms once again. I will be getting the fuzzies early October and they will have a large 3 story cage with more toys and hammocks then they will know what to do with.

Getting Back at The Cat, A Little Rat Revenge ;)

A little ratty Humour

Rats by Dr Seuss
If your ratty gets all scatty 'cos his coat is getting matty
And he's acting kinda batty now he doesn't look so natty
If he starts to get all chatty and to voice pratty demands
Then beware! You've got a bratty tatty ratty on your hands.
If your doe has had a go with all her bro' bucks in a row
And you've seen her face aglow and her belly grow with woe
If she's getting glad and gloating and gargantuous in girth
Then at any time you guess that your grand girl is gonna birth
If your buck has had no luck getting his lazy butt unstuck
And you pluck him from his hammock to a chorus of "You suck!"
If his flaccid furry form is in a squishy slug disguise
Then it's right to get this roly rotund rat some exercise.

Why rats are better than babies
1.  You don't have to change poopy nappies on rats and they can be toilet trained from as early as 5 weeks.
2.  Rats may not sleep through the night, but they have the sense to not scream their lungs out and wake you (and all the neighbourhood) up too.
3.  If you need a break from your rats, you can put them in their cage for a time out.
4.  Rats don't need your body for feeding times.
5.  Rat cages may be expensive, but they're much cheaper than prams/strollers, cots, basinettes, change tables, high chairs, slings, car capsules, etc.
6.  Rats rarely projectile vomit on you.
7.  Rats are cute all the time, not just when they're asleep.
8.  Rats don't require expensive trendy outfits which will be outgrown within days.
9.  You can acquire rat toys for free from recycle bins and kitchen waste.
10.  Rats don't grow up to be bratty teenagers.
11.  Rats don't need bibs and they clean their faces themselves.